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  • Steepest Slopes
  • Best Beginner Mountains
  • Best Mountains for the Casual Weekend Skier
  • Best Mountains for the Expert Skier
  • Fastest Lines
  • Highest Variety of Terrain

Top Ranked Mountains

Steepest Slopes

Rank Vertical Height
1 - Whiteface Mountain 3,430 feet
2 - Killington 3,050 feet
3 - Smugglers Notch 2,610 feet
4 - Sugarbush Mountain 2,600 feet
5 - Gore Mountain 2,537 feet

Best Beginner Mountains

Rank Percent Green Trails - Easy
1 - Pats Peak 50%
2 - Oak Mountain Ski Center 47%
3 - Thunder Ridge 45%
4 - Stratton Mountain 41%
5 - Greek Peak 39%

Best Mountains for the Casual Weekend Skier

Rank Percent Blue Trails - Intermediate
1 - Mount Snow 70%
2 - Waterville Valley 64%
3 - Gunstock 61%
4 - Loon Mountain 60%
5 - Belleayre Mountain 58%

Best Mountains for the Expert Skier

Highest percentage black diamond trails for mountains over 2,000 vertical elevation

Rank Percent Black Diamond Trails - Expert
1 - Sugarbush 43%
2 - Jay Peak 40%
3 - Mad River Glen 40%
4 - Gore Mountain 40%
5 - Killington 39%

Fastest Lines

Rank Lift Capacity
1 - Killington 38,300 skiers/hour
2 - Stratton Mountain 33,400 skiers/hour
3 - Mount Snow 30,400 skiers/hour
4 - Sugarbush Mountain 25,500 skiers/hour
5 - Holiday Valley 23,900 skiers/hour

Highest Variety of Terrain

Highest skiable acres with the highest number of trails taken in to account.

Rank Skiable Acres Number of Trails
1 - Killington 1,509 acres 155 trails
2 - Smugglers Notch 1,000 acres 78 trails
3 - Stratton Mountain 670 acres 97 trails
4 - Okemo Mountain 655 acres 120 trails
5 - Sugarbush Mountain 578 acres 111 trails