| BillSki's Triple-Black Diamond ANALYSIS | |||
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| classic trails | ||||
US RESORTS SORTED BY VERTICAL
Vertical is measured as the difference in vertical feet between the top and bottom-most ski-able altitudes. Vertical shown is claimed
by resort. For more exact measurement, www.verticalfeet.com is recommended.
Criteria: Adult, all-day, single-day, full-price, all-lifts, walk-up window, highest price of holiday or high season rate.
| Resort | Reg | State | 03-04 | 04-05 | 05-06 | 06-07 | YR-YR Change | 07-08 | YR-YR Change | 08-09 | YR-YR Change | 09-10 | Yr-Yr Change | Vert |
| Whiteface | NE | NY | $ 63 | $ 64 | 2% | $ 72 | 13% | $ 79 | 10% | $79 | 0% | 3430 | ||
| Killington | NE | VT | $ 69 | $ 72 | 4% | $ 79 | 10% | $ 82 | 4% | $82 | 0% | 3050 | ||
| Sugarloaf | NE | ME | $ 58 | $ 61 | $ 67 | 10% | $ 72 | 7% | $ 75 | 4% | $75 | 0% | 2820 | |
| Sugarbush | NE | VT | $ 65 | $ 63 | $ 66 | 5% | $ 73 | 11% | $ 75 | 3% | $82 | 9% | 2650 | |
| Smugglers | NE | VT | $ 58 | $ 58 | $ 64 | $ 66 | 3% | $66 | 0% | 2610 | ||||
| Stowe | NE | VT | $ 67 | $ 76 | $ 76 | 0% | $ 84 | 11% | $ 89 | 6% | $89 | 0% | 2360 | |
| Sunday River | NE | ME | $ 57 | $ 59 | $ 67 | 14% | $ 72 | 7% | $ 77 | 7% | $77 | 0% | 2340 | |
| Okemo | NE | VT | $ 69 | $ 72 | 4% | $ 74 | 3% | $ 77 | 4% | $79 | 3% | 2200 | ||
| Jay Peak | NE | VT | $ 54 | $ 56 | $ 58 | $ 59 | 2% | $ 62 | 5% | $ 65 | 5% | $67 | 3% | 2153 |
| Cannon | NE | NH | $ 44 | $ 49 | $ 54 | $ 54 | 0% | $ 60 | 11% | $ 64 | 7% | $66 | 3% | 2146 |
| Wildcat | NE | NH | $ 55 | $ 55 | $ 59 | 7% | $ 59 | 0% | $ 65 | 10% | $65 | 0% | 2112 | |
| Loon | NE | NH | $ 51 | $ 59 | $ 65 | $ 67 | 3% | $ 69 | 3% | $ 73 | 6% | $73 | 0% | 2100 |
| Gore | NE | NY | $ 56 | $ 57 | $ 61 | $ 64 | 5% | $ 71 | $74 | 4% | 2100 | |||
| Mad River | NE | VT | $ 50 | $ 50 | $ 54 | 8% | $ 54 | 0% | $ 64 | 19% | $66 | 3% | 2037 | |
| Waterville | NE | NH | $ 39 | $ 44 | $ 55 | $ 59 | 7% | $ 61 | 3% | $ 65 | 7% | $67 | 3% | 2020 |
| Stratton | NE | VT | $ 72 | $ 75 | 4% | $ 78 | 4% | $ 79 | 1% | $84 | 6% | 2003 | ||
| Saddleback | NE | ME | $ 35 | $ 39 | $ 40 | 3% | $ 40 | 0% | $ 40 | 0% | $49 | 23% | 2000 | |
| Burke | NE | VT | $ 47 | $ 52 | $ 56 | 8% | $ 56 | 0% | $ 60 | 7% | $62 | 3% | 2000 | |
| Pico | NE | VT | $ 49 | $ 49 | $ 52 | 6% | $ 49 | -6% | $ 52 | 6% | $57 | 10% | 1967 | |
| Ascutney | NE | VT | $ 54 | $ 55 | $ 56 | $ 58 | 4% | $ 60 | 3% | $ 62 | 3% | $62 | 0% | 1800 |
| Squaw (Big) Mountain | NE | ME | $ 19 | $ 19 | $ 15 | -21% | $ 20 | 33% | $ 25 | 25% | 1750 | |||
| Attitash | NE | NH | $ 55 | $ 59 | $ 65 | 10% | $ 65 | 0% | $ 69 | 6% | $69 | 0% | 1750 | |
| Mount Snow/Haystack | NE | VT | $ 64 | $ 69 | $ 72 | 4% | $ 72 | 0% | $ 75 | 4% | $75 | 0% | 1700 | |
| Bolton Valley | NE | VT | $ 48 | $ 49 | $ 49 | 0% | $ 59 | 20% | $ 64 | 8% | $64 | 0% | 1625 | |
