How Many Ski Areas Have You People Skied??

I have skied 11 Ski Areas:

Greek Peak, Elk Mountain, Camelback, Hunter, Windham, Belleayre, Plattekill, Whiteface, Gore, Killington, and Snow Ridge.

Someone had a facebook app thingy the other day, and I think I was at 61.

I'm at 75.  20+ years in PSIA nets you a lot of ski areas.

I was bored on a long flight one time and so i created a life list spread sheet.

Boreal
Tahoe Sugar Bowl
Northstar
Heavenly Valley
Kirkwood (THE FREAKING TITS)
Squaw Valley
Plattekill
Belleayre
Hunter

This year I hope to ride the adk's and vermont.

5/9/20: Up to 40 in 8 states and 2 continents
 
NJ(2): Ski Mountain Pine Hill (NELSAP), Vernon Valley/Great Gorge (I'll count as one)
PA(11): Camelback, Shawnee, Jack Frost, Big Boulder, Roundtop, Liberty, Blue, Elk, Bear Creek, Montage, Eagle Rock
NY(7): Hunter, Belleayre, Windham, Greek, Whiteface, Gore, Plattekill
VT(11): Killington, Stratton, Sugarbush, Okemo, Stowe, Mt. Snow, Magic, Bromley, MRG, Pico, Jay Peak
UT(6): Deer Valley, Park City, Brighton, Solitude, Alta, Snowbird
CO(1): Steamboat
WY(1): Jackson Hole
EU(1): Kaprun/SellamZee

Hope to add a few more this year - a few that i'm ashamed to say ive never skiid but really have to: Jay, Smuggs

XC groomed/pay to play (2): ? Catskills NY, Greek Peak NY
bcXcd : Monocacy PA, Jacobsburg PA, Trexler Pa, Weiser SF PA,Blue Mountain Lakes NJ, Botheration Pond NY, Kennedy SF NY, Raymond Brook NY, Stratton Pond VT, Merck forest VT, Blueberry Hill / Moosalamoo VT
BC: Tuckerman/Sherbie NH, Brandon Gap - No Name VT

Ones I have had to pay for;
Osceola Tug Hill
Salmon Hills  Tug Hill
Sun Valley-Galena Lodge
Powder Mills Park (100? ft vertical!)
Garnet Hill
Lapland Lake

Free places;
Lots of Monroe County Parks, Nature Conservancy lands, DEC lands
State forests like Winona
Harriet Hollister Rec area
gr

35 areas in NY, VT, ME, CO, MT & UT

These are the ones I can think of.  All cross-country.  Amended 19 April 2013 as I dug into the wayback machine.

NY:

Mount van Hoevenberg          McCauley Mountain
Lapland Lake                       Garnet Hill
Crandall Park                       Minneswaska State park Preserve
Mohonk                               Tug Hill
Salmon Hills                        Hammond Hill
Tupper Lake XC                   Dewey Mountain
Saratoga Biathlon Club                

NJ:

High Point                

VT:

Prospect Mt                            Mountaintop
Grafton Ponds                        Craftsbury
Bolton Valley                         Mount Mansfield incl toll road for Stowe Derby
Trapp Family Lodge               Blueberry Lake
Ole's                                     Putney
Blueberry Hill                        Hazen's Notch
Bogburn  


MA:

Notchview
Hickory Hill                            


NH:
 
Bretton Woods                  Waterville Valley
Jackson  

WI:

Birkie Trail


ME:

Sugarloaf
Rangeley Lakes

OR:

Mount Bachelor
                           
Quebec:

Gatineau Park                  ZEC Forestville
                   
                                                         
                         

Alpine Meadows (The Corinth, NY one - see NELSAP), West, Willard, Gore, Whiteface, Killington, Pico, Stowe, Magic, Bromley, Stratton, Mount Snow, Hunter, Okemo, Jiminy Peak, Loon, Sunapee, Cannon, A-Basin, Breckenridge, Copper, Vail, Winter Park/Mary Jane, Heavenly, Squaw Valley, Whistler Blackcomb, & Big Sky

I try to ski one new mountain per season, although that doesn't always happen. Hoping to add 1 or 2 VT Mountains (Jay, MRG, Sugarbush, and/or Smuggs)

