Is hitting every mountain with the largest vertical drop in each state on your ski and ride bucket list? Well, it should be! Check out the list below to start developing your itinerary.
Cloudmont Ski & Golf Resort – Mentone, Alabama
Vertical Drop – 150’
Alyeska Resort – Girdwood, Alaska
Vertical Drop – 2,500’
Arizona Snowbowl – Flagstaff, Arizona
Vertical Drop – 2,800’
Heavenly Mountain – South Lake Tahoe, California
Vertical Drop – 3,500’
Telluride Ski Resort – Telluride, Colorado
Vertical Drop – 4,425’
Mohawk Mountain Ski Area – Cornwall, Connecticut
Vertical Drop – 650’
Sun Valley Resort – Sun Valley, Idaho
Vertical Drop – 3,450’
Chestnut Mountain Resort – Galena, Illinois
Vertical Drop – 475’
Perfect North Slopes – Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Vertical Drop – 400’
Sundown Mountain Resort – Dubuque, Iowa
Vertical Drop – 475’
Sugarloaf Ski Resort – Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Vertical Drop – 2,820’
Wisp Resort – McHenry, Maryland
Vertical Drop – 700’
Berkshire East Mountain Resort – Charlemont, Massachusetts
Vertical Drop – 1,180’
Mount Bohemia Ski Resort – Mohawk, Michigan
Vertical Drop – 900’
Lutsen Mountains Ski & Summer Resort – Lutsen, Minnesota
Vertical Drop – 825’
Hidden Valley Resort – Wildwood, Missouri
Vertical Drop – 320’
Big Sky Resort – Big Sky, Montana
Vertical Drop – 4,350’
Diamond Peak Ski Resort – Incline Village, Nevada
Vertical Drop – 1,840’
Cannon Mountain Ski Resort – Franconia, New Hampshire
Vertical Drop – 2,180’
Mountain Creek Resort – Vernon Township, New Jersey
Vertical Drop – 1,040’
Taos Ski Valley – Taos, New Mexico
Vertical Drop – 3,131’
Whiteface Mountain – Wilmington, New York
Vertical Drop – 3,430’
Sugar Mountain Ski Resort – Sugar Mountain, North Carolina
Vertical Drop – 1,200’
Huff Hills Ski Area – Mandan, North Dakota
Vertical Drop – 400’
Mad River Mountain – Zanesfield, Ohio
Vertical Drop – 300’
Timberline Lodge – Government Camp, Oregon
Vertical Drop – 4,540’
Blue Mountain Resort – Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Vertical Drop – 1,082’
Yawgoo Valley Ski Area & Water Park – Exeter, Rhode Island
Vertical Drop – 245’
Terry Peak Ski Area – Lead, South Dakota
Vertical Drop – 1,100’
Ober Mountain – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Vertical Drop – 500’
Snowbird – Snowbird, Utah
Vertical Drop – 3,240’
Killington Ski Resort – Killington, Vermont
Vertical Drop – 3,050
Massanutten Resort – Massanutten, Virginia
Vertical Drop – 1,110’
Crystal Mountain Resort – Pierce County, Washington
Vertical Drop – 3,100’
Snowshoe Mountain – Snowshoe, West Virginia
Vertical Drop – 1,500’
Granite Peak Ski Resort – Rib Mountain, Wisconsin
Vertical Drop – 700’
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort – Jackson, Wyoming
Vertical Drop – 4,139’
If you ever thought skiing in the South was impossible, look again, on top of the list is 150′ of vertical fun in Alabama! While Cloudmont Ski and Golf Resort in Alabama has the least vertical drop in the US on the opposite side of the country in Oregon sits the most vertical drop – Timberline Lodge at 4,540′. If hitting all these mountains were on your list it would take you to 37 states and you would ski a total of 69,407 vertical feet!
