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Alpine Mountain

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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 with 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 (1.5 meters) of snowfall a year.

Trails
Total Runs
21
Ski Lift
Lifts
3
Skier
Skiable Acres
120(0 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
50"(1,524 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.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
1,150'(351 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
550'(168 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
600'(183 m)

Alpine Mountain Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
37.7out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Alpine Mountain can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. 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 ski level.

 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 mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 17% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 83%.
Green Circle
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.

Blue Square
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%.

Black Diamond
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
View on Google Maps

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.

NameCodeCityDistance
Baltimore/Washington International AirportBWIBaltimore, MD64 mi
Washington Dulles International AirportIADWashington, DC84 mi
Ronald Reagan Washington National AirportDCAWashington, DC85 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.

NameCodeCityDistance
Harrisburg International AirportMDTHarrisburg, PA11 mi
Lancaster AirportLNSLancaster, PA32 mi
Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field)RDGReading, PA53 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.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Liberty MountainFairfield, PA1,190 ft35%33 mi
Eagle RockFayetteville, PA1,810 ft27%38 mi
Blue MountainNewburg, PA1,600 ft44%38 mi
WispMcHenry, MD3,115 ft38%66 mi
Spring MountainSchwenksville, PA528 ft25%75 mi
Ski Denton State ParkUlysses, PA2,500 ft35%78 mi
Blue KnobClaysburg, PA3,172 ft50%88 mi
Tussey MountainBoalsburg, PA1,810 ft33%89 mi
RoundtopUnityville, PA1,400 ft41%89 mi
Jack FrostWhite Haven, PA2,000 ft41%96 mi
Big BoulderLake Harmony, PA2,175 ft30%96 mi
Whitetail MountainMercersburg, PA1,800 ft39%99 mi

Alpine Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation1,150 ft
Base Elevation600 ft
Vertical Drop550 ft
Trails21
(17% Beginner,  55% Intermediate,  28% Expert)
Lifts3
Skiable Acres120
Avg. Annual Snowfall50 inches
Alpine Mountain Stats
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