5,620 feet (Most continuous LIFT-SERVED vertical in North and South America. Chamonix, France, has the greatest, or most, vertical in the world at 9,209ft) Revelstoke - Old Mount Mackenzie, Revelstoke, British Columbia, CANada
5,133 feet (The resort stretches the vert to 5,280ft, a vertical mile, for marketing purposes) BLACKCOMB - Whistler, B.C., CAN
4,978 feet WHISTLER - Whistler, B.C., CAN
4,406 feet (the 4,406 reported includes hiking or using the cable tow which runs a few weeks per season - 3,723 vf is more typical) SNOWMASS Ski Area - Snowmass Village, Colorado
4,350 feet (appx. 3,650 vertical feet of this total is skiable as one continuous run) BIG SKY - Big Sky, Montana
4,139 feet (Most continuous 'lift-served vertical' skiing in the U.S., but not North America) JACKSON HOLE/Teton Village - Teton Village, Wyoming
4,131 feet KICKING HORSE - Golden, British Columbia, CAN
4,040 feet (3,360 continuous vertical) BEAVER CREEK - Avon, Colorado
3,820 feet (the reported 4,000vf requires hiking above the top lift) PANORAMA - Panorama, British Columbia, CAN
3,620 feet (7,250' with hike...heh) (Second greatest amount of chairlift-served continuous vertical in the U.S. The entire vertical [from Palmer to the bottom of Molly's Run] is chairlift-served in the spring) TIMBERLINE on Mt. Hood - Government Camp, Oregon
3,530 feet (3,250 continuous vertical at present. After Palmyra is added this should increase to appx 3,800vf) TELLURIDE - Telluride Colorado
3,514 feet SUNSHINE - Banff, CAN
3,500 feet (technically continuous, but includes a considerable stretch of poling through a cat track "Roundabout") HEAVENLY - Lake Tahoe, California andNevada
3,400 feet (Sun Valley's "Challenger" chair is the "CHAIRLIFT with the most vertical" in North America at 3,142 vertical feet) SUN VALLEY - Sun Valley, Idaho
3,365 feet (Bachelor's "Northwest" quad chair possesses the 'third-most vertical feet for a chairlift' in North America at 2,365 vertical feet) MT BACHELOR - Bend, Oregon
3,330 feet VAIL - Vail, Colorado
3,267 feet ASPEN/AJAX - Aspen, Colorado
3,250 feet LAKE LOUISE - Banff, CAN
3,241 feet (the 3,398 reported requires hiking) (At an elevation of 12,840 feet, Peak 9's "Imperial Express Superchair" quad is the highest chairlift elevation in North America and Europe, and the highest multi-passenger chair in the world) BRECKENRIDGE - Breckenridge, Colorado
3,240 feet (at 2,573 vertical feet, Snowbird's Peruvian quad chair is "Utah's chairlift with the most vertical" and the North America's 2nd greatest amount of vertical feet from a single chairlift) SNOWBIRD - Snowbird, Utah
3,216 feet (3400' vert possible, with hike, when the "Slides" are open) Whiteface - Wilmington, New York
3,192 feet (not continuous vertical) THE CANYONS (formerly WOLF MOUNTAIN/PARK WEST) - Park City, Utah
3,100 feet PARK CITY - Park City, Utah
3,100 feet MAMMOTH - Mammoth Lakes, California
3,050 feet KILLINGTON - Killington, Vermont
3,000 feet (less than 2,000 ft of continuous vertical drop) DEER VALLEY - Park City, Utah
2,959 feet (Snow Basin's JohnPaul quad is the 'second-most vertical chairlift' in Utah at 2,359 feet, ranking 4th in North America) SNOW BASIN - Snowbasin, Utah
2,944 feet Marmot Basin - Jasper, Alberta, CAN
2,891 feet Sun Peaks - Heffley, British Columbia, CAN
2,888 feet RED MOUNTAIN - Rossland, British Columbia, CAN
2,833 feet Castle Mountain - Pincher Creek, Alberta, CAN
2,820 feet Sugarloaf/USA - Carrabassett Valley, Maine
2,811 feet FERNIE SNOW VALLEY - British Columbia, CAN
2,410 feet (at 12,700 feet, the "Ridge" quad is the second-highest chairlift elevation in North America and Europe, and 2nd highest multi-passenger chair in the world) LOVELAND Ski Area - Georgetown, Colorado
