Snowmaking

BillSki's Triple-Black Diamond ANALYSIS
Toolbox	Intro	price	Alpha
	skier density	vertical	lift capacity
	acres	snowmaking	state/alpha
	trails	charts	snowfall
		classic trails

US RESORTS SORTED BY SNOWMAKING

Measured by percentage of Ski-able Acres covered by snowmaking equipment.

No surprise here, the east has the highest rate of snowmaking, save for Mad River Glen.

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Resort	Reg	State	00-01	01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06 PEAK	06-07 PEAK	YR-YR DELTA	07-08 PEAK	YR-YR DELTA	08-09 Peak-Hol'	YR-YR DELTA
Ski Ward	NE	MA					$ 31	$ 31	$ 31	0%	$ 34	10%	$ 40	18%
Cranmore	NE	NH				$ 35	$ 39	$ 45	$ 47	4%	$ 49	4%	$ 55	12%
Butternut	NE	MA					$ 46	$ 46	$ 49	7%	$ 50	2%	$ 55	10%
King Pine	NE	NH					$ 34	$ 34	$ 39	15%	$ 39	0%	$ 42	8%
Sunday River	NE	ME					$ 57	$ 59	$ 67	14%	$ 72	7%	$ 77	7%
Crotched	NE	NH					$ 45	$ 44	$ 47	7%	$ 48	2%	$ 51	6%
Wachusett	NE	MA	$ 42	$ 43	$ 44	$ 45	$ 46	$ 48	$ 49	2%	$ 49	0%	$ 52	6%
Pats Peak	NE	NH					$ 43	$ 47	$ 48	2%	$ 49	2%	$ 52	6%
Berkshire East	NE	MA				$ 38	$ 42	$ 45	$ 48	7%	$ 50	4%	$ 52	4%
Hunter NY	NE	NY						$ 54	na		$ 62		$ 63	2%
McIntyre	NE	NH						$ 25	$ 27	8%	$ 27	0%	$ 27	0%
Loon	NE	NH				$ 51	$ 59	$ 65	$ 67	3%	$ 69	3%	$ 73	6%
Bosquet	NE	MA					$ 30	$ 32	$ 32	0%	$ 37	16%	$ 40	8%
Attitash	NE	NH					$ 55	$ 59	$ 65	10%	$ 65	0%	$ 69	6%
Shawnee Peak	NE	ME					$ 44	$ 45	$ 47	4%	$ 49	4%	$ 52	6%
Black	NE	NH					$ 32	$ 32	$ 32	0%	$ 39	22%	$ 39	0%
Whiteface	NE	NY						$ 63	$ 64	2%	$ 72	13%	$ 79	10%
Cannon	NE	NH				$ 44	$ 49	$ 54	$ 54	0%	$ 60	11%	$ 64	7%
Windham Mountain	NE	NY						$ 55			$ 61		$ 65	7%
Mount Sunapee	NE	NH					$ 56	$ 58	$ 58	0%	$ 64	10%	$ 66	3%
Bellayre	NE	NY						$ 46			$ 48		$ 54	13%
Waterville	NE	NH				$ 39	$ 44	$ 55	$ 59	7%	$ 61	3%	$ 65	7%
Gore	NE	NY		$ 52	$ 52	$ 56	$ 57	$ 61	$ 64	5%			$ 71
Ragged	NE	NH	$ 39	$ 45	$ 45	$ 45	$ 49	$ 52	$ 54	4%	$ 46	-15%	$ 59	28%
Okemo	NE	VT						$ 69	$ 72	4%	$ 74	3%	$ 77	4%
Ascutney	NE	VT				$ 54	$ 55	$ 56	$ 58	4%	$ 60	3%	$ 62	3%
Sugarloaf	NE	ME					$ 58	$ 61	$ 67	10%	$ 72	7%	$ 75	4%
Jiminy Peak	NE	MA					$ 52	$ 55	$ 57	4%	$ 59	4%	$ 62	5%
Bretton Woods	NE	NH					$ 59	$ 64	$ 64	0%	$ 69	8%	$ 74	7%
Wildcat	NE	NH					$ 55	$ 55	$ 59	7%	$ 59	0%	$ 65	10%
Stratton	NE	VT						$ 72	$ 75	4%	$ 78	4%
Magic Mountain	NE	VT					$ 49	$ 49	$ 49	0%	$ 56	14%	$ 56	0%
Tenny	NE	NH				$ 37	$ 39	$ 39	$ 39	0%	$ 45	15%	$ 49	9%
Mount Snow/Haystack	NE	VT	$ 67			$ 64		$ 69	$ 72	4%	$ 72	0%	$ 75	4%
Bromley	NE	VT					$ 57	$ 59	$ 61	3%	$ 63	3%	$ 66	5%
Pico	NE	VT				$ 49		$ 49	$ 52	6%	$ 49	-6%	$ 52	6%
Gunstock	NE	NH				$ 46	$ 49	$ 52	$ 56	8%	$ 59	5%	$ 64	8%
Jay Peak	NE	VT				$ 54	$ 56	$ 58	$ 59	2%	$ 62	5%	$ 65	5%
Saddleback	NE	ME					$ 35	$ 39	$ 40	3%	$ 40	0%	$ 40	0%
Balsams	NE	NH				$ 35		$ 35	ns		$ 38		$ 33	-13%
Burke	NE	VT					$ 47	$ 52	$ 56	8%	$ 56	0%	$ 60	7%
Stowe	NE	VT		$ 56			$ 67	$ 76	$ 76	0%	$ 84	11%	$ 89	6%
Squaw (Big) Mountain	NE	ME					$ 19	$ 19	$ 15	-21%	$ 20	33%	$ 25	25%
Killington	NE	VT		$ 58				$ 69	$ 72	4%	$ 79	10%	$ 82	4%
Dartmouth	NE	NH					$ 38	$ 40	$ 40	0%	$ 40	0%	$ 40	0%
Sugarbush	NE	VT	$ 55				$ 65	$ 63	$ 66	5%	$ 73	11%	$ 75	3%
Black Mountain	NE	ME					$ 18	$ 18	$ 20	11%	$ 20	0%	$ 25	25%
Smugglers	NE	VT					$ 58	$ 58			$ 64		$ 66	3%
Bolton Valley	NE	VT					$ 48	$ 49	$ 49	0%	$ 59	20%	$ 64	8%
Suicide Six	NE	VT					$ 50	$ 52	$ 52	0%	$ 55	6%	$ 57	4%
Middlebury	NE	VT				$ 35	$ 30	$ 37	$ 39	5%	$ 39	0%	$ 42	8%
Cochran's	NE	VT						$ 30	$ 30	0%	$ 30	0%	$ 20	-33%
Granite Gorge	NE	NH						$ 29	$ 29	0%	$ 29	0%	$ 39	34%
Mad River	NE	VT					$ 50	$ 50	$ 54	8%	$ 54	0%	$ 64	19%

Criteria: Adult, all-day, single-day, full-price, all-lifts, walk-up window, highest price of holiday or high season rate.

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