ChrisC
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I wanted to share some updated information on ski area counts but wasn't sure where to post it since previous threads were not recently updated. So, I created a new thread and included links to the Ski Area Count 2019 and the Great Ski Area Count.
I found ski area lists on Wikipedia that were easy to convert into a spreadsheet format where I could check off the areas I've visited. I even included heli and cat skiing experiences, as well as Mount Washington's Tuckerman's Ravine and Mount Rainier's Muir Snowfield (Paradise), which are marked with an asterisk (*). I also noted any closed areas.
Most of the ski areas I've visited are on the East Coast, as I've lived in Upstate NY, NYC suburbs, Washington DC metro, Hanover NH, and Boston. During those years, I was a member of various race teams, the National Ski Patrol, and PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America). Many of the hills I've skied are less than 1000 vertical feet. However, living in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area and having a brother in the San Juans of Colorado helped to boost my count. Additionally, having a European employer/acquirer for a couple of years also helped me visit some areas abroad.
I organized my ski area list by continent, country, region, and state to make it easier to understand. I also tried to group European areas under their various ski circus marketing headings and break them out accordingly. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to share the entire spreadsheet in one message due to character limit errors, so I had to break it up.
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I found ski area lists on Wikipedia that were easy to convert into a spreadsheet format where I could check off the areas I've visited. I even included heli and cat skiing experiences, as well as Mount Washington's Tuckerman's Ravine and Mount Rainier's Muir Snowfield (Paradise), which are marked with an asterisk (*). I also noted any closed areas.
Most of the ski areas I've visited are on the East Coast, as I've lived in Upstate NY, NYC suburbs, Washington DC metro, Hanover NH, and Boston. During those years, I was a member of various race teams, the National Ski Patrol, and PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America). Many of the hills I've skied are less than 1000 vertical feet. However, living in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area and having a brother in the San Juans of Colorado helped to boost my count. Additionally, having a European employer/acquirer for a couple of years also helped me visit some areas abroad.
I organized my ski area list by continent, country, region, and state to make it easier to understand. I also tried to group European areas under their various ski circus marketing headings and break them out accordingly. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to share the entire spreadsheet in one message due to character limit errors, so I had to break it up.
USA
Number | Ski Area / Experience* | Continent | Country | Region | State/Province |
1 | Wisp | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Maryland |
2 | Mountain Creek (Vernon Valley-Great Gorge) | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | New Jersey |
3 | Big Boulder | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
4 | Blue Knob | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
5 | Blue Mountain (Little Gap) | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
6 | Camelback Mountain | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
7 | Elk Mountain | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
8 | Jack Frost | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
9 | Liberty | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
10 | Montage | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
11 | Roundtop | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
12 | Seven Springs | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
13 | Shawnee Mountain | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
14 | Whitetail | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Pennsylvania |
15 | Bryce | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Virginia |
16 | Massanutten | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Virginia |
17 | Wintergreen | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | Virginia |
18 | Canaan Valley | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | West Virginia |
19 | Snowshoe Mountain | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | West Virginia |
20 | Timberline Mountain | North America | USA | East - Mid-Atlantic | West Virginia |
21 | Mohawk Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Connecticut |
22 | Ski Sundown | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Connecticut |
23 | Saddleback Maine | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Maine |
24 | Sugarloaf | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Maine |
25 | Sunday River | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Maine |
26 | Berkshire East | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
27 | Blue Hills Ski Area | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
28 | Bosquet Ski Area | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
29 | Brodie Mountain - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
30 | Butternut Ski Area | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
31 | Jiminy Peak | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
32 | Mount Tom - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
33 | Nashoba Valley | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
34 | Wachusett Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Massachusetts |
35 | Attitash Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
36 | Bretton Woods | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
37 | Cannon Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
38 | Cranmore Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
39 | Crotched Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
40 | Dartmouth Skiway | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
41 | Gunstock Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
42 | Loon Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
43 | Mount Sunapee | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
44 | Mount Washington - Tuckerman's Ravine* | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
45 | Ragged Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
46 | Tenney Mountain - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
47 | Waterville Valley | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
48 | Wildcat Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New Hampshire |
49 | Belleyare Ski Center | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
50 | Bobcat Ski Area - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
51 | Bristol Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
52 | Catamount Ski Area | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
53 | Deer Run (Scotch Valley) - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
54 | Gore Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
55 | Greek Peak | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
56 | Highmount - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
57 | Holiday Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
58 | Hunter Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
59 | Innsbruck USA - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
60 | Labrador Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
61 | Mount Peter | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
62 | Plattekill Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
63 | Song Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
64 | Swain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
65 | Thunder Ridge Ski Area (Big Birch) | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
66 | Tuxedo Ridge (Sterling Forest) - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
67 | West Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
68 | Whiteface Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
69 | Windham | North America | USA | East - Northeast | New York |
70 | Ascutney Mountain - closed | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
71 | Bolton Valley | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
72 | Bromley | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
73 | Burke Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
74 | Jay Peak | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
75 | Killington | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
76 | Mad River Glen | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
77 | Magic Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
78 | Middlebury College Snow Bowl | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
79 | Mount Snow | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