Tremblant.
Whiteface
 Gore
 Titus
 Big Tupper
 Seven Springs
 SLU Snow Bowl,
Val Bialis ,
MT Van Hoevenberg,
Mt Pisgah,
Indian Lake ski area ,
Gunstock,
Tenney
 Wachusett,
Nashoba
Attitash
Camp Fortune in Quebec ,
Edelweiss in Quebec ,
 The Triangle in Ontario ,
Vorlage in Quebec ,
Cascade in Quebec ,
Calabogie Peaks in Ontario
, Mt Airy
St Lawrence SP. t bar area
Dry Hill ski area
Snow Ridge
Labrador Mtn

Forgot McCauley Mtn in Old Forge and ,one abandoned one near Richfield Springs ,NY

I just saw and posted on the same topic in a different forum. :D

Going a quick count (helps having a good memory), I believe I'm somewhere between 125-135. It also helps to keep track of your ski days since 1981-82, however that list is at home.

Off the top of my head, I would have the exact number (except Quebec, because I would have been very young for some of those ski areas. Started keeping track at 16yrs old and had been skiing Tremblant regularly at that point).

Outside Quebec numbers are probably correct:

Canada
BC : 4
AB : 5
ON : 2
QC : between 42-52

US
NY : 3 (Whiteface, Titus, Snow Ridge)
VT : 7
NH : 9
ME : 2
WV : 2  :D

WA : 2
OR : 2
CA : 1
MT : 3
WY : 3
UT : 2
CO : 2

France : 14
Switzerland : 4
Italy : 2
Austria : 1
Chile : 7
Argentina : 6

With the exception of France (with one area in Italy) and Western Canada, I had never skied any other area outside the East until 2003. First time in the US West in June 2005.

I do like to go on ski safari...i.e. more than one ski area in one trip like 13 ski days at 8 ski areas in 13 days from Montana to Utah back in 2006.

I was waiting to see how big Pat's number was.  Wow.  I did not even know there was 50 ski areas in Quebec.

In this game, it helps being old. I'll start with Quebec , where I learned to ski. And I won't add in the XC areas (sorry Peter M).

Canada -

QC: Mt. Riguad, Mt. Gabriel, Avila, St. Sauveur, Vallée Bleu, Mt. Avalanche, Mt. Christie, Chantecler, Mont Alta, Mont Alouette, Mt. Tremblant, Grey Rocks, Camp Fortune, Edelweiss, Vorlage, Mont Cascades, Le Massif (on the bus), Orford, Owl's Head and a couple of others I can't remember the names of. Oh, and of course, Mt. Beaconsfield, the golf course where I learned to ski. We'll call it 21. In the course of trying to remind myself of names, I found this great article on the early history of Quebec skiing and NELSAP resurrection:
http://skicanadamag.com/2008/05/25/travel/closed-runs

ON: Hidden Valley, Sir Sam's, Mt. Madawaska, Mt. Pakenham, Calabogie Peaks, Horseshoe Valley, Medonte (now called Heights of Horseshoe), Devil's Glen, Osler Bluff, Georgian Peaks, Blue Mountain, Chicopee, Glen Eden, Curlew (NELSAP), Mt. St. Louis-Moonstone, Talisman, Devil's Elbow, Earl Bales Park (lift-served skiing in downtown Toronto!), Hockley Valley, Mansfield, Skyloft: 21

NB: Crabbe Mountain: 1

AB: Sunshine Village: 1

USA -

CA: Northstar: 1

NY: Whiteface, Titus: 2

VT: Jay Peak, Stowe, Mad River Glen: 3

NH: Cannon, Wildcat, Attitash: 3

Total: 53

I'll play.  I have 44 so far.

Canada
Blue Mountain, Ontario
Horseshoe Valley, Ontario
Mt. Tremblant,  Québec
Mt. St. Louis - Moonstone (Thanks bird, I forgot that one)

Colorado
Snowmass

Indiana
Perfect North Slopes

Italy
Cervina

Kentucky
Ski Butler (now closed)

Ohio
Clear Fork
Bellefountaine
Alpine Meadows (now closed)
Snow Trails

Massachusetts
Jiminy Peak

Michigan
Brighton
Nubs Nob
Boyne Highlands
Boyne Mountain

New York
Peek and Peak
Holiday Valley
Gore Mountain
West Mountain
Whiteface

Pennsylvania
Seven Springs

Switzerland
Andermatt
Jungfrau
Murren
Zermatt - Kl. Matterhorn summer skiing on the glacier
Gornergrat
Rothorn

Tennessee
Ober Gatlinburg

Utah
Deer Valley
Park City
Brighton
Solitude
Alta
Snowbird

Vermont
Stowe
Sugarbush
Okemo
Killington
Stratton
Smuggler’s Notch

Wyoming
Grand Targhee

West Virginia
Canaan Valley
Snowshoe

In 30+ years...

