Bigrock Mountain
Bigrock Mountain is a ski area located in the state of Maine in USA. The resort is in the town of Cherryfield, ME.
We recently ranked all of Maine's ski resorts, so you can see where Bigrock Mountain stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Bigrock Mountain is a part of the INDY Ski Pass system. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all of the slopes that are also a part of the group.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Bigrock Mountain around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Bigrock Mountain Terrain Overview
Bigrock Mountain has a total of 28 ski trails, which are serviced by 5 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Bigrock Mountain is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 60 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 24 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.2 square kilometers.
Bigrock Mountain's slopes see on average 100 inches (2.5 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
28
Lifts
5
Skiable Acres
60(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
100"(254 cm)
Bigrock Mountain Elevation
Bigrock Mountain has a summit elevation of 1,641 feet, or 500 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 661 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 980 feet (299 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Bigrock Mountain has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,641'(500 m)
Vertical Drop
980'(299 m)
Base Elevation
661'(201 m)
Bigrock Mountain Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
39.5out 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
Bigrock Mountain has 60 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Bigrock Mountain is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 11% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 89%.
Beginner
11%(7 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
75%(45 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
14%(8 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 Bigrock Mountain good for beginners?
Bigrock 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 89% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Bigrock Mountain Location
Bigrock Mountain is located in the state of Maine, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Cherryfield, ME.
Address:
Cherryfield, ME 04622 USA
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Website:
bigrockmaine.com
GPS Coordinates:
44.60000, -67.94000
Getting to Bigrock Mountain
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Bigrock Mountain), its coordinates of 44.60000, -67.94000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Cherryfield, ME 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 Bigrock Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland International Jetport | PWM | Portland, ME | 135 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 Bigrock Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport | BHB | Bar Harbor, ME | 23 mi |
| Bangor International Airport | BGR | Bangor, ME | 46 mi |
| Augusta State Airport | AUG | Augusta, ME | 94 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Bigrock 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 Bigrock Mountain.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddleback | Rangely, ME | 4,120 ft | 53% | 45 mi |
| Camden Snow Bowl | Camden, ME | 1,093 ft | 39% | 65 mi |
| New Hermon | Herman, ME | 450 ft | 32% | 79 mi |
Bigrock Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,641 ft |
| Base Elevation | 661 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 980 ft |
| Trails | 28 (11% Beginner, 75% Intermediate, 14% Expert) |
| Lifts | 5 |
| Skiable Acres | 60 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 100 inches |