Ontario Ski Resorts Ranked & Mapped
Ontario has over thirty ski resorts and hills that are exclusively located in the lower third of the province. Most of the resorts are within an hour drive of Ottawa and Toronto.
Ontario Ski Season
The ski season in Ontario typically runs from mid-December to late March, depending on the weather and snow conditions. Some ski resorts in Ontario may stay open later into the year, while others may close earlier, depending on the amount of snowfall and the demand for skiing and snowboarding.
List of All Ontario Ski Resorts
Skiing can get expensive. Besides equipment rentals, ski lift passes are expensive and really add up if you have a family. To combat this, multi-resort, multi-day lift passes were created to help offset this cost a bit. Buying lift pass days in bulk will usually net you around a 20% discount.
However, there are no ski resorts in Ontario that are associated with any of the major (Epic & IKON) multi-resort passes. There are a few, however, a part of the smaller INDY network.
| Resort | Pass | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Adanac Ski Hill | Sudbury, ON, P3A 5B5 | |
| Antoine Mountain | Mattawa, ON, P0H 1V0 | |
| Batawa Ski Hill | Batawa, ON, K0K | |
| Blue Mountain | The Blue Mountains, ON, L9Y | |
| Boler Mountain | London, ON, N6K | |
| Boogie Mountain | Espanola, ON, P0P 2G0 | |
| Brimacombe | Orono, ON, L0B | |
| Calabogie Peaks | INDY | Calabogie, ON, K0J 1H0 |
| Centennial Park Ski & Snowboard Centre | Etobicoke, ON, M9C 5N3 | |
| Chicopee | Kitchener, ON, N2A 2Z6 | |
| Dagmar Resort | Uxbridge, ON, L9P | |
| Dryden Ski Club | Dryden, ON, P8N | |
| Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre | North York, ON, M3H 3P8 | |
| Glen Eden | Milton, ON, L9T 2X7 | |
| Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Area | Huntsville, ON, P1H 1A4 | |
| Hockley Valley Resort | Mono, ON, L9W | |
| Horseshoe Resort | Barrie, ON, L4M | |
| Lakeridge Resort | Uxbridge, ON, L9P | |
| Laurentian Ski Hill | North Bay, ON, P1C | |
| Lively Ski Hill | Lively, ON, P3Y 1M9 | |
| Loch Lomond Ski Area | INDY | Thunder Bay, ON, P7J 1E9 |
| Mansfield Ski Club | Mansfield, ON, L9V | |
| Mount Baldy Ski Area | Shuniah, ON, P7A | |
| Mount Chinguacousy | Brampton, ON, L6S 6G7 | |
| Mount Dufour Ski Area | Elliot Lake, ON, P0M 2L0 | |
| Mount Fairweather Ski Hill | Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0 | |
| Mount Jamieson Resort | Timmins, ON, P0N 1C0 | |
| Mount Martin Ski Club | Deep River, ON, K0J | |
| Mount Pakenham | Pakenham, ON, K0A | |
| Mount St. Louis Moonstone | Coldwater, ON, L0K 1E0 | |
| Searchmont Resort | Searchmont, ON, P0S 1J0 | |
| Sir Sam’s Ski Area | Eagle Lake, ON, K0M | |
| Snow Valley Ski Resort | Minesing, ON, L0L 1Y3 | |
| Trestle Ridge Ski Hill | Terrace Bay, ON, P0T 2W0 | |
| Tri Town Ski and Snowboard Village | West Timiskaming District, ON, P0J | |
| Uplands Ski Centre | Thornhill, ON, L4J 1K2 |
Explaining Our ‘Difficulty Score’
Parks & Trips created a proprietary Difficulty Score that is generated by looking at the number of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then gives each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
The Most Difficult Ontario Ski Resorts
Blue Mountain is the most difficult ski resort in Ontario, with Hockley Valley Resort as a very close second. Blue Mountain has the third-highest vertical drop behind Calabogie and Loch Lomond Ski Area.
| Rank | Resort | Green Trails | Blue Trails | Black Trails | Difficulty ScoreTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Blue Mountain | 17% | 42% | 41% | 46% |
| #2 | Hockley Valley Resort | 20% | 30% | 50% | 46% |
| #3 | Sir Sam’s Ski Area | 15% | 45% | 40% | 42% |
| #4 | Mansfield Ski Club | 18% | 47% | 35% | 41% |
| #5 | Loch Lomond Ski Area | 30% | 35% | 35% | 41% |
The Easiest Ski Resorts in Ontario
Laurentian Ski Hill and Boogie Mountain both have zero difficult or expert-level trails. Subsequently, they also have over 80% of their runs classified as “easy”. These two are great beginner ski hills that the whole family can enjoy.
| Rank | Resort | Green Trails | Blue Trails | Black Trails | Difficulty ScoreTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Laurentian Ski Hill | 87% | 13% | 0% | 6% |
| #2 | Boogie Mountain | 80% | 20% | 0% | 7% |
| #3 | Uplands Ski Centre | 70% | 20% | 10% | 13% |
| #4 | Glen Eden | 60% | 40% | 0% | 13% |
| #5 | Mount Chinguacousy | 100% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
The Largest Ski Resorts in Ontario
Choosing the largest ski resorts is a bit of a tricky proposition. Do you look at just the summit elevation? How about the total acreage, most trails, or steepest vertical drop?
Well, we decided to combine all four of those metrics into one ranking to get the best idea, although we fully admit this is completely subjective. We’ve given you all the data in the following table to make your own decision.
Blue Mountain is the largest Ontario ski resort because it has the most skiable acres and the third-highest vertical drop. Calabogie Peaks has the steepest vertical, which was enough to push it into second place.
| Rank | Resort | Summit Elevation | Base Elevation | Vertical Drop | Acres | Trails |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Blue Mountain | 452 m | 226 m | 226 m | 251 | 34 |
| #2 | Searchmont Resort | 488 m | 274 m | 214 m | 100 | 21 |
| #3 | Calabogie Peaks | 386 m | 154 m | 238 m | 80 | 24 |
| #4 | Loch Lomond Ski Area | 442 m | 213 m | 229 m | 60 | 17 |
| #5 | Mount St. Louis Moonstone | 382 m | 229 m | 168 m | 185 | 40 |