CT (1)
MA (4)
VT (8)
NH (2)
ME (1)
NY (5)
NC (2)

...and #1 is the Olympic Mountain.

Sick Bird Rider wrote

In this game, it helps being old. I'll start with Quebec , where I learned to ski.

I would rather say: 1) it helps being experienced versus old. Skied 45 seasons and I'm still a few years from 50th birthday. 2) It helps starting in Quebec as a kid and living in or next to the Laurentians (probably the greatest concentration of ski areas in North America).

Coach Z wrote

I did not even know there was 50 ski areas in Quebec.

There used to be close to 50 in the Laurentians alone back 30-40 years ago.

The current count of Quebec ski areas stands at approximately 84. It used to be at 110 in 1980.

My official count since 1981-82 is 127 (added last year and this season: NH 2, PNW 3 and WV 2). 41 of those being in Quebec.

So you can definitely add 4 (total of 131 ski areas), 3 maybes (134) and a few others that I might have skied when I was real young.

However you can add a few hills, those I clearly remember skiing at Beaver Lake on Mt-Royal, Mt-Laval, Sun Valley, Mt. Faustin (that was taken over by Mt. Blanc), I think I might have skied at Rigaud (where SBR skied), vague memories of Mt. Echo...even more vague Rougemont(?). There were 3 or 4 a few rope-tow/t-bar operated ski hills that were located on the island of Montreal and operated by the City of Montreal Parks + the University of Montreal ski hill. There are also a few lost Laurentians areas or in the Eastern Townships that I might have skied when I was real young. I don't specifically remember skiing at those areas, but it would have been when I would have been prior to me turning 7.

Sick Bird Rider wrote

I found this great article on the early history of Quebec skiing and NELSAP resurrection:
http://skicanadamag.com/2008/05/25/travel/closed-runs

I didn't read the article, but that list is terrible. That list is so incomplete.

Here is my post from 2004 on the Quebec ski forum. List of Quebec ski areas closed between 1981 and 2004. You can add a few since I posted the list.

http://www.zoneski.com/forum/index.php/topic/194-ssa-hommage-a-celles-qui-sont-maintenant-oubliees/page__st__30#entry25753

* = no longer in operation

NY
1. Belleayre
2. Hunter
3. Plattekill
4. Greek Peak
5. Mount Peter
6. Song
7. Skaneateles Ski Club
8. Hickory *
9. Whiteface
10. Windham
11. Bobcat *
12. Gore
13. East Hill

NJ
14. Mountain Creek
15. Campgaw

PA
16. Shawnee
17. Camelback
18. Alpine*
19. Elk
20. Montage

QC
21. Mont Blanc
22. La Réserve
23. Tremblant
24. Morin Heights
25. Mont Saint Sauveur
26. Bromont
27. Sutton
28. Mont Orford
29. Massif du Sud
30. Mont Sainte-Anne
31. Mont Grand-Fonds
32. Stoneham
33. Le Massif
34. Owl’s Head
35. Mont Glen *
36. Mont Shefford *
37. Mont Édouard
38. Avila

VT
39. Ascutney *
40. Jay Peak
41. Smugglers Notch
42. Magic
43. Okemo
44. Pico
45. Sugarbush
46. Stowe
47. Mad River
48. Burke
49. Bolton Valley

NH
50. Bretton Woods
51. Cannon/Mittersill
52. Wildcat
53. Attitash

AB
54. Sunshine Valley
55. Lake Louise
56. Norquay

NM
57. Angel Fire
58. Taos
59. Santa Fe
60. Pajarito
61. Sandia Peak
62. Sipapu
63. Red River

WY
64. Jackson Hole
65. Grand Targhee
66. Snow King

UT
67. Alta
68. Brighton
69. Snowbird
70. Sundance
71. Deer Valley
72. The Canyons
73. Snowbasin
74. Brian Head
75. Solitude

CO
76. Loveland
77. Monarch
78. Crested Butte
79. Arapahoe Basin
80. Keystone
81. Vail
82. Copper
83. Eldora
84. Cooper
85. Winter Park
86. Powderhorn
87. Sunlight