2,400 feet SCHWEITZER - Sandpoint, Idaho
2,400 feet RED LODGE Mountain - Red Lodge, Montana
2,360 feet Stowe - Stowe, Vermont
2,340 feet KEYSTONE - Keystone, Colorado
2,340 feet (less than 2,000 of continuous vertical) Sunday River - Bethel, ME
2,300 feet Arizona Snowbowl - Flagstaff, Arizona
2,300 feet BIG MOUNTAIN/WHITEFISH - Whitefish, Montana
2,300 feet (recently added 200 skiable vertical feet to their previous 2100 ft) Gore Mountain - North Creek, New York
2,280 feet Northstar-at-Tahoe - Truckee, California
2,212 feet SIERRA-AT-TAHOE - Twin Bridges, California
2,202 feet (can be up to 5,000vf if one skis down to the town of Warner. Also, Silver Mtn has the longest "single-stage" gondola in the world) SILVER Mountain - Kellogg, Idaho
2,200 feet GRAND TARGHEE - Alta, Wyoming
2,200 feet ALPENTAL/SNOQUALMIE - Snoqualmie, Washington
2,200 feet Mission Ridge - Wenatchee, Washington
2,153 feet SUNDANCE - Sundance, Utah
2,153 feet Jay Peak - Jay, Vermont
2,146 feet CANNON Mountain - Franconia, New Hampshire
2,131 feet Mont Tremblant - Saint-Jovite, Québec, CAN
2,112 feet Wildcat - Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire
2,110 feet appx (only 1 chairlift-call in advance for hours/days of operation) Turner Mountain - North of Libby, Montana
2,109 feet LOON Mountain - Lincoln, New Hampshire
2,100 feet Okemo - Ludlow, Vermont
2,100 appx. feet Alyeska - Girdwood, Alaska
2,100 feet Powder King - Pine Pass, British Columbia, CAN
2,100 feet appx (bottom 1,300 is often not skiable) Mt Baldy - San Gabriel Mountains, California
2,060 feet Mt Spokane - Mead, Washington
2,050 feet Mont-Sainte-Anne - Beaupré, Québec, CAN
2,047 feet SOLITUDE - Solitude, Utah
2,030 feet BUTTERMILK/TIEHACK - Aspen, Colorado
2,029 feet DURANGO/PURGATORY - Purgatory Village, Colorado
2,020 feet Waterville Valley - Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
2,020 feet (interesting that Alta is not even in the top 80 North American ski areas in vertical rise) ALTA - Alta, Utah
2,011 feet SUNLIGHT - Glenwood Springs
2,010 feet (1,730 continuous vertical) Cypress Mountain - BC, CAN
2,003 feet Stratton - South Londonderry, Vermont
2,002 feet PEBBLE CREEK - Inkom, Idaho
2,000 feet Mad River Glen - Waitsfield, Vermont
2,000 feet Burke Mountain - East Burke, Vermont
2,000 feet Apex - Penticton, BC, CAN
1,990 feet POWDER Mountain - Eden, Utah
1,967 feet PICO - Rutland, Vermont
1,950 feet appx (2,600 possible with hike. The new Schlasman’s Chair goes to the Ridge!) BRIDGER BOWL - Bozeman, Montana
1,900 feet Bear Valley - Northern Sierra Nevada, California
1,850 feet (3,050 currently possible with hike. Expansion plans will create a vertical drop of 4,162 ft) MOONLIGHT BASIN- Big Sky, Montana
1,850 feet (appx 3,000 possible with hike) SILVERTON - Silverton, Colorado
1,846 feet 49 DEGREES NORTH - Chewelah, Washington
1,840 feet DIAMOND PEAK - Incline Village, Nevada
1,803 feet BRUNDAGE - McCall, Idaho
1,802 feet ALPINE MEADOWS - Lake Tahoe, California
1,801 feet BOGUS BASIN - Boise, Idaho
1,784 feet Stevens Pass - Stevens Pass, Washington
1,779 feet (claims longest "reversible 'jigback' tram in the world") SANDIA PEAK - Albuquerque, New Mexico
1,772 feet Owl's Head - Mansonville, Québec, CAN
1,750 feet Attitash Bear Peak - Bartlett, New Hampshire
1,745 feet BRIGHTON - Brighton, Utah
1,700 feet Mount Snow - Mount Snow, Vermont
1,700 feet Ski Apache - Ruidoso, New Mexico
1,696 feet ARROWHEAD (Vail purchased and annexed in 1997) - Arrowhead, Colorado
1,680 feet (2,257 reported requires a 577 vertical foot hike. A-Basin has the highest double-chair in the world at 12,478 ft) ARAPAHOE/A-BASIN - Keystone, Colorado
