I knew Michigan had the most at one point but my home state has fallen to 2nd, behind New York.(based on the 2015-16 ski season)
Which US State has the most ski resorts?
Which US State has the most ski resorts?
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
Or ski areas per 100 people.
Boone/Blowing Rock would do well there at the county level.. Three within about 25 miles of each other,,, was 4 until the town board of kill Devil Hills decided (*&(^()^)(*%(*(*() golf was more important to the community than the ski hill was..
Too bad they couldn't do both like Villa Olivia in Illinois.
I experienced a powder night there in 2014.
If you look closely you can can see my fresh tracks on one of my "sidecountry" runs:
It was a bit cold, so the snow was light.
There's only one hill there, right? Depressing hill for me when my family moved from Switzerland to the Chicago suburbs. But I did learn to catch air there, as that's all I did when I skied there.Too bad they couldn't do both like Villa Olivia in Illinois.
I experienced a powder night there in 2014.
If you look closely you can can see my fresh tracks on one of my "sidecountry" runs:
It was a bit cold, so the snow was light.
14. Nevada, Arizona & Iowa: 4 each
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Utah could use more ski areas... surprising it only has 14. I thought there were more. The high numbers in Michigan and Wisconsin surprised me too geeez!
Anyway.... I believe if you total all of the NY ski area skiable terrain it's smaller than Big Sky.
Is there a ranking of states by skiable lift access acreage ?