Which state has most operating ski mtns?

Which U.S. State Has The Most Ski Resorts?
LadyBrains | July 17, 2017


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During the 2015/ 2016 ski season 463 Ski Resorts were in operation in the United States of America – this is the lowest number of operating ski resorts in the last 25 YEARS!  Of the 37 States with operating ski resorts, New York leads by an astounding number – 48 ski resorts operating in the state in 2015/16.

Historic totals show us that 1991/1992 ski season had 546 Resorts in operation, this being the MOST for the last 25 years.

Total number of Ski Resorts in operation during the 2015/ 2016 season:
1. New York: 48

2. Michigan: 42

3. Wisconsin & Colorado: 30 each

4. California: 29

5. New Hampshire & Pennsylvania: 26 each

6. Vermont: 24

7. Idaho & Maine: 17 each

8. Washington & Minnesota: 16

9. Montana & Utah: 14 each

10. Oregon & Massachusetts: 13 each

11. Wyoming, New Mexico & Alaska: 9 each

12. North Carolina, Connecticut & Illinois: 6 each

13. Virginia, West Virginia & Ohio: 5 each

14. Nevada, Arizona & Iowa: 4 each

15. North Dakota & South Dakota: 3 each

16. New Jersey, Indiana & Missouri: 2 each

17.  Alabama, Maryland, Rhode Island, & Tennessee: 1 each

Total: 463 Resorts in Operation during the 2015/ 2016 ski season

** Information provided by the National Ski Areas Association website

 

Posted by  LadyBrains | July 17, 2017
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I wonder how much "merging" was done in those 25 years, e.g. Canyons/Park City.  I suppose C/PC is now counted as one.

Yes but which state has the most lift served vertical, most acreage, the most skier visits, the most revenue generated by the sport and the most uphill capacity? Sounds like a job for the resident prodigy?

ScottyJack wrote

Which U.S. State Has The Most Ski Resorts?
LadyBrains | July 17, 2017


U.S. Covered in snow Image: Nytimes.com
Of the 37 States with operating ski resorts, New York leads by an astounding number – 48 ski resorts operating in the state in 2015/16.

Total number of Ski Resorts in operation during the 2015/ 2016 season:
1. New York: 48

2. Michigan: 42

3. Wisconsin & Colorado: 30 each

I knew the NY status -- has probably been #1 forever, I guess -- and am not surprised by it given the size of the state, the fact that skiable hills start popping up within 1 hour of a megalopolis, plus there are 3 other big metro areas (Buffalo, Rochester, Albany) and the percentage of the state covered with mountains.  

But Michigan at number 2??!?? Go figure.

Petronio

Looks like only Mt Bohemia in Michigan has anything close to 1000 ft vertical.  Listed as 900 ft on OnTheSnow.  Quite a few only 150-400 ft vertical.  Makes NC/VA ski areas seem like big hills.  No wonder folks in Ohio drive to WV to ski Snowshoe instead of going north to MI.

I could love Bohemia as my home mountain, but I would never move to Michigan.

NY here I come.