Featured Image Courtesy: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Courtesy: Big Sky, MT
I like big vertical drops, and I cannot lie, but vertical certainly isn’t the most important aspect to a great ski resort.
Some of the most reputable ski areas (Alta, A- Basin, Grand Targhee, etc.) don’t compete with the big dogs when it comes to their maximum lift-serviced vertical, and that’s fine.
HOWEVER, there is something extremely satisfying about lacing a 3,000’+ vertical run down a groomer… right?
All data has been cross-referenced using True-Up Vertical. True-Up calculates the true continuous vertical that can be skied at each resort.
Whiteface Mountain– The longest vertical drop in the east.
States are listed in order from shortest to longest vertical.
Okay enough of the disclaimer jargon BS, take a look at the list!
Alabama
Cloudmont– 150′
Courtesy: Cloudmont
Rhode Island
Yawgoo Valley– 163′
Courtesy: Visit RI
Ohio
Mad River Mountain & Snow Trails (tie)- 300′
Courtesy: Mad River
Missouri
Snow Creek– 300′
Courtesy: Snow Creek
Indiana
Perfect North– 400′
Courtesy: Perfect North
Iowa
Sundown– 420′
Courtesy: Sundown
North Dakota
Huff Hills– 450′
Courtesy: Huff Hills
Illinois
Chestnut Mountain– 475′
Courtesy: Chesnut Mountain
Connecticut
Mohawk Mountain– 575′
Courtesy: Mohawk Mountain
Tennessee
Ober Gatlinburg– 600′
Courtesy: Ober Gatlinburg
Maryland
Wisp– 700′
Courtesy: Wisp
Wisconsin
Granite Peak– 700′
Courtesy: Granite Peak
Minnesota
Lutsen Mountains– 760′
Courtesy: Lutsen
Michigan
Mount Bohemia– 820′
Courtesy: Joey Wallis
New Jersey
Mountain Creek– 1,040′
Courtesy: Visit NJ
Virginia
Massanutten– 1,070′
Courtesy: Massanutten
Pennsylvania
Blue Mountain– 1,082′
Courtesy: Blue Mountain
South Dakota
Terry Peak– 1,100′
Courtesy: Terry Peak
Massachusetts
Jiminy Peak– 1,123′
Courtesy: Jiminy Peak
North Carolina
Sugar Mountain– 1,180′
Courtesy: Sugar Mountain
West Virginia
Snowshoe– 1,480′
Courtesy: Snowshoe
Nevada
Diamond Peak– 1,741′
Courtesy: Diamond Peak
New Hampshire
Cannon Mountain– 2,089′
Courtesy: Cannon Mountain
Arizona
Arizona Snowbowl– 2,180′
Courtesy: Arizona Snowbowl
New Mexico
Taos– 2,379′
Courtesy: Taos Ski Valley
Alaska
Alyeska– 2,390′
Courtesy: Alyeska
Maine
Sugarloaf– 2,410′
Courtesy: Sugarloaf
Vermont
Sugarbush– 2,552′
Courtesy: Sugarbush
Washington
Crystal Mountain– 2,571′
Courtesy: Crystal Mountain Resort
California
Mammoth– 2,885′
Courtesy: Mammoth
New York
Whiteface– 3,216′
Courtesy: Whiteface
Idaho
Sun Valley – 3,241′
Courtesy: Sun Valley
Utah
Snowbird– 3,243′
Courtesy: Snowbird
Oregon
Timberline Lodge– 3,690′
Courtesy: Timberline Lodge
Montana
Big Sky– 4,016′
Courtesy: AllTrips
Colorado
Aspen Snowmass– 4,030′
Courtesy: Aspen Snowmass
Wyoming
Jackson Hole– 4,105′
Courtesy: Jackson Hole
