Mountain Rankings
The Beginner Friendliness ranking is a weighted average of the easiest trails at each resort. It shows how easy it would be to learn to ski on these trails. The color denotes what the easiest trails at a mountain are rated. The longer the bar, the easier the learning terrain is.
The Beginner Friendliness scale is from 0-30, where 0 is a resort with no trails even resembling a good place to learn. The best resorts for beginners have a wide variety of easy terrain, and their scores will be high to reflect that.
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Expert
- Extreme
4. Big Sky, MT
8. Heavenly, CA
9. Mammoth, CA
10. Sugarloaf, ME
11. Mount Snow, VT
12. Snowbird, UT
13. China Peak, CA
14. Ski Brule, MI
15. Belleayre, NY
16. Okemo, VT
17. Wolf Creek, CO
19. Telluride, CO
20. Angel Fire, NM
21. Mount Rose, NV
22. Winter Park, CO
24. Jackson Hole, WY
25. Ski Santa Fe, NM
27. Vail, CO
29. Deer Valley, UT
30. Saddleback, ME
31. Killington, VT
32. Stowe, VT
33. Sunday River, ME
34. Whitefish, MT
35. Beaver Creek, CO
36. Sugarbush, VT
37. Pico, VT
38. Bogus Basin, ID
39. Bristol, NY
41. Granite Peak, WI
42. Homewood, CA
43. Keystone, CO
44. Pomerelle, ID
47. Sugar Bowl, CA
48. Big Powderhorn Mountain, MI
53. Tamarack, ID
54. Cannon, NH
55. Loon, NH
57. Hunter, NY
59. Purgatory, CO
60. Schweitzer, ID
61. Stratton, VT
63. Devil's Head, WI
64. Mcintyre, NH
65. Gunstock, NH
66. Hilltop, AK
67. Northstar, CA
68. Ski Cooper, CO
69. Alta, UT
70. Eagle Point, UT
71. Soda Springs, CA
72. Kelly Canyon, ID
73. Nub's Nob, MI
74. Montage, PA
75. Sundance, UT
79. Showdown, MT
80. Boreal, CA
81. Windham, NY
82. Ski Land, AK
83. Dodge Ridge, CA
84. Whiteface, NY
88. White Pine, WY
91. Bromley, VT
94. Bridger Bowl, MT
98. Jay Peak, VT
100. Detroit Mountain, MN
101. Aspen Highlands, CO
102. Brighton, UT
103. Alpine Valley, WI
104. Great Divide, MT
105. Monarch, CO
106. Gore, NY
107. Loveland, CO
108. Powderhorn, CO
109. Mount Abram, ME
110. Attitash, NH
111. Cranmore, NH
112. Grand Targhee, WY
113. June Mountain, CA
114. Spirit Mountain, MN
115. Donner Ski Ranch, CA
116. Pebble Creek, ID
117. Greek Peak, NY
118. Mount Pleasant Of Edinboro, PA
119. Snowy Range, WY
120. Brian Head, UT
121. Mount Baker, WA
122. Granby Ranch, CO
123. Red River, NM
124. Mountain Creek, NJ
126. Burke, VT
127. Smuggler's Notch, VT
128. Aspen, CO
130. Snowshoe, WV
131. Alyeska, AK
132. Lookout Pass, MT
133. Crystal Mountain, WA
134. Anthony Lakes, OR
136. Catamount, MA
137. Laurel Mountain, PA
138. Sunrise Park, AZ
139. Alpine Valley, MI
140. Buck Hill, MN
141. Wild Mountain, MN
142. Holiday Valley, NY
143. Bear Valley, CA
144. Sugar Mountain, NC
145. Snowmass, CO
146. Cataloochee, NC
147. Mount Shasta, CA
148. Magic, VT
149. Black Mountain, NH
150. 49 Degrees North, WA
151. Sunlight, CO
152. Sun Valley, ID
153. Lost Trail, MT
154. Canaan Valley, WV
155. Oak Mountain, NY
156. Arizona Snowbowl, AZ
157. Kirkwood, CA
158. Big Rock, ME
159. Bear Creek, PA
160. Camelback, PA
161. Liberty Mountain, PA
162. Snow Valley, CA
163. Tenney Mountain, NH
