Lift Capacity

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US RESORTS SORTED BY LIFT CAPACITY

Lift capacity is measured in number of riders per hour.

Number is claimed by resort in 2005.

May not include all 2007 construction projects.

For example, Okemo, Sunday River and Mt. Snow show the results of major

construction projects over the past decade.

Lift Capacity
21,805
52,973
4,200
24,363
6,700
14,626
12,175
10,650
29,550
7,053
15,000
32,250
9,904
4,200
6,000
32,000
14,200
11,865
3,200
7,500
5,620
11,025
3,000
10,000
13,270
8,400
7,200
3,300
36,252
16,900
13,200
13,000
10,980
8,445
2,338
7,200
5,400
13,800
1,400
3,700
3,500
13,175
6,005
3,250
3,100
11,200
1,200
9,600
3,000
2600
1,000
4,000
2,100
2,190

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

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