base elevations

[billski]

anyone got a page of the base elevations of the new england ski areas? with a storm like this, it matters.
thanks!

 

[billski]

I Got them. onthesnow. have to spreadsheet it...

 

[billski]

Here they are. VT NH ME ranked in order of base elevation.

ME Saddleback 2460 VT Bolton Valley 2035 VT Stowe 2035 NH Cannon Mountain 2034 VT Pico Mountain 2000 NH Waterville Valley 1984 VT Bromley 1950 NH Wildcat 1950 VT Mount Snow 1900 VT Stratton 1872 VT Jay Peak 1815 ME Big Squaw 1750 NH Balsams Wilderness 1700 VT Middlebury College 1640 NH Bretton Woods 1600 VT Mad River Glen 1600 VT Sugarbush 1483 ME Sugarloaf 1417 VT Burke Mountain 1267 NH Black Mountain 1250 NH Mount Sunapee 1233 VT Killington 1165 VT Magic Mountain 1150 VT Okemo 1144 NH Crotched Mountain 1050 ME Mt. Abram 1050 VT Smugglers Notch 1030 NH Ragged Mountain 1000 NH Dartmouth Skiway 975 NH Loon Mountain 950 NH Gunstock 900 NH Granite Gorge 800 ME Sunday River 800 NH Tenney Mountain 749
Ascutney 720 NH Pats Peak 690 NH Attitash 600 ME Shawnee Peak 600 VT Suicide Six 550 NH Cranmore Mountain 533 NH King Pine 500 ME Mt. Jefferson 351 ME Lost Valley 255 ME Camden 150 ME New Hermon Mtn. 100

In the storm target range, Wildcat is going to be a helluva a choice for this storm. Wildcat, Waterville, Mt Sno, Strat. will be good, but crowded I suspect.
I'm surprised how much lower

 

[2knees]

i'll give you the ones i've committed to memory

Vermont
Mt Snow 1,700 feet
Magic 1150 feet
Bromley 2000 feet
Stratton 1800 feet
Okemo 1100
Killington KBL 2500, Bear 2200 Skyeship Base 1000
Sugarbush 1400
Stowe 1600
Burke 1200
Smuggs 1100
Jay 2000

New Hampshire
Wildcat 2150
Loon 975
Cannon 2000
waterville valley 2000
Attitash 900


thats all i can remember for now.

 

[2knees]

lol, i was pretty close on those.

i know mt snow is full of it as they list their summit higher then it actually is. maybe split the difference there and say 1800

 

[marcski]

Here they are. VT NH ME ranked in order of base elevation.

ME Saddleback 2460 VT Bolton Valley 2035 VT Stowe 2035 NH Cannon Mountain 2034 VT Pico Mountain 2000 NH Waterville Valley 1984 VT Bromley 1950 NH Wildcat 1950 VT Mount Snow 1900 VT Stratton 1872 VT Jay Peak 1815 ME Big Squaw 1750 NH Balsams Wilderness 1700 VT Middlebury College 1640 NH Bretton Woods 1600 VT Mad River Glen 1600 VT Sugarbush 1483 ME Sugarloaf 1417 VT Burke Mountain 1267 NH Black Mountain 1250 NH Mount Sunapee 1233 VT Killington 1165 VT Magic Mountain 1150 VT Okemo 1144 NH Crotched Mountain 1050 ME Mt. Abram 1050 VT Smugglers Notch 1030 NH Ragged Mountain 1000 NH Dartmouth Skiway 975 NH Loon Mountain 950 NH Gunstock 900 NH Granite Gorge 800 ME Sunday River 800 NH Tenney Mountain 749
Ascutney 720 NH Pats Peak 690 NH Attitash 600 ME Shawnee Peak 600 VT Suicide Six 550 NH Cranmore Mountain 533 NH King Pine 500 ME Mt. Jefferson 351 ME Lost Valley 255 ME Camden 150 ME New Hermon Mtn. 100

In the storm target range, Wildcat is going to be a helluva a choice for this storm. Wildcat, Waterville, Mt Sno, Strat. will be good, but crowded I suspect.
I'm surprised how much lower

I suspect that the sugarbush numbers are for Mt. Ellen? Am I wrong to surmise that Lincoln Peak's base elevation might actually be higher than Ellen's, based on Ellen's greater overall vertical drop?