80 | Okemo | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
81 | Pico Mountain | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
82 | Smuggler's Notch | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
83 | Stowe | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
84 | Stratton | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
85 | Sugarbush - Lincoln Peak | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
86 | Sugarbush - Mount Ellen | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
87 | Suicide Six | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
88 | The Hermitage Club (Haystack Mountain) | North America | USA | East - Northeast | Vermont |
89 | Beech Mountain | North America | USA | East - Southeast | North Carolina |
90 | Cataloochee Ski Area | North America | USA | East - Southeast | North Carolina |
91 | Sugar Mountain | North America | USA | East - Southeast | North Carolina |
92 | Wolf Ridge | North America | USA | East - Southeast | North Carolina |
93 | Ober Gatlinburg | North America | USA | East - Southeast | Tennessee |
94 | Alyeska | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Alaska |
95 | Black Ops Heliski Valdez* | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Alaska |
96 | Chugach Powder Guides Heliski* | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Alaska |
97 | H2O Guides Heliski Valdez* - closed | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Alaska |
98 | Bear Valley | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
99 | Big Bear - Bear Mountain | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
100 | Big Bear - Snow Summit | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
101 | Big Bear - Snow Valley | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
102 | Boreal | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
103 | Dodge Ridge | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
104 | Donner Ski Ranch | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
105 | Heavenly Mountain | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
106 | Homewood | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
107 | June Mountain | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
108 | Kirkwood | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
109 | Mammoth Mountain | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
110 | Mount Baldy | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
111 | Mountain High - East | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
112 | Mountain High - West | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
113 | Northstar | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
114 | Palisades Tahoe - Alpine Meadows | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
115 | Palisades Tahoe - Squaw Valley | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
116 | Sierra-at-Tahoe | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
117 | Sugar Bowl | North America | USA | West - Pacific | California |
118 | Diamond Peak (Ski Incline) | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Nevada |
119 | Lee Canyon | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Nevada |
120 | Mount Rose | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Nevada |
121 | Mount Bachelor | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Oregon |
122 | Mount Hood Meadows | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Oregon |
123 | Mount Hood Skibowl | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Oregon |
124 | Timberline Lodge | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Oregon |
125 | 49 Degrees North | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
126 | Crystal Mountain | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
127 | Mission Ridge | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
128 | Mount Baker | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
129 | Mount Rainier - Paradise-Muir Snowfield* | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
129 | Mount St. Helens - South Face* | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
130 | Mount Spokane | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
131 | Snoqualmie - Alpental | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
132 | Snoqualmie - Summit | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
133 | Stevens Pass | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
134 | White Pass | North America | USA | West - Pacific | Washington |
135 | Arizona Snowbowl | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Arizona |
136 | Sunrise Park | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Arizona |
137 | Arapahoe Basin | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
138 | Aspen - Aspen Highlands | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
139 | Aspen - Aspen Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
140 | Aspen - Buttermilk | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
141 | Aspen - Snowmass | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
142 | Beaver Creek | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
143 | Breckenridge | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
144 | Copper Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
145 | Crested Butte | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
146 | Echo Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
147 | Keystone | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
148 | Loveland | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
149 | Monarch | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
150 | Powderhorn | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
151 | Purgatory | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
152 | Silverton Heliski* | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
153 | Silverton Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
154 | Silverton Powdercats (El Diablo Snowcat)* | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
155 | Steamboat | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
156 | Telluride | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
157 | Vail | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
158 | Winter Park | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
159 | Wolf Creek | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Colorado |
160 | Bogus Basin | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Idaho |
161 | Brundage Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Idaho |
162 | Schweitzer | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Idaho |
163 | Silver Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Idaho |
164 | Sun Valley - Bald Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Idaho |
165 | Sun Valley - Dollar Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Idaho |
166 | Tamarack | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Idaho |
167 | Big Sky | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Montana |
168 | Bridger Bowl | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Montana |
169 | Discovery Basin | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Montana |
170 | Lost Trail Powder Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Montana |
171 | Montana Snowbowl | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Montana |
172 | Red Lodge Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Montana |
173 | Whitefish (Big Mountain) | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Montana |
174 | Angel Fire | North America | USA | West - Rockies | New Mexico |
175 | Red River | North America | USA | West - Rockies | New Mexico |
176 | Sandia Peak | North America | USA | West - Rockies | New Mexico |
177 | Ski Apache | North America | USA | West - Rockies | New Mexico |
178 | Ski Santa Fe | North America | USA | West - Rockies | New Mexico |
179 | Taos Ski Valley | North America | USA | West - Rockies | New Mexico |
180 | Alta | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
181 | Brian Head | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
182 | Brighton | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
183 | Deer Valley | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
184 | Park City - Park City Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
185 | Park City - The Canyons (ParkWest) | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
186 | Powder Mountain | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
187 | Snowbasin | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
188 | Snowbird | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
189 | Solitude | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
190 | Sundance | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Utah |
191 | Grand Targhee | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Wyoming |
192 | Jackson Hole | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Wyoming |
193 | Snow King | North America | USA | West - Rockies | Wyoming |
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