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. Jay Peak, VT

44.7

2. Whiteface, NY

43.1

3. Smuggler's Notch, VT

42.8

40.7

5. Killington, VT

40.3

38.9

38.5

8. Sunday River, ME

38.0

38.0

10. Mad River Glen, VT

37.8

37.8

12. Sugarbush, VT

37.6

37.5

14. Sugarloaf, ME

36.6

15. Belleayre, NY

36.2

16. Stratton, VT

35.9

17. Waterville Valley, NH

35.9

35.3

19. Bretton Woods, NH

35.0

20. Saddleback, ME

34.5

21. Windham, NY

34.5

22. Hickory, NY

34.4

34.3

24. Berkshire East, MA

33.7

25. Plattekill, NY

33.7

26. Black Mountain, NH

33.4

27. Catamount, MA

33.3

28. Jiminy Peak, MA

33.3

29. Wildcat, NH

33.3

30. Bolton Valley, VT

33.1

31. Mount Snow, VT

33.1

32. Blue Knob, PA

32.9

33. Attitash, NH

32.5

34. Whaleback, NH

32.3

35. Middlebury Snow Bowl, VT

32.0

36. Bromley, VT

31.6

31.6

38. Mount Sunapee, NH

31.6

39. Pat's Peak, NH

31.6

40. Seven Springs, PA

31.2

41. Mount Abram, ME

31.1

42. Tenney Mountain, NH

31.1

43. Saskadena Six, VT

31.0

44. Holiday Valley, NY

31.0

45. Hunt Hollow, NY

30.9

46. Camelback, PA

30.6

47. Ragged Mountain, NH

30.4

48. Arrowhead, NH

30.3

49. Greek Peak, NY

30.1

50. Cranmore, NH

29.8

51. Mountain Creek, NJ

29.8

52. Liberty Mountain, PA

29.7

53. Royal Mountain, NY

29.7

54. Dartmouth Skiway, NH

29.6

55. Thunder Ridge, NY

29.4

56. King Pine, NH

29.1

57. Blue Mountain, PA

29.1

58. Roundtop, PA

29.1

29.0

60. Gunstock, NH

28.9

61. Elk Mountain, PA

28.8

62. Black Mountain, ME

28.6

63. Whitetail, PA

28.6

64. Pleasant Mountain, ME

28.5

65. Montage, PA

28.4

66. Otis Ridge, MA

28.2

67. Bousquet, MA

27.8

68. West Mountain, NY

27.8

69. Willard, NY

27.7

70. Hidden Valley, PA

27.4

71. McCauley Mountain, NY

27.3

72. Big Rock, ME

27.2

73. Ski Sundown, CT

27.0

74. Crotched Mountain, NH

27.0

75. Laurel Mountain, PA

26.7

76. Wachusett, MA

26.4

77. Bristol, NY

26.4

78. Jack Frost, PA

26.3

79. Lost Valley, ME

26.1

80. Shawnee Mountain, PA

26.1

81. Snow Ridge, NY

25.9

25.8

83. Mount Peter, NY

25.8

84. Bear Creek, PA

25.6

85. Big Bear, PA

25.5

86. Ascutney, VT

25.1

87. Woods Valley, NY

24.9

88. Lyndon Outing Club, VT

24.8

89. Northeast Slopes, VT

24.6

90. Nashoba Valley, MA

24.6

91. Titcomb, ME

24.1

92. Big Boulder, PA

24.1

93. Campgaw, NJ

23.9

94. Dry Hill, NY

23.7

95. Buffalo Ski Center, NY

23.4

96. Ski Butternut, MA

23.3

97. Veterans Memorial Recreation Area, NH

23.1

98. Oak Mountain, NY

22.9

99. Mount Southington, CT

22.4

100. Peek'N Peak, NY

22.3

101. Blue Hills, MA

22.2

102. Ski Bradford, MA

22.2

103. Camillus Ski Hill, NY

22.0

104. Hermon Mountain, ME

21.8

105. Kanc Recreation Area, NH

21.6

106. Brantling, NY

21.3

107. Campton Mountain, NH

21.2

108. Big Squaw Mountain, ME

20.7

109. Yawgoo Valley, RI

20.4

110. Mount Pleasant Of Edinboro, PA

20.3

111. Mount Jefferson, ME

20.3

112. Cochran's, VT

19.8

113. Storrs Hill, NH

19.7

114. Powderhouse Hill, ME

19.5

115. Abenaki Ski Area, NH

19.2

116. Spruce Mountain, ME

19.0

117. Powder Ridge, CT

18.6

118. Lonesome Pine, ME

18.4

119. Mcintyre, NH

16.9

120. Ski Ward, MA

16.1