Belleayre Mountain
Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of New York in USA. The resort is in the town of Highmount, NY.
We recently ranked all of New York's ski resorts, so you can see where Belleayre Mountain stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Belleayre 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 Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Belleayre Mountain's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Belleayre Mountain around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Belleayre Mountain Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Belleayre Mountain has a total of 55 ski trails, which are serviced by 8 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Belleayre Mountain is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 171 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 69 hectares, 0.3 square miles, or 0.7 square kilometers.
Belleayre Mountain's slopes see on average 141 inches (3.6 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 11 feet every year!
Total Runs
55
Lifts
8
Skiable Acres
171(1 km2)
Annual Snowfall
141"(358 cm)
Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort Elevation
Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 3,429 feet, or 1,045 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 2,025 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,404 feet (428 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Belleayre Mountain's summit elevation is about average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are quite a bit higher, but also many that are much, much smaller.
Summit Elevation
3,429'(1,045 m)
Vertical Drop
1,404'(428 m)
Base Elevation
2,025'(617 m)
Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
43.4out 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
Belleayre Mountain has 171 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Belleayre Mountain is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 22% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 78%.
Beginner
22%(38 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
58%(99 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
20%(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 Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort good for beginners?
Belleayre 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 78% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort Location
Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort is located in the state of New York, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Highmount, NY.
Address:
Highmount, NY 12441 USA
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Website:
belleayre.com
GPS Coordinates:
40.86000, -73.40000
Getting to Belleayre Mountain Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort), its coordinates of 40.86000, -73.40000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Highmount, NY 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 Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy International Airport | JFK | New York, NY | 25 mi |
| LaGuardia Airport | LGA | New York, NY | 25 mi |
| Newark Liberty International Airport | EWR | New York, NJ | 42 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 Belleayre Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Island Mac Arthur Airport | ISP | Islip, NY | 16 mi |
| Westchester County Airport | HPN | White Plains, NY | 21 mi |
| Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport | BDR | Bridgeport, CT | 25 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort, 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 Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek Peak Mountain | New York, NY | 2,100 ft | 40% | 34 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | Mahwah, NJ | 720 ft | 14% | 44 mi |
| Thunder Ridge | Patterson, NY | 1,270 ft | 29% | 46 mi |
| Woodbury Ski Area | Woodbury, CT | 850 ft | 34% | 49 mi |
| Tuxedo Ridge | Central Valley, NY | 1,400 ft | 30% | 50 mi |
| Mt. Peter | Greenwood Lake, NY | 1,250 ft | 36% | 53 mi |
| Ski Sundown | New Hartford, CT | 1,075 ft | 30% | 54 mi |
| Mt. Southington | Plantsville, CT | 525 ft | 32% | 57 mi |
| Sawkill | Wallkill, NY | 2,215 ft | 13% | 65 mi |
| Mohawk Mountain | West Cornwall, CT | 1,600 ft | 36% | 67 mi |
| Mountain Creek | Hackettstown, NJ | 1,480 ft | 41% | 74 mi |
| Winter4Kids (Youth Only) | Vernon Twp, NJ | 1,435 ft | 45% | 79 mi |
| Holiday Mountain | Monticello, NY | 1,300 ft | 35% | 83 mi |
| Shawnee Mountain | East Stroudsburg, PA | 1,350 ft | 37% | 88 mi |
| Snow Ridge | Turin, NY | 2,000 ft | 38% | 88 mi |
| Otis Ridge Ski Area | Otis, MA | 1,700 ft | 35% | 94 mi |
| Blandford | Blandford, MA | 1,685 ft | 25% | 94 mi |
Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 3,429 ft |
| Base Elevation | 2,025 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,404 ft |
| Trails | 55 (22% Beginner, 58% Intermediate, 20% Expert) |
| Lifts | 8 |
| Skiable Acres | 171 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 141 inches |