Burke Mountain Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Vermont in USA. The resort is in the town of East Burke, VT. We recently ranked all of Vermont's ski resorts, so you can see where Burke Mountain stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Burke Mountain is not a part of any nationwide lift pass 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 Burke Mountain Ski Resort.
Burke Mountain Lodging:
Burke Mountain Ski Resort Terrain Overview
Burke Mountain has a total of 55 ski trails, which are serviced by 6 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Burke Mountain is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 270 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 109 hectares, 0 square miles, or 1 square kilometers.
Burke Mountain's slopes see on average 217 inches (85 cm) of snowfall a year. That is almost 18 feet a year!
Total Runs
55
Lifts
6
Skiable Acres
270(1 km2)
Annual Snowfall
217"(85 cm)
Burke Mountain Ski Resort Elevation
Burke Mountain Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 3,267 feet, or 996 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,267 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 2,000 feet (610 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Burke 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
3,267'(996 m)
Vertical Drop
2,000'(610 m)
Base Elevation
1,267'(386 m)
Burke Mountain Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
59.6out 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.
Skiiable Area by Difficulty Level
Burke Mountain has 270 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Burke Mountain's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 47% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 42% as expert.
Beginner
11%(30 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
47%(127 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
42%(113 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 Burke Mountain Ski Resort good for beginners?
Burke Mountain is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 58% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.
Burke Mountain Ski Resort Location
Burke Mountain Ski Resort is located in the state of Vermont, USA. This ski area is nearby the town of East Burke, VT.
Address:
East Burke, VT 05832 USA
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Website:
skiburke.com/visit-burke/accommodations/lod
GPS Coordinates:
44.57000, -71.90000
Getting to Burke Mountain Ski Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Burke Mountain Ski Resort), its coordinates of 44.57000, -71.90000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of East Burke, VT 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 Burke Mountain Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland International Jetport | PWM | Portland, ME | 101 mi |
| Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | YUL | Montréal, QC | 109 mi |
| Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport | YQB | Quebec, QC | 155 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 Burke Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington International Airport | BTV | Burlington, VT | 62 mi |
| Lebanon Municipal Airport | LEB | Lebanon, NH | 68 mi |
| Plattsburgh International Airport | PBG | Plattsburgh, NY | 77 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Burke 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 Burke Mountain Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Mountain | Franconia, NH | 4,080 ft | 57% | 31 mi |
| Bretton Woods | Bretton Woods, NH | 3,100 ft | 52% | 31 mi |
| Suicide Six | South Pomfret, VT | 1,200 ft | 36% | 33 mi |
| Mad River Glen | Morrisville, VT | 3,637 ft | 59% | 33 mi |
| Jay Peak | Jay, VT | 3,968 ft | 50% | 39 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | Gorham, NH | 4,062 ft | 55% | 40 mi |
| Owl's Head | Mansonville, QC | 2,480 ft | 46% | 40 mi |
| Black Mountain | Jackson, NH | 2,350 ft | 43% | 44 mi |
| Smuggler's Notch | Jeffersonville, VT | 3,640 ft | 59% | 44 mi |
| Whaleback | Enfield, NH | 1,800 ft | 38% | 45 mi |
| Waterville Valley | Waterville Valley, NH | 4,004 ft | 49% | 47 mi |
| Attitash | Bartlett, NH | 2,350 ft | 51% | 48 mi |
| Bolton Valley | Richmond, VT | 3,150 ft | 40% | 48 mi |
| Mont Sutton | Sutton, QC | 3,175 ft | 41% | 49 mi |
| Mont Hatley (Montjoye) | , QC | 0 ft | 0% | 51 mi |
| Cranmore Mountain | North Conway, NH | 2,000 ft | 39% | 53 mi |
| Mont Orford | Orford, QC | 2,800 ft | 40% | 54 mi |
| Cochran Ski Area | Richmond, VT | 950 ft | 32% | 54 mi |
| Sunday River | Bethel, ME | 3,140 ft | 55% | 55 mi |
| Sugarbush | Warren, VT | 4,083 ft | 60% | 55 mi |
| Mont Bellevue | , QC | 1,089 ft | 11% | 56 mi |
| Mt. Abram | Greenwood, ME | 2,001 ft | 38% | 60 mi |
| Bromont | Bromont, QC | 1,693 ft | 41% | 62 mi |
| Shawnee Peak | Bridgton, ME | 1,700 ft | 42% | 64 mi |
| Loon Mountain | Freedom, NH | 3,050 ft | 50% | 69 mi |
| Pico Mountain | Mendon, VT | 3,967 ft | 53% | 69 mi |
| Black Mountain | Rumford, ME | 2,150 ft | 44% | 73 mi |
| Killington | Killington, VT | 4,241 ft | 68% | 76 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | Andover, NH | 2,250 ft | 42% | 76 mi |
| Mount Sunapee | Newbury, NH | 2,743 ft | 44% | 85 mi |
| Baie-des-Sables | Marston, QC | 1,509 ft | 28% | 85 mi |
| Okemo Mountain | Ludlow, VT | 3,344 ft | 52% | 90 mi |
| Mont Gleason | Tingwick, QC | 1,132 ft | 36% | 94 mi |
| Dartmouth Skiway | Concord, NH | 1,943 ft | 39% | 96 mi |
| Pats Peak | Henniker, NH | 1,400 ft | 32% | 96 mi |
| Ski Saint-Bruno | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarvill, QC | 574 ft | 20% | 98 mi |
Burke Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 3,267 ft |
| Base Elevation | 1,267 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 2,000 ft |
| Trails | 55 (11% Beginner, 47% Intermediate, 42% Expert) |
| Lifts | 6 |
| Skiable Acres | 270 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 217 inches |