1,679 feet Sierra Summit (not to be confused with Sierra-at-Tahoe) - Lake Shore, California
1,665 feet BEAR MOUNTAIN - Big Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains, California
1,657 feet Mt. Washington - Courtenay, BC, CAN
1,651 feet HOMEWOOD - Homewood, California
1,650 feet (not to be confused with the Michigan 'Big Powderhorn' ski area) POWDERHORN - Mesa, Colorado
1,650 feet SANTA FE SKI Area - Santa Fe, New Mexico
1,650 feet NORQUAY - Banff, CAN
1,650 feet (2,000 reported requires hiking) KIRKWOOD - Kirkwood, California
1,638 feet BEAVER MTN - Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah
1,625 feet Bolton Valley Resort - Bolton, Vermont
1,602 feet Windham - Windham, New York
1,601 feet Hunter - Hunter, New York
1,601 feet (1,601 is the highest of the two mountains) Mountain High - Wrightwood, California
1,601 feet Dodge Ridge - Pinecrest, California
1,600 feet Marble Mtn. - Steady Brook, Newfoundland, CAN
1,571 feet (since this ski area is in the town of "Jackson" it is often mistaken for Jackson Hole/Teton Village) SNOW KING - Jackson, Wyoming
1,510 feet Mt. Sunapee - Mt. Sunapee, New Hampshire
1,510 feet SUGAR BOWL - Norden, California
1,509 feet Mont Sutton - Sutton, Québec, CAN
1,501 feet MT BAKER - Bellingham, Washington
1,501 feet Snowshoe - Snowshoe, West Virginia
1,500 feet White Pass - White Pass, Washington
1,500 feet Bretton Woods - Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
1,441 feet MT ROSE - Reno, Nevada
1,425 feet Wolf Creek - Pagosa Springs, Colorado
1,410 feet Pajarito - Los Alamos, New Mexico
1,404 feet Belleayre Mountain - Highmount, New York
1,401 feet ELDORA - Nederland, Colorado
1,400 feet Elk Meadows - Beaver, Utah
1,400 feet Eaglecrest - Juneau, Alaska
1,351 feet Titus - Malone, New York
1,334 feet Bromley Mountain - Manchester Center, Vermont
1,320 feet (Utah's highest lift-served elevation, at 11,307 ft. The area offers 1,160 ft of continuous vertical via chairlifts and an additional 160' can be gained via snowcat) BRIAN HEAD - Brian Head, Utah
1,300 feet Ski Whitewater - Nelson, British Columbia, CAN
1,250 feet Mont Saint Marie - Mont Ste-Marie, CAN
1,214 feet (up to 3,400vf when shuttled) Alpenglow at Arctic Valley - Anchorage, Alaska
1,210 feet (not to be confused with the Colorado Arrowhead that is now part of Vail) Arrowhead - Claremont, New Hampshire
1,200 feet Bristol Mountain - CANandaigua, New York
1,200 feet (a Big Bear Mtn resort) SNOW SUMMIT - Big Bear Lake, California
1,200 feet Sugar Mountain - Banner Elk, North Carolina
1,200 feet COOPER (Ski Cooper) - Leadville, Colorado
1,175 feet Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, BC, CAN
1,171 feet Monarch - Monarch, Colorado
1,150 feet (of Wyoming's ten ski areas, Pine Creek ranks fourth for vertical feet) PINE CREEK - Pine Creek CANyon, Wyoming
1,150 feet (some poling required to ski entire vertical) Mt Seymour - Vancouver, BC, CAN
1,150 feet Magic Mountain - Magic Mtn, Vermont
1,141 feet SNOW VALLEY - Running Springs, California
1,140 feet Jiminy Peak - Hancock, Massachusetts
1,119 feet Butternut - Great Barrington, Massachusetts
1,109 feet MASSANUTTEN - Massanutten, Virginia
1,100 feet WHITE PINE - Pinedale, Wyoming
1,100 feet Black Mountain - Jackson, New Hampshire
1,100 feet Plattekill - Roxbury, New York
1,100 feet (formerly Nordic Valley, Utah's smallest ski area at 85 acres) WOLF MOUNTAIN - Eden, Utah
1,082 feet (not to be confused with Blue Knob [PA] nor the other Blue Mtn in Ontario, CANada) BLUE MOUNTAIN - Allentown, Pennsylvania
1,080 feet Hyak - Snoqualmie, Washington
1,072 feet (not to be confused with Blue Mtn [PA] nor the other Blue Mtn in Ontario, CANada) Blue Knob - Altoona, Pennsylvania