165. Pat's Peak, NH
166. Blue Mountain, PA
167. Hermon Mountain, ME
168. Wachusett, MA
169. Lost Valley, ME
170. Giants Ridge, MN
171. Discovery, MT
172. Hidden Valley, PA
173. Stevens Pass, WA
174. Mad River Glen, VT
177. Sandia Peak, NM
178. Snowbasin, UT
179. Ascutney, VT
180. Wisp, MD
181. Snow Creek, MO
182. Solitude, UT
183. Spruce Mountain, ME
184. Jack Frost, PA
185. Roundtop, PA
186. Sleeping Giant, WY
187. Buttermilk, CO
188. Caberfae Peaks, MI
189. Taos, NM
190. Whitetail, PA
191. Hoodoo, OR
192. White Pass, WA
193. Saskadena Six, VT
195. Sipapu, NM
196. Trollhaugen, WI
197. Mountain High, CA
198. Jiminy Peak, MA
199. Otis Ridge, MA
200. Wilmot, WI
201. Big Boulder, PA
202. Hyland Hills, MN
203. Brandywine, OH
204. Winterplace, WV
205. Beaver Mountain, UT
206. Silver Mountain, ID
207. Ski Ward, MA
208. Whaleback, NH
209. Big Bear, PA
210. Woods Valley, NY
211. Massanutten, VA
212. Peek'N Peak, NY
213. Pine Knob, MI
214. Yawgoo Valley, RI
215. Northeast Slopes, VT
216. Mont Ripley, MI
217. Tyrol Basin, WI
218. Bald Mountain, ID
219. Little Ski Hill, ID
220. Campgaw, NJ
221. Hunt Hollow, NY
222. Kendall Mountain, CO
223. Berkshire East, MA
225. Wildcat, NH
226. Tahoe Donner Downhill, CA
227. Dartmouth Skiway, NH
228. Mission Ridge, WA
229. Badger Pass, CA
230. Howelsen Hill, CO
231. Teton Pass, MT
232. Black Mountain, ME
234. Ski Bluewood, WA
235. Mount Peter, NY
236. Soldier Mountain, ID
237. Shawnee Mountain, PA
238. Tussey, PA
239. Powder Ridge, CT
240. Mount Jefferson, ME
241. Hesperus, CO
242. Titcomb, ME
243. King Pine, NH
244. Pine Creek, WY
245. Ski Butternut, MA
247. Nordic Valley, UT
248. Frost Fire, ND
249. Mad River, OH
250. Ski Sundown, CT
251. Lee Canyon, NV
252. Mount Brighton, MI
254. Hogadon, WY
255. Willamette Pass, OR
257. Echo Mountain, CO
258. Elk Mountain, PA
260. Mount Lemmon, AZ
263. Ski Apache, NM
264. Veterans Memorial Recreation Area, NH
265. Beech Mountain, NC
266. Ragged Mountain, NH
267. Diamond Peak, NV
268. Snow Summit, CA
269. Ski Bradford, MA
270. Cherry Peak, UT
272. Blue Knob, PA
273. Cochran's, VT
274. Mohawk, CT
276. Terry Peak, SD
277. Royal Mountain, NY
278. Snowhaven, ID
279. Thunder Ridge, NY
280. Mount Baldy, CA
281. Alpental, WA
282. Snow Ridge, NY
283. Arctic Valley, AK
284. Magic Mountain, ID
285. West Mountain, NY
286. Bottineau, ND
287. Willard, NY
289. Turner Mountain, MT
290. Ferguson Ridge, OR
291. Appalachian Ski Mountain, NC
292. Hatley Pointe, NC
293. Plattekill, NY
294. Bousquet, MA
295. Boston Mills, OH
296. Ober Gatlinburg, TN
297. Blue Hills, MA
298. Abenaki Ski Area, NH
301. Mount Ashland, OR
302. Ski Cloudcroft, NM
303. Meadowlark, WY
304. Powderhouse Hill, ME
305. Eaglecrest, AK
306. Storrs Hill, NH
307. Alta Sierra, CA
308. Cooper Spur, OR
309. Nashoba Valley, MA
310. Hurricane Ridge, WA
311. Badger Mountain, WA
312. Dry Hill, NY
313. Campton Mountain, NH
314. Echo Valley, WA
315. Brantling, NY
316. Cottonwood Butte, ID
318. Hickory, NY
320. Bryce Resort, VA
321. Mount Eyak, AK
323. Arrowhead, NH
324. Meany Lodge, WA
325. Granlibakken, CA
326. Silverton, CO