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. Big Sky, MT

55.2

2. Silverton, CO

54.1

3. Telluride, CO

53.7

4. Alpental, WA

53.6

5. Arapahoe Basin, CO

53.4

6. Palisades Tahoe, CA

53.1

7. Crested Butte, CO

52.7

8. Solitude, UT

51.2

9. Bear Valley, CA

51.1

10. Snowbird, UT

51.0

11. Taos, NM

50.6

12. Stevens Pass, WA

49.2

13. Heavenly, CA

48.7

14. Crystal Mountain, WA

48.7

15. Alta, UT

48.4

16. Mammoth, CA

48.0

17. Silver Mountain, ID

47.5

18. Grand Targhee, WY

47.5

19. Alyeska, AK

46.1

20. Whitefish, MT

46.0

21. Mount Baker, WA

45.9

22. Aspen Highlands, CO

45.6

23. Park City, UT

45.4

24. Steamboat Springs, CO

44.4

25. Jackson Hole, WY

44.3

26. Aspen, CO

44.0

27. Snowbasin, UT

44.0

28. Breckenridge, CO

43.6

29. Kirkwood, CA

43.4

30. Schweitzer, ID

43.3

31. Mount Rose, NV

43.3

32. Sundance, UT

43.3

33. Summit at Snoqualmie, WA

43.2

34. Winter Park, CO

42.5

35. Mount Hood Meadows, OR

42.5

36. Deer Valley, UT

42.5

37. Sunlight, CO

41.9

38. Vail, CO

41.8

39. Discovery, MT

41.6

40. Mount Hood Skibowl, OR

41.5

41. Snowmass, CO

41.2

42. Ski Santa Fe, NM

40.8

43. Powder Mountain, UT

40.7

44. Mount Baldy, CA

40.1

45. Beaver Creek, CO

40.0

46. Monarch, CO

40.0

47. Brundage Mountain, ID

39.9

48. Red Lodge Mountain, MT

39.9

49. Loveland, CO

39.5

50. Mount Bachelor, OR

39.5

51. Copper Mountain, CO

39.2

52. Brighton, UT

39.0

53. Sun Valley, ID

38.9

54. Sipapu, NM

38.9

55. Wolf Creek, CO

38.7

56. Purgatory, CO

38.6

57. Bridger Bowl, MT

38.6

58. Montana Snowbowl, MT

38.6

59. Eldora Mountain, CO

38.4

60. Red River, NM

38.4

61. Keystone, CO

38.2

62. Snow King Mountain, WY

38.2

63. Meany Lodge, WA

38.2

64. Mount Ashland, OR

38.1

65. Sugar Bowl, CA

37.9

66. Eaglecrest, AK

37.7

67. Tamarack, ID

37.5

68. Pebble Creek, ID

37.4

69. White Pass, WA

37.4

70. Sunrise Park, AZ

37.3

71. Meadowlark, WY

37.3

72. Nordic Valley, UT

36.5

73. Homewood, CA

36.1

74. Mission Ridge, WA

36.0

75. Lost Trail, MT

35.9

76. China Peak, CA

35.7

77. 49 Degrees North, WA

35.6

78. Powderhorn, CO

35.4

79. Bogus Basin, ID

35.3

80. Angel Fire, NM

35.3

81. Hoodoo, OR

34.4

82. Hurricane Ridge, WA

34.4

83. Great Divide, MT

34.4

84. Northstar, CA

34.3

85. Teton Pass, MT

34.1

86. Eagle Point, UT

34.0

87. Hesperus, CO

33.9

88. Lookout Pass, MT

33.9

89. June Mountain, CA

33.8

90. Beaver Mountain, UT

33.8

91. Willamette Pass, OR

33.6

92. Ski Land, AK

33.4

93. Ski Bluewood, WA

33.4

94. Pajarito Mountain, NM

33.3

95. Ski Apache, NM

33.3

96. Mountain High, CA

32.9

97. Mount Spokane, WA

32.5

98. Kelly Canyon, ID

32.4

99. Cherry Peak, UT

32.3

100. Soldier Mountain, ID

32.3

101. Sierra at Tahoe, CA

32.2

102. Sandia Peak, NM

32.0

103. Mount Eyak, AK

31.9

104. Showdown, MT

31.8

105. Arizona Snowbowl, AZ

31.5

106. Turner Mountain, MT

31.3

107. Mount Shasta, CA

31.2

108. Ferguson Ridge, OR

31.2

109. Snow Summit, CA

31.1

110. Mount Lemmon, AZ

31.1

111. Big Bear Mountain, CA

31.0

112. Dodge Ridge, CA

30.8

113. Anthony Lakes, OR

30.7

114. Ski Cloudcroft, NM

30.7

115. Diamond Peak, NV

30.6

116. Brian Head, UT

30.1

117. Hogadon, WY

30.0

118. Arctic Valley, AK

30.0

119. Snow Valley, CA

29.5

120. Magic Mountain, ID

29.4

121. Loup Loup Ski Bowl, WA

29.3

122. Ski Cooper, CO

29.2

123. Maverick Mountain, MT

29.2

124. Lee Canyon, NV

29.1

125. Timberline Lodge, OR

28.9

126. Badger Mountain, WA

28.3

127. Donner Ski Ranch, CA

28.2

128. Sleeping Giant, WY

27.4

129. Moose Mountain, AK

27.0

130. Bald Mountain, ID

26.9

131. Granlibakken, CA

26.9

132. Buttermilk, CO

26.7

133. Sitzmark Ski Area, WA

26.2

134. White Pine, WY

25.6

135. Boreal, CA

25.4

136. Granby Ranch, CO

25.4

137. Alta Sierra, CA

25.3

138. Tahoe Donner Downhill, CA

25.2

139. Howelsen Hill, CO

25.0

140. Snowy Range, WY

24.8

141. Echo Valley, WA

24.5

142. Cooper Spur, OR

24.0

143. Soda Springs, CA

23.8

144. Kendall Mountain, CO

23.1

145. Pine Creek, WY

22.7

146. Cottonwood Butte, ID

22.5

147. Badger Pass, CA

21.4

148. Echo Mountain, CO

21.3

149. Pomerelle, ID

21.3

150. Little Ski Hill, ID

20.5

151. Snowhaven, ID

19.6

152. Hilltop, AK

18.0