WA
88. 49 Degrees North
88. Mount Spokane

ID
90. Lookout Pass
91. Schweitzer

AT
92. Saalbach-Hinterglemm
93. Alpbach
94. Westendorf
95. Wilder Kaiser Skiwelt
96. Auffach
97. Ischgl
98. See
99. Kappl
100. Galtür
101. Lech
102. Diedamskopf
103. Warth-Schröcken
104. Damüls
105. Golm
106. Montafon Silvretta
107. Gargellen
108. Brandnertal
109. Zürs
110. Werfenweng
111. Tauplitz
112. Wurzeralm
113. Hinterstoder
114. Planneralm
115. Riesneralm
116. Hochkönig
117. Zwölferhorn
118. St. Anton
119. Kitzbühel

CH
120. Samnaun
121. Schilthorn/Mürren
122. St. Luc/Chandolin
123. Atzmännig
124. Vercorin
125. Anzère
126. Evolène
127. Arolla
128. Nax
129. Bivio
130. Arosa/Lenzerheide
131. Toggenburg
132. Pizol
133. Ebenalp
134. Tschiertschen
135. Hasliberg
136. Axalp
137. Grindelwald
138. Wengen
139. Portes du Soleil (Morgins, Champoussin, Les Crosets, Champery)
140. Davos/Madrisa
141. Hochstuckli
142. Klewenalp
143. Rigi
144. Mythen
145. Stoos
146. Hoch-Ybrig
147. Savognin
148. St. Moritz/Corvatsch
149. St. Moritz/Corviglia
150. St. Moritz/Lagalb
151. St. Moritz/Diavolezza
152. Flumserberg
153. Heuberge
154. Obersaxen/Mundaun
155. Brigels
156. Grimentz
157. Zinal

FR
158. Valberg
159. Seignus
160. Val d'Allos
161. Châtel
162. Grand Bornand
163. La Clusaz
164. Megève
165. Espace Diamant
166. Thollon les Mémises
167. Portes du Soleil (Avoriaz, Chatel, Morzine, Les Gets)
168. Mont Chéry
169. Isola
170. Auron
171. Roubion

I missed a few - up to 79.  My list is below.  

To me the biggest ones I'm missing are MRG, Cannon, Major Quebec areas, Aspen, The other big tahoe resorts besides Heavenly, Mammouth, Zermatt.

NY
Whiteface
Dry Hill
Greek Peak
Gore
Hunter Mt
Windham

VT
Pico
Killington
Stowe
Sugarbush
Okemo
Mt Snow
Stratton
Smuggs
Burke
Jay Peak

NH
Attitash
Loon
Waterville Valley

ME
Sunday River
Sugarloaf

NJ
Mt Creek
Hidden Valley

PA
Jack Frost
Big Boulder

CO
Steamboat
Vail
Beaver Creek
Cooper - cat skiing
Copper Mt
Keystone
A Basin
Breckenridge
Winter Park
Vail Pass cat skiing

Canada
Whistler Backcomb
Lake Louise
Fernie
Red Mt
Sunshine Village
Fernie Wilderness Adventures cat skiing

MT
Big Sky
Big Mt (Whitefish)
Bridger Bowl

WY
Jackson Hole
Grand Targhee
Snow King

ID
Swietzer
Silver Mt

UT
Park City
The canyons
Alta
Snowbird
Snowbasin

CA/NV
Heavenly

OR
Mt Bachelor
Mt Hood Timberline

Midwest
Lost Valley
Wilmot
Alpine Valley
Majestic
Cascade
Sundown
Chestnut

Europe
Cortina
Arabba
Corvara
Garmish
Rendell
St Anton
Zurs
Lech
Davos - Parssenn
Davos  - Jacobshorn
Klostier
la Trios Valle
Chamonix
Cormayeur

South America
Portillo

Jamesdeluxe wrote

QC
19. Mont Blanc
20. La Réserve
21. Tremblant
22. Morin Heights
23. Mont Saint Sauveur
24. Bromont
25. Sutton
26. Mont Orford
27. Massif du Sud
28. Mont Sainte-Anne
29. Mont Grand-Fonds
30. Stoneham
31. Le Massif
32. Owl’s Head
33. Mont Glen
34. Mont Shefford
35. Mont Édouard
36. Le Massif du Sud

BTw, nice padding your numbers James.

I haven't skied at 4 of your 17 ski areas in Quebec, however there is a remote chance that I skied Shefford as a young kid. Pretty we never skied at La Réserve as it would have been a difficult day trip from Montreal back in the early 1970s (and I might have remembered if we stayed there).