 

[2knees]

numbers dont add up for stowe. how can their base be 2035 when the lifts only go to roughly 3600 and they claim a vert drop of about 2100. Even i can do that math.

 

[billski]

I suspect that the sugarbush numbers are for Mt. Ellen? Am I wrong to surmise that Lincoln Peak's base elevation might actually be higher than Ellen's, based on Ellen's greater overall vertical drop?

from their web site: 2400 vertical, 3975 summit
drilling down:
Lincoln Peak 1575 base, 2,400 vertical, 3,975 summit
Mount Ellen 1490 base, 2645 vertical, 4,083 summit - from an old brochure

 

[billski]

numbers dont add up for stowe. how can their base be 2035 when the lifts only go to roughly 3600 and they claim a vert drop of about 2100. Even i can do that math.

it's the old marketing game. See Tony Crocker's work. He actually measured skiable.
I just want a swag to decide where to ski this week, without reports.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

numbers dont add up for stowe. how can their base be 2035 when the lifts only go to roughly 3600 and they claim a vert drop of about 2100. Even i can do that math.

Stowe gets their vert if you ski down to the Toll House base area just like kmart gets their vert if you ski down to the skyship base at Rt 4. check their trail maps.

 

[skiadikt]

discounting the skyeship base, killington has the highest base (and summit) elevation of any ski area in the east. at kbl the base elevation is 2540 which pretty much covers the entire bowl running from skye peak through snowden.

 

[takeahike46er]

killington has the highest base (and summit) elevation of any ski area in the east.

They don't have the highest summit elevation, and Snowshoe in West Virginia has a higher base (approx. 3300' or 4080' depending on the lift)

The high elevation of the K-1 base is one of Killington's biggest assets. It is a good reason why Killington used to be the king of spring.

 

[2knees]

highest lift serviced in new england.

thats topped by whiteface by a few hundred feet. and a some of the southern ski areas in North Carolina like Beech and such that go up to 5,000 feet.

 

[sLoPeS]

They don't have the highest summit elevation, and Snowshoe in West Virginia has a higher base (approx. 3300' or 4080' depending on the lift)

The high elevation of the K-1 base is one of Killington's biggest assets. It is a good reason why Killington used to be the king of spring.

are u really comparing some place in WV (or NC for that matter) to a place in VT? c'mon now...

without researching numbers, KBL at around 2500' is one of the highest bases in NE.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Sugarloaf and Killington both have summit elevations within a few feet..but the lifts at Killington don't go all the way to the peak..hmmmm..maybe HighWayStar knows the deal..

 

[billski]

ST Resort Name Base Top Vertical Drop Longest Run Snow Making

Sugarloaf 1417 4237 Ft. 2820 Ft. 1.4 miles 490 acres

Killington 1165 4241 Ft. 3050 Ft. 6.0 miles 500 acres
...according to resort information.

 

[takeahike46er]

are u really comparing some place in WV (or NC for that matter) to a place in VT? c'mon now...

Where did I make a comparison between WV skiing and VT? I just stated a fact based on the area stated earlier, "the east".

 

[sLoPeS]

Where did I make a comparison between WV skiing and VT? I just stated a fact based on the area stated earlier, "the east".

ok brah....

 

[deadheadskier]

are u really comparing some place in WV (or NC for that matter) to a place in VT? c'mon now...

without researching numbers, KBL at around 2500' is one of the highest bases in NE.

Snowshoe does get more snow than everything south of Killington in Vermont and almost everywhere else except for a handful of areas in the Northeast. It has a couple of trails with legitimate 1500 vert that have zero run out, one of which has a head wall steeper than most resorts in New England, has acreage that exceeds 225 acres and draws more skiers to it than every where in the Northeast except Killington, Okemo, Sunday River and Mount Snow.

It is without a question a 'major' ski area.

 

[skiadikt]

Where did I make a comparison between WV skiing and VT? I just stated a fact based on the area stated earlier, "the east".

sorry i had meant "north"east. but i did forget about whiteface regarding summit elevation.