| Hunter NY | NE | NY | $ 54 | na | $ 62 | $ 63 | 2% | $63 | 0% | 1600 | ||||
| Windham Mountain | NE | NY | $ 55 | $ 61 | $ 65 | 7% | $65 | 0% | 1600 | |||||
| Magic Mountain | NE | VT | $ 49 | $ 49 | $ 49 | 0% | $ 56 | 14% | $ 56 | 0% | $56 | 0% | 1600 | |
| Mount Sunapee | NE | NH | $ 56 | $ 58 | $ 58 | 0% | $ 64 | 10% | $ 66 | 3% | $68 | 3% | 1510 | |
| Bretton Woods | NE | NH | $ 59 | $ 64 | $ 64 | 0% | $ 69 | 8% | $ 74 | 7% | $74 | 0% | 1500 | |
| Bellayre | NE | NY | $ 46 | $ 48 | $ 54 | 13% | $54 | 0% | 1405 | |||||
| Gunstock | NE | NH | $ 46 | $ 49 | $ 52 | $ 56 | 8% | $ 59 | 5% | $ 64 | 8% | $66 | 3% | 1400 |
| Tenny | NE | NH | $ 37 | $ 39 | $ 39 | $ 39 | 0% | $ 45 | 15% | $ 49 | 9% | $50 | 2% | 1400 |
| Bromley | NE | VT | $ 57 | $ 59 | $ 61 | 3% | $ 63 | 3% | $ 66 | 5% | $68 | 3% | 1334 | |
| Shawnee Peak | NE | ME | $ 44 | $ 45 | $ 47 | 4% | $ 49 | 4% | $ 52 | 6% | $53 | 2% | 1300 | |
| Ragged | NE | NH | $ 45 | $ 49 | $ 52 | $ 54 | 4% | $ 46 | -15% | $ 59 | 28% | $59 | 0% | 1250 |
| Berkshire East | NE | MA | $ 38 | $ 42 | $ 45 | $ 48 | 7% | $ 50 | 4% | $ 52 | 4% | $52 | 0% | 1180 |
| Cranmore | NE | NH | $ 35 | $ 39 | $ 45 | $ 47 | 4% | $ 49 | 4% | $ 55 | 12% | $55 | 0% | 1167 |
| Jiminy Peak | NE | MA | $ 52 | $ 55 | $ 57 | 4% | $ 59 | 4% | $ 62 | 5% | $64 | 3% | 1140 | |
| Black Mountain, Maine | NE | ME | $ 18 | $ 18 | $ 20 | 11% | $ 20 | 0% | $ 25 | 25% | $29 | 16% | 1120 | |
| Black, NH | NE | NH | $ 32 | $ 32 | $ 32 | 0% | $ 39 | 22% | $ 39 | 0% | $39 | 0% | 1100 | |
| Middlebury | NE | VT | $ 35 | $ 30 | $ 37 | $ 39 | 5% | $ 39 | 0% | $ 42 | 8% | $44 | 5% | 1020 |
| Butternut | NE | MA | $ 46 | $ 46 | $ 49 | 7% | $ 50 | 2% | $ 55 | 10% | $55 | 0% | 1000 | |
| Wachusett | NE | MA | $ 45 | $ 46 | $ 48 | $ 49 | 2% | $ 49 | 0% | $ 52 | 6% | $54 | 4% | 1000 |
| Balsams | NE | NH | $ 35 | $ 35 | ns | $ 38 | $ 33 | -13% | 1000 | |||||
| Dartmouth | NE | NH | $ 38 | $ 40 | $ 40 | 0% | $ 40 | 0% | $ 40 | 0% | $40 | 0% | 968 | |
| Crotched | NE | NH | $ 45 | $ 44 | $ 47 | 7% | $ 48 | 2% | $ 51 | 6% | $51 | 0% | 875 | |
| Bosquet | NE | MA | $ 30 | $ 32 | $ 32 | 0% | $ 37 | 16% | $ 40 | 8% | $37 | -8% | 750 | |
| Pats Peak | NE | NH | $ 43 | $ 47 | $ 48 | 2% | $ 49 | 2% | $ 52 | 6% | $54 | 4% | 710 | |
| Suicide Six | NE | VT | $ 50 | $ 52 | $ 52 | 0% | $ 55 | 6% | $ 57 | 4% | $59 | 4% | 650 | |
| Granite Gorge | NE | NH | $ 29 | $ 29 | 0% | $ 29 | 0% | $ 39 | 34% | $45 | 15% | 515 | ||
| Cochran's | NE | VT | $ 30 | $ 30 | 0% | $ 30 | 0% | $ 20 | -33% | TBD | 500 | |||
| King Pine | NE | NH | $ 34 | $ 34 | $ 39 | 15% | $ 39 | 0% | $ 42 | 8% | $44 | 5% | 350 | |
| Ski Ward | NE | MA | $ 31 | $ 31 | $ 31 | 0% | $ 34 | 10% | $ 40 | 18% | $40 | 0% | 200 | |
| McIntyre | NE | NH | $ 25 | $ 27 | 8% | $ 27 | 0% | $ 27 | 0% | $29 | 7% | 180 |
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