Mountain Rankings

The Difficulty ranking is a weighted average of the hardest trails at each resort. It shows how much of a challenge the mountain will present to advanced skiers. The color denotes how challenging the hardest trails at a mountain are. The longer the bar, the harder the advanced trails at the resort. Expect the toughest trails at a resort to have pitches (in degrees) that are very similar to the difficulty score.

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 would require a mix of terrible weather and deadly cliffs. The steepest terrain is primarily in the west, and as such western resorts dominate the top of the Difficulty list.

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1. Ski Ward, MA

16.1

2. Mcintyre, NH

16.9

3. Lonesome Pine, ME

18.4

4. Powder Ridge, CT

18.6

5. Spruce Mountain, ME

19.0

6. Abenaki Ski Area, NH

19.2

7. Powderhouse Hill, ME

19.5

8. Storrs Hill, NH

19.7

9. Cochran's, VT

19.8

10. Mount Pleasant Of Edinboro, PA

20.3

11. Mount Jefferson, ME

20.3

12. Yawgoo Valley, RI

20.4

13. Big Squaw Mountain, ME

20.7

14. Campton Mountain, NH

21.2

15. Brantling, NY

21.3

16. Kanc Recreation Area, NH

21.6

17. Hermon Mountain, ME

21.8

18. Camillus Ski Hill, NY

22.0

19. Blue Hills, MA

22.2

20. Ski Bradford, MA

22.2

21. Peek'N Peak, NY

22.3

22. Mount Southington, CT

22.4

23. Oak Mountain, NY

22.9

24. Veterans Memorial Recreation Area, NH

23.1

25. Ski Butternut, MA

23.3

26. Buffalo Ski Center, NY

23.4

27. Dry Hill, NY

23.7

28. Campgaw, NJ

23.9

29. Titcomb, ME

24.1

30. Big Boulder, PA

24.1

31. Northeast Slopes, VT

24.6

32. Nashoba Valley, MA

24.6

33. Lyndon Outing Club, VT

24.8

34. Woods Valley, NY

24.9

35. Ascutney, VT

25.1

36. Big Bear, PA

25.5

37. Bear Creek, PA

25.6

25.8

39. Mount Peter, NY

25.8

40. Snow Ridge, NY

25.9

41. Lost Valley, ME

26.1

42. Shawnee Mountain, PA

26.1

43. Jack Frost, PA

26.3

44. Wachusett, MA

26.4

45. Bristol, NY

26.4

46. Laurel Mountain, PA

26.7

47. Ski Sundown, CT

27.0

48. Crotched Mountain, NH

27.0

49. Big Rock, ME

27.2

50. McCauley Mountain, NY

27.3

51. Hidden Valley, PA

27.4

52. Willard, NY

27.7

53. Bousquet, MA

27.8

54. West Mountain, NY

27.8

55. Otis Ridge, MA

28.2

56. Montage, PA

28.4

57. Pleasant Mountain, ME

28.5

58. Black Mountain, ME

28.6

59. Whitetail, PA

28.6

60. Elk Mountain, PA

28.8

61. Gunstock, NH

28.9

29.0

63. King Pine, NH

29.1

64. Blue Mountain, PA

29.1

65. Roundtop, PA

29.1

66. Thunder Ridge, NY

29.4

67. Dartmouth Skiway, NH

29.6

68. Liberty Mountain, PA

29.7

69. Royal Mountain, NY

29.7

70. Cranmore, NH

29.8

71. Mountain Creek, NJ

29.8

72. Greek Peak, NY

30.1

73. Arrowhead, NH

30.3

74. Ragged Mountain, NH

30.4

75. Camelback, PA

30.6

76. Hunt Hollow, NY

30.9

77. Saskadena Six, VT

31.0

78. Holiday Valley, NY

31.0

79. Mount Abram, ME

31.1

80. Tenney Mountain, NH

31.1

81. Seven Springs, PA

31.2

82. Bromley, VT

31.6

31.6

84. Mount Sunapee, NH

31.6

85. Pat's Peak, NH

31.6

86. Middlebury Snow Bowl, VT

32.0

87. Whaleback, NH

32.3

88. Attitash, NH

32.5

89. Blue Knob, PA

32.9

90. Bolton Valley, VT

33.1

91. Mount Snow, VT

33.1

92. Catamount, MA

33.3

93. Jiminy Peak, MA

33.3

94. Wildcat, NH

33.3

95. Black Mountain, NH

33.4

96. Berkshire East, MA

33.7

97. Plattekill, NY

33.7

34.3

99. Windham, NY

34.3

100. Hickory, NY

34.4

101. Saddleback, ME

34.5

102. Bretton Woods, NH

35.0

35.3

104. Stratton, VT

35.9

105. Waterville Valley, NH

35.9

106. Belleayre, NY

36.2

107. Sugarloaf, ME

36.6

37.5

109. Sugarbush, VT

37.6

110. Mad River Glen, VT

37.8

111. Hunter, NY

37.8

112. Sunday River, ME

38.0

113. Cannon, NH

38.0

38.5

38.9

116. Killington, VT

40.3

40.7

118. Smuggler's Notch, VT

42.8

119. Whiteface, NY

43.1

120. Jay Peak, VT

44.7