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Ski Resorts with Highest Vertical Drop

Telluride

Telluride, CO

  • Vertical Drop 4,425 ft
  • Skiable Area 2,000 ac
  • Average Snowfall 309 in

Aspen-Snowmass

Aspen, CO

  • Vertical Drop 4,406 ft
  • Skiable Area 3,332 ac
  • Average Snowfall 300 in

Big Sky

Big Sky, MT

  • Vertical Drop 4,366 ft
  • Skiable Area 5,800 ac
  • Average Snowfall 400 in

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

Teton Village, WY

  • Vertical Drop 4,139 ft
  • Skiable Area 2,500 ac
  • Average Snowfall 459 in

Timberline Ski Area

Government Camp, OR

  • Vertical Drop 3,690 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,415 ac
  • Average Snowfall 540 in

Steamboat

Steamboat Springs, CO

  • Vertical Drop 3,668 ft
  • Skiable Area 2,965 ac
  • Average Snowfall 349 in

Heavenly Mountain

South Lake Tahoe, CA

  • Vertical Drop 3,500 ft
  • Skiable Area 4,800 ac
  • Average Snowfall 360 in

Vail

Vail, CO

  • Vertical Drop 3,450 ft
  • Skiable Area 5,289 ac
  • Average Snowfall 350 in

Whiteface Mountain

Wilmington, NY

  • Vertical Drop 3,430 ft
  • Skiable Area 288 ac
  • Average Snowfall 168 in

Sun Valley

Sun Valley, ID

  • Vertical Drop 3,400 ft
  • Skiable Area 2,054 ac
  • Average Snowfall 200 in

Breckenridge

Breckenridge, CO

  • Vertical Drop 3,398 ft
  • Skiable Area 2,908 ac
  • Average Snowfall 353 in

Mount Bachelor

Bend, OR

  • Vertical Drop 3,365 ft
  • Skiable Area 3,700 ac
  • Average Snowfall 462 in

Beaver Creek

Avon, CO

  • Vertical Drop 3,340 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,832 ac
  • Average Snowfall 325 in

Taos Ski Valley

Taos Ski Valley, NM

  • Vertical Drop 3,281 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,294 ac
  • Average Snowfall 305 in

Snowbird

Snowbird, UT

  • Vertical Drop 3,240 ft
  • Skiable Area 2,500 ac
  • Average Snowfall 500 in
  • Vertical Drop 3,226 ft
  • Skiable Area 7,300 ac
  • Average Snowfall 355 in

Alyeska Resort

Girdwood, AK

  • Vertical Drop 3,200 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,500 ac
  • Average Snowfall 512 in

Canyons

Park City, UT

  • Vertical Drop 3,190 ft
  • Skiable Area 4,000 ac
  • Average Snowfall 355 in

Keystone

Keystone, CO

  • Vertical Drop 3,128 ft
  • Skiable Area 3,148 ac
  • Average Snowfall 235 in

Mammoth Mountain

Mammoth Lakes, CA

  • Vertical Drop 3,100 ft
  • Skiable Area 3,500 ac
  • Average Snowfall 400 in

Crystal Mountain

Enumclaw, WA

  • Vertical Drop 3,100 ft
  • Skiable Area 2,300 ac
  • Average Snowfall 486 in

Silverton Mountain

Silverton, CO

  • Vertical Drop 3,087 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,819 ac
  • Average Snowfall 400 in

Crested Butte

Crested Butte, CO

  • Vertical Drop 3,062 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,547 ac
  • Average Snowfall 300 in

Winter Park Resort

Winter Park, CO

  • Vertical Drop 3,060 ft
  • Skiable Area 3,081 ac
  • Average Snowfall 317 in

Killington

Killington, VT

  • Vertical Drop 3,050 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,509 ac
  • Average Snowfall 250 in

Deer Valley Resort

Park City, UT

  • Vertical Drop 3,000 ft
  • Skiable Area 2,026 ac
  • Average Snowfall 300 in

Snowbasin

Huntsville, UT

  • Vertical Drop 2,900 ft
  • Skiable Area 3,000 ac
  • Average Snowfall 300 in

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows

Olympic Valley, CA

  • Vertical Drop 2,850 ft
  • Skiable Area 6,200 ac
  • Average Snowfall 450 in

Sugarloaf

Carrabassett Valley, ME

  • Vertical Drop 2,820 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,230 ac
  • Average Snowfall 200 in

Tamarack Resort

Tamarack, ID

  • Vertical Drop 2,800 ft
  • Skiable Area 1,020 ac
  • Average Snowfall 300 in

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