Largest and/or busiest mountains by state?

[JasonE]

This may seem like a silly question for those long-time skiers out there, but since I'm a last-couple-seasons raw recruit, I got curious the other day...

What mountains in New England, by state, are the largest, and which are the busiest?

I'd have to guess (and it's just a guess) that Wachusett is the busiest in Massachusetts (but doubt it's the largest - would that go to Jiminy?) In VT I'd assume Killington is busiest (don't know about largest). I have no idea on NH or ME.

Anyone have better impressions or more details?

Jason

 

[wa-loaf]

ME: Sunday River for busiest and Sugarloaf for biggest.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Let me give this a try...

PA..largest vert..Blue mountain...busiest Seven Springs..second busiest Camelback..
NY..largest vert..Whiteface..busiest Hunter
VT..largest vert and busiest and most terrain Killington
NH..busiest Loon..largest?
ME..largest vert Sugarloaf..busiest Sunday River
CO..largest and busiest..Vail..most vert Snowmass
UT..busiest Park City..largest..Snowbird??
WY..largest and busiest..Jackson Hole
MT..largest Big Sky..busiest..a toss up between Whitefish Mountain Resort and Big Sky
CA..largest and busiest Mammath

 

[tomski]

You forgot Jersey and the Might Gaw!

 

[dmc]

NY biggest Whiteface - Busiest Bellayre

 

[2knees]

for the category called no one really cares, i submit the following.

RI biggest Yagoo Busiest Yagoo
CT biggest Mohawk Busiest Sundown or Southington

 

[Geoff]

Let me give this a try...

PA..largest vert..Blue mountain...busiest Seven Springs..second busiest Camelback..
NY..largest vert..Whiteface..busiest Hunter
VT..largest vert and busiest and most terrain Killington
NH..busiest Loon..largest?
ME..largest vert Sugarloaf..busiest Sunday River
CO..largest and busiest..Vail..most vert Snowmass
UT..busiest Park City..largest..Snowbird??
WY..largest and busiest..Jackson Hole
MT..largest Big Sky..busiest..a toss up between Whitefish Mountain Resort and Big Sky
CA..largest and busiest Mammath

You can argue Killington either way in Vermont.

Unless you count a really flat beginner run down to the base of the Skyeship gondola, Killington really doesn't have sustained vertical. The single chair at Mad River gives you more than 2000 feet of vertical. Stowe gives you 2300 feet though the bottom is a runout. Sugarbush gives you 2600 on North and that's far more sustained than the wimpy 3000 at Killington.

With the new ownership, it's unclear if Killington is going to get the most skier visits this year. Okemo is up over 550,000 skier visits and growing. Okemo only has 60% of the uphill capacity and skiable acres of Killington so it's probably the "busiest" on weekends.

The Canyons is the largest resort in Utah in terms of skiable acres and uphill capacity. That's why Vail wanted to buy it so much since they're the largest in Colorado.

 

[Method9455]

NY biggest Whiteface - Busiest Bellayre

You think Belleayre is busier than Hunter? Really? I dunno Hunter on the weekends is mayhem, maybe it just feels busier since it funnels through the summit in the same spot.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

NY biggest Whiteface - Busiest Bellayre

Busiest Belleayre..lol..whatever you're smoking..can I have some..:beer:

 

[Hawkshot99]

You think Belleayre is busier than Hunter? Really? I dunno Hunter on the weekends is mayhem, maybe it just feels busier since it funnels through the summit in the same spot.

I was at Hunter on sat. the 8th and the lines were not bad. Please kill all the talk about how crowded Hunter is.....

 

[ERJ-145CA]

You forgot Jersey and the Might Gaw!

Yeah Campgaw might seem like the busiest because everybody is on the one trail but Mountain Creek is the biggest and busiest in Jersey.

 

[basemoto]

hunter is absolutely more crowded than belleayre, but hunter is a better mountain imo with snowmaking and stuff. I have never skiied the beast at belleayre tho so idk lol maybe that is fun.

 

[OppositeGeorge]

Never been there, but how does that Trois Vallees of Western NY, Holiday Valley, compare to Hunter in terms of skier visits? Being the closest substantial area to Buffalo, Rochester, a good chunk of Pennsylvania and Ohio and probably the Kitchener-Waterloo Region, if not more of Ontario has got to count for something (Hell, throw Detroit in there too.)

 

[OppositeGeorge]

Nah, scratch Detroit -- forgot about Boyne which is about an hour closer. Still, they probably get some folks from Michigan @ HV

 

[Hawkshot99]

hunter is absolutely more crowded than belleayre, but hunter is a better mountain imo with snowmaking and stuff. I have never skiied the beast at belleayre tho so idk lol maybe that is fun.

The Beast is a waste. I think I payed $5 for it. It took us to a real tracked out trail that wasn't that special. Last year I skated out to the drop off area from the cat and it took like 5-10 mins. and was free.

For NY out of the mountains I have visited the most crowded for lift lines would have to be Whyndam.

 

[basemoto]

so the beast isn't good eh therefore Hunter is the best mtn in the Catskills wo0T

 

[St. Jerry]

UT: Largest: Powder Mtn. (shhh....)

 

[tomski]

Yeah Campgaw might seem like the busiest because everybody is on the one trail but Mountain Creek is the biggest and busiest in Jersey.

Guess I should have pointed out the sarcasm there. Sorry for any confussion this may have caused.