Alpine Mountain
Alpine Mountain is permanently closed.
Alpine Mountain is a ski area located in the state of Pennsylvania in USA. The resort is in the town of Wellsville, PA.
We recently ranked all of Pennsylvania's ski resorts, so you can see where Alpine Mountain stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Alpine Mountain is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes work with Alpine Mountain. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Alpine Mountain's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Alpine Mountain around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Alpine Mountain Terrain Overview
Alpine Mountain has a total of 21 ski trails, which are serviced by 3 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Alpine Mountain is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 120 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 49 hectares, 0.2 square miles, or 0.5 square kilometers.
Alpine Mountain's slopes see on average 50 inches (1.3 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
21
Lifts
3
Skiable Acres
120(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
50"(127 cm)
Alpine Mountain Elevation
Alpine Mountain has a summit elevation of 1,150 feet, or 351 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 600 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 550 feet (168 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Alpine Mountain has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,150'(351 m)
Vertical Drop
550'(168 m)
Base Elevation
600'(183 m)
Alpine Mountain Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
39.2out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski 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.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Alpine Mountain has 120 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Alpine Mountain is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 17% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 83%.
Beginner
17%(20 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
55%(66 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
28%(34 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Alpine Mountain good for beginners?
Alpine Mountain can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 83% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Alpine Mountain Location
Alpine Mountain is located in the state of Pennsylvania, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Wellsville, PA.
Address:
Wellsville, PA 17365 USA
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Website:
alpinemountain.com
GPS Coordinates:
40.08000, -76.90000
Getting to Alpine Mountain
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Alpine Mountain), its coordinates of 40.08000, -76.90000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Wellsville, PA to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Alpine Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore/Washington International Airport | BWI | Baltimore, MD | 64 mi |
| Washington Dulles International Airport | IAD | Washington, DC | 84 mi |
| Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | DCA | Washington, DC | 85 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Alpine Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg International Airport | MDT | Harrisburg, PA | 11 mi |
| Lancaster Airport | LNS | Lancaster, PA | 32 mi |
| Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) | RDG | Reading, PA | 53 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Alpine Mountain, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Alpine Mountain.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Mountain | Fairfield, PA | 1,190 ft | 36% | 33 mi |
| Eagle Rock | Fayetteville, PA | 1,810 ft | 28% | 38 mi |
| Blue Mountain | Newburg, PA | 1,600 ft | 45% | 38 mi |
| Wisp | McHenry, MD | 3,115 ft | 39% | 66 mi |
| Spring Mountain | Schwenksville, PA | 528 ft | 26% | 75 mi |
| Ski Denton State Park | Ulysses, PA | 2,500 ft | 36% | 78 mi |
| Blue Knob | Claysburg, PA | 3,172 ft | 52% | 88 mi |
| Tussey Mountain | Boalsburg, PA | 1,810 ft | 34% | 89 mi |
| Roundtop | Unityville, PA | 1,400 ft | 43% | 89 mi |
| Jack Frost | White Haven, PA | 2,000 ft | 43% | 96 mi |
| Big Boulder | Lake Harmony, PA | 2,175 ft | 31% | 96 mi |
| Whitetail Mountain | Mercersburg, PA | 1,800 ft | 41% | 99 mi |
Alpine Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,150 ft |
| Base Elevation | 600 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 550 ft |
| Trails | 21 (17% Beginner, 55% Intermediate, 28% Expert) |
| Lifts | 3 |
| Skiable Acres | 120 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 50 inches |