1,055 feet (Indian name meaning "Spirit Place." 865ft main chair vertical. The upper mtn chair adds another 190' for 1,055 total) SIPAPU - Sipapu, New Mexico
1,050 feet Bobcat - Andes, New York
1,040 feet MOUNTAIN CREEK (formerly VERNON VALLEY/GREAT GORGE) - Vernon, New Jersey
1,010 feet West Mountain - Glen Falls, New York
1,003 feet Wintergreen - Wintergreen, Virginia
1,001 feet LAS VEGAS RESORT/CHARLESTON/LEE CANYON - Las Vegas, Nevada
1,001 feet Waterman - Waterman, Calif
1,001 feet ELK MOUNTAIN - Union Dale, Pennsylvania
1,000 feet Catamount - Hillsdale, New York
1,000 feet WACHUSETT - Princeton, Massachusetts
1,000 feet (have received many reports of exactly 997 feet) Salmo - Salmo, British Columbia, CAN
1,000 feet MONTAGE - Scranton, Pennsylvania
991 feet Snowy Range - Centennial, Wyoming
990 feet Cape Smokey - Ingonish Beach, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, CAN
988 feet (Despite bearing the same town name as the world's southernmost city (in Argentina), and sharing the state with 3 world-class ski areas, the resigned locals simply say, "What the hell, let's ski Pomerelle.") POMERELLE - Ushuaia, Idaho
952 feet GREEK PEAK - Virgil, NY
935 feet WHITETAIL - Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
933 feet (Skied there for the official closing in April of 2001. It is backcountry skiing now) BERTHOUD - Berthoud Pass, Colorado
900 feet (According to topo maps, Bohemia may have 555 more vert than reporting) Mount Bohemia - Lac La Belle, Michigan
875 feet Crotched Mountain - Peterborough, New Hampshire
852 feet Crabbe Mountain - Central Hainesville, New Brunswick, CAN
830 feet Ski Beech - Banner Elk, North Carolina
825 feet Lutsen Mountain - Lutsen, Minnesota
820 feet Georgian Peaks [Private] - Thornbury, Ontario, CAN
812 feet Ski Wentworth - Wentworth Valley, Nova Scotia, CAN
801 feet CAMELBACK - Tannersville, Pennsylvania
800 feet Badger Pass - Yosemite National Park
755 feet Holiday Valley - Ellicottville, New York
750 feet Seven Springs - Champion, Pennsylvania
750 feet White Hills - Clarenville, Newfoundland, CAN
743 feet Osler Bluff [Private] - Collingwood, Ontario, CAN
740 feet Cataloochee/Moody Top - Maggie Valley, North Carolina
722 feet (not to be confused with Blue Mtn [PA] nor Blue Knob [PA]) Blue Mountain - Collingwood, Ontario, CANada
720 feet Donner Ranch - Truckee/Norden, California
701 feet Badger - Yosemite National Park, California
700 feet Searchmont - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
700 feet Wolf Laurel - Mars Hill, North Carolina
699 feet Spirit Mountain - Duluth, Minnesota
699 feet Mont Saint Sauveur - Saint Sauveur, Quebec, CAN
693 feet Craigleith [Private] - Collingwood, Ontario, CAN
680 feet (owned/operated by 'Pitch' - a true ski bum who provides 'Half the price, half the driving, TWICE the fun!') HESPERUS - Hesperus, Colorado
620 feet (not to be confused with the Missouri ski area of the same name) HIDDEN VALLEY, NJ - Vernon, New Jersey
610 feet (The ski area publishes a vertical of 700'. Wisp is the ONLY ski area in the state of Maryland) Wisp - McHenry, Maryland
604 feet Marquette - Marquette, Michigan
601 feet Hogadon Ski Area - Casper, Wyoming
720 feet Donner Ranch - Truckee, California
600 feet (The ONLY ski area in the state of Tennessee) Ober Gatlinburg - Gatlinburg, Tennessee
600 feet Ski Martock - Windsor Forks, Nova Scotia, CAN
552 feet Boyne Highlands - Harbor Springs, Michigan
550 feet Mont Farlagne - Edmundston, New Brunswick, CAN
550 feet Mount St. Louis/Moonstone - Coldwater, Ontario, CAN
516 feet Mt. LaCrosse - LaCrosse, Wisconsin
