Featured Image Courtesy: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
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.
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′
Rhode Island
Yawgoo Valley– 163′
Ohio
Mad River Mountain & Snow Trails (tie)- 300′
Missouri
Snow Creek– 300′
Indiana
Perfect North– 400′
Iowa
Sundown– 420′
North Dakota
Huff Hills– 450′
Illinois
Chestnut Mountain– 475′
Connecticut
Mohawk Mountain– 575′
Tennessee
Ober Gatlinburg– 600′
Maryland
Wisp– 700′
Wisconsin
Granite Peak– 700′
Minnesota
Lutsen Mountains– 760′
Michigan
Mount Bohemia– 820′
New Jersey
Mountain Creek– 1,040′
Virginia
Massanutten– 1,070′
Pennsylvania
Blue Mountain– 1,082′
South Dakota
Terry Peak– 1,100′
Massachusetts
Jiminy Peak– 1,123′
North Carolina
Sugar Mountain– 1,180′
West Virginia
Snowshoe– 1,480′
Nevada
Diamond Peak– 1,741′
New Hampshire
Cannon Mountain– 2,089′
Arizona
Arizona Snowbowl– 2,180′
New Mexico
Taos– 2,379′
Alaska
Alyeska– 2,390′
Maine
Sugarloaf– 2,410′
Vermont
Sugarbush– 2,552′
Washington
Crystal Mountain– 2,571′
California
Mammoth– 2,885′
New York
Whiteface– 3,216′
Idaho
Sun Valley – 3,241′
Utah
Snowbird– 3,243′
Oregon
Timberline Lodge– 3,690′
Montana
Big Sky– 4,016′
Colorado
Aspen Snowmass– 4,030′
Wyoming
Jackson Hole– 4,105′
