Mountain Rankings

Each difficulty ranking is a weighted average of the hardest trails at a particular resort. These rankings indicated how challenging trails will be for advanced skiers. Expect that the toughest trails at a resort will have pitches in degrees that are similar to the difficulty score. This score is primarily based on five most difficult runs at a particular resort, which means that a resort with only challenging trails will rank below a mountain that has a few not as challenging advanced runs.

The difficulty scale is roughly from 0-60, where a mountain scoring highly presents extremely difficult terrain. Technically, the max possible score is ~100, but that does not exist in practice. The steepest terrain is primarily in the west, and as such western resorts dominate the top of the difficulty list.

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Extreme

1. Whiteface, NY

43.8

2. Smugglers' Notch, VT

43.5

3. Jay Peak, VT

42.5

4. Sugarloaf, ME

42.3

42.2

41.8

7. Killington, VT

41.6

40.4

9. Mad River Glen, VT

40.3

10. Sugarbush, VT

40.0

11. Black Mountain, NH

39.9

39.2

13. Sunday River, ME

38.8

38.1

37.7

16. Stratton, VT

37.2

17. Belleayre, NY

37.0

18. Waterville Valley, NH

36.3

19. Bretton Woods, NH

35.3

35.3

35.2

22. Greek Peak, NY

35.2

23. Ragged Mountain, NH

35.0

24. Mount Sunapee, NH

34.9

25. Jiminy Peak, MA

34.8

26. Bolton Valley, VT

34.8

27. Berkshire East, MA

34.7

28. Saddleback, ME

34.7

29. Whaleback, NH

33.9

33.8

31. Attitash, NH

33.7

32. Snow Ridge, NY

33.7

33. Holiday Valley, NY

33.5

34. Blue Knob, PA

33.5

35. Tenney Mountain, NH

33.4

36. Wildcat, NH

33.3

37. Windham, NY

33.1

38. Catamount, MA

33.0

39. Pleasant Mountain, ME

32.4

40. Mount Snow, VT

32.3

41. Pats Peak, NH

32.1

42. Plattekill, NY

31.9

43. Bromley, VT

31.6

44. Saskadena Six, VT

31.6

45. Cranmore, NH

31.5

31.2

47. Mount Abram, ME

31.1

48. Seven Springs, PA

31.0

49. Hunt Hollow, NY

30.4

50. Middlebury Snow Bowl, VT

30.3

51. Gunstock, NH

30.2

52. Granite Gorge, NH

30.0

53. Camelback, PA

29.9

54. Royal Mountain, NY

29.8

55. Big Moose Mountain, ME

29.3

56. Elk Mountain, PA

29.2

57. Otis Ridge, MA

29.1

58. Black Mountain, ME

29.1

59. Dartmouth Skiway, NH

28.7

60. King Pine, NH

28.7

61. Bousquet, MA

28.6

62. Mountain Creek, NJ

28.5

63. Blue Mountain, PA

28.5

64. Roundtop, PA

28.0

65. Whitetail, PA

28.0

66. West Mountain, NY

27.9

67. Montage, PA

27.9

27.9

69. HoliMont, NY

27.8

70. Willard, NY

27.6

71. Thunder Ridge, NY

27.4

72. Liberty Mountain, PA

27.4

73. Ski Sundown, CT

27.2

74. Hidden Valley, PA

26.9

75. Big Rock, ME

26.7

76. Laurel Mountain, PA

26.6

77. Crotched Mountain, NH

26.3

78. Dry Hill, NY

26.2

79. McCauley Mountain, NY

26.2

80. Woods Valley, NY

26.2

81. Buffalo Ski Center, NY

26.1

82. Bristol, NY

25.8

83. Labrador, NY

25.8

84. Shawnee Mountain, PA

25.6

85. Jack Frost, PA

25.5

86. Mount Peter, NY

25.1

87. Lost Valley, ME

24.8

88. Lyndon Outing Club, VT

24.5

24.4

90. Wachusett, MA

24.4

91. Bear Creek, PA

24.4

92. Big Bear, PA

24.2

93. Northeast Slopes, VT

24.2

94. Nashoba Valley, MA

24.0

95. Titcomb, ME

24.0

96. Ski Butternut, MA

23.5

97. Campgaw, NJ

23.3

98. Big Boulder, PA

22.6

99. Blue Hills, MA

22.5

100. Veterans Memorial Recreation Area, NH

22.4

101. Oak Mountain, NY

22.2

102. Brantling, NY

21.9

103. Ascutney, VT

21.7

104. Hermon Mountain, ME

21.5

105. Camillus Ski Hill, NY

21.5

106. Mount Pleasant Of Edinboro, PA

21.4

107. Peek'N Peak, NY

21.2

108. Kanc Recreation Area, NH

21.1

109. Maple Ski Ridge, NY

21.1

110. Mount Southington, CT

21.0

111. Campton Mountain, NH

21.0

112. Ski Bradford, MA

20.3

113. Abenaki Ski Area, NH

20.2

114. Mount Jefferson, ME

19.6

115. Storrs Hill, NH

19.5

116. Powderhouse Hill, ME

19.4

117. Arrowhead, NH

19.4

118. Cochran's, VT

18.8

119. Spruce Mountain, ME

18.6

120. Yawgoo Valley, RI

18.6

121. Powder Ridge, CT

18.0

122. Lonesome Pine, ME

17.9

123. Mcintyre, NH

17.5

124. Ski Ward, MA

16.0