There are hundreds of ski areas across the United States, spread from the east to the west. Some of these ski areas are pretty new, with some opening (or reopening) as recent as this season. Others are much older, dating back to the some of the earliest days of skiing in the country. These are the four oldest ski resorts that are still open across the United States (data presented by the National Ski Areas Association).
4. Mountain High Resort, CA – 1924
Mountain High Resort was initially opened as Big Pines Park in 1924. Today the area’s three distinguished resorts feature 290 acres of skiable terrain with 14 total lifts.
3. Storrs Hill Ski Area, NH – 1923
Storrs Hill Ski Area has its origin in the Lebanon Outing Club, a Lebanon High School student club founded in 1923 by Mechanical Arts teacher, Winter Sports, and Track coach Erling Heistad. The first lifts were installed in the area in 1935.
2. Easton Ski Area, MA – 1922
Easton Ski Area is a private ski area connected to Eaglebrook School, a junior boarding and day school for boys in grades 6, 7, 8, and 9. The area features a chairlift, snowmaking, and grooming, and has been helping to train athletes for over 100 years.
1. Howelsen Hill Ski Area, CO – 1915
Howelsen Hill is both the oldest active ski area in Colorado and features the largest and most complete natural ski jumping complex in North America. Open in 1915 in the town of Steamboat Springs, Howelsen Hill continues to offer 17 alpine skiing trails with one chairlift, one Poma Surface lift, and two carpets.