510 feet (not to be confused with the public ski area of Devil's Elbow in Bethany) Devil's Glen [Private] - Glen Huron, Ontario, CAN
508 feet Alpine Ski Club [Private] - Collingwood, Ontario, CAN
508 feet Beaver Valley/Owen Sound [Private] - Collingwood, Ontario, CAN
500 feet BOREAL - Truckee, California
500 feet (not to be confused with the Colorado 'Powderhorn' ski area) Big Powderhorn - Bessemer, Michigan
500 feet Boyne Mountain (next to Boyne Highlands) - Harbor Springs, Michigan
476 feet (with the most vertical of any ski area in Illinois and located right on the Mississippi River, it is a picturesque sight) CHESTNUT - Galena, Illinois
450 feet Vorlage - Vorlage, Quebec, CAN
440 feet (has produced the most Olympic and professional skiers of any ski area in North and South America) HOWELSON - Steamboat Springs, Colorado
420 feet Spring Mtn - Spring Mountain, PA
405 feet MCCALL SKI CLUB - McCall, Idaho
400 feet Perfect North - Lawrenceburg, Indiana
400 feet Silver Bells - Albany, NY
395 feet BEAR HOLLOW/UTAH WINTER SPORTS PARK - Bear Hollow near Park City, Utah
388 feet ALPINE VALLEY - East Troy, Wisconsin
350 feet (not to be confused with the private ski area; Devil's Glen) Devil's Elbow - Bethany, Ontario, CAN
310 feet (not to be confused with the New Jersey ski area of the same name) Hidden Valley, MO - Wildwood, Missouri
309 feet (closest ski area to Boston) Blue Hills - Saint CANton, Massachusetts
308 feet Horseshoe Resort - Barrie, Ontario, CAN
300 feet (one of only 2 ski areas in the state) Snow Creek - Weston, Missouri
300 feet Granlibakken - Tahoe City, California
250 feet Sky Valley - Sky Valley, Georgia
250 feet Mt Brighton - Brighton, Michigan
248 feet Ski Bradford - North Shore of Bradford, MA
245 feet (the ONLY ski area in the state of Rhode Island) Yawgoo Valley - Yawgoo Valley, Rhode Island
240 feet Lost Valley - Auburn, Maine
240 feet Nashoba - Westford, Massachusetts
240 feet Boston Mills/Brandywine - Ohio
200 feet Hardscrabble - Rice lake, Wisconsin
230 feet (Ten lifts at this small area. From the "State Line" chair, one can actually duck the rope separating Wilmot from the old Gander Ski Area and ski in the state of Illinois) WILMOT - Wilmot, Wisconsin
211 feet (Five lifts at this small area, formerly the Americana Lake Geneva Playboy Club) GRAND GENEVA - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
170 feet (Their website states 300 vertical but several contributors confirm the 170 ft) Snow Creek - Weston, Missouri
161 feet (Now only one double chair and one magic carpet in operation) Boyce Park - Boyce, Pennsylvania
159 feet Campgaw - Mahwah, New Jersey
150 feet (The ONLY ski area in the state of Alabama) Cloudmont - Mentone, Alabama
130 feet Mt Chicopee - Kitchenerr-Waterloo, Ontario, CAN
120 feet Craigleith [Private] - Collingwood, Ontario, CAN
110 feet Boler/London Ski Club [Partially Private] - London, Ontario, CAN
70 feet Sawkill Family Ski Center - Kingston, New York
* "Lift-served
terrain" or "vertical feet" is calculated from the highest lift-served point to
the lowest lift-served point.
** Many ski areas
will not report their "continuous vertical" statistic. This figure is the
greatest amount of lift-served vertical that can possibly be skied at once,
without being stopped by terrain features, a dead-end, out-of-area, or otherwise
unskiable terrain requiring either a hike or a lift to continue to the
lowest lift-served point. For example, Deer Valley states a vertical
drop of 3,000 feet (comparable to Park City or Killington) however, the
longest run at the resort is not quite 2,000 vertical feet, or about the
same vertical drop as Waterville Valley in New Hampshire.
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