Bretton Woods
Bretton Woods Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of New Hampshire in USA. The resort is in the town of Bretton Woods, NH.
We recently ranked all of New Hampshire's ski resorts, so you can see where Bretton Woods stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Bretton Woods 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 Bretton Woods Ski Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Bretton Woods's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Bretton Woods around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Bretton Woods Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Bretton Woods has a total of 98 ski trails, which are serviced by 10 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 464 acres, Bretton Woods Ski Resort has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 188 hectares, 0.7 square miles, or 1.9 square kilometers.
Bretton Woods's slopes see on average 200 inches (5.1 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 16 feet every year!
Total Runs
98
Lifts
10
Skiable Acres
464(2 km2)
Annual Snowfall
200"(508 cm)
Bretton Woods Ski Resort Elevation
Bretton Woods Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 3,100 feet, or 945 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,600 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,500 feet (457 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Bretton Woods'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
3,100'(945 m)
Vertical Drop
1,500'(457 m)
Base Elevation
1,600'(488 m)
Bretton Woods Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
54.4out 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
Bretton Woods has 464 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Bretton Woods is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 25% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 75%.
Beginner
25%(116 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
29%(135 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
46%(213 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 Bretton Woods Ski Resort good for beginners?
Bretton Woods 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 75% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Bretton Woods Ski Resort Location
Bretton Woods Ski Resort is located in the state of New Hampshire, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Bretton Woods, NH.
Address:
Bretton Woods, NH 03575 USA
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Website:
brettonwoods.com
GPS Coordinates:
44.26000, -71.45000
Getting to Bretton Woods Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Bretton Woods Ski Resort), its coordinates of 44.26000, -71.45000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Bretton Woods, NH 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 Bretton Woods Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland International Jetport | PWM | Portland, ME | 71 mi |
| Logan International Airport | BOS | Boston, MA | 133 mi |
| Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | YUL | Montréal, QC | 140 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 Bretton Woods.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon Municipal Airport | LEB | Lebanon, NH | 61 mi |
| Augusta State Airport | AUG | Augusta, ME | 82 mi |
| Burlington International Airport | BTV | Burlington, VT | 85 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Bretton Woods 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 Bretton Woods Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat Mountain | Gorham, NH | 4,062 ft | 57% | 12 mi |
| Cannon Mountain | Franconia, NH | 4,080 ft | 59% | 14 mi |
| Black Mountain | Jackson, NH | 2,350 ft | 45% | 15 mi |
| Attitash | Bartlett, NH | 2,350 ft | 53% | 17 mi |
| Waterville Valley | Waterville Valley, NH | 4,004 ft | 50% | 21 mi |
| Cranmore Mountain | North Conway, NH | 2,000 ft | 41% | 22 mi |
| Burke Mountain | East Burke, VT | 3,267 ft | 62% | 31 mi |
| King Pine Ski Area | Madison, NH | 850 ft | 17% | 32 mi |
| Shawnee Peak | Bridgton, ME | 1,700 ft | 44% | 35 mi |
| Sunday River | Bethel, ME | 3,140 ft | 57% | 35 mi |
| Mt. Abram | Greenwood, ME | 2,001 ft | 40% | 37 mi |
| Loon Mountain | Lincoln, NH | 3,050 ft | 51% | 38 mi |
| Whaleback Mountain | Enfield, NH | 1,800 ft | 40% | 43 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | Andover, NH | 2,250 ft | 44% | 58 mi |
| Lost Valley | Auburn, ME | 495 ft | 41% | 59 mi |
| Mad River Glen | Morrisville, VT | 3,637 ft | 61% | 59 mi |
| Saskadena Six | South Pomfret, VT | 1,200 ft | 38% | 59 mi |
| Rangeley Lakes Trail Center | Rangeley, ME | 0 ft | 0% | 65 mi |
| Titcomb Mountain | Farmington, ME | 750 ft | 34% | 69 mi |
| Sugarbush | Warren, VT | 4,083 ft | 62% | 69 mi |
| Smuggler's Notch | Jeffersonville, VT | 3,640 ft | 61% | 69 mi |
| Bolton Valley | Richmond, VT | 3,150 ft | 42% | 70 mi |
| Mount Sunapee | Newbury, NH | 2,743 ft | 45% | 70 mi |
| Owl's Head | Mansonville, QC | 2,480 ft | 48% | 70 mi |
| Jay Peak | Jay, VT | 3,968 ft | 60% | 70 mi |
| Dartmouth Skiway | Concord, NH | 1,943 ft | 41% | 73 mi |
| Pats Peak | Henniker, NH | 1,400 ft | 34% | 73 mi |
| Black Mountain | Rumford, ME | 2,150 ft | 46% | 74 mi |
| Cochran Ski Area | Richmond, VT | 950 ft | 33% | 76 mi |
| Mont Hatley (Montjoye) | Canton de Hatley, QC | 1,200 ft | 0% | 76 mi |
| Pico Mountain | Mendon, VT | 3,967 ft | 57% | 76 mi |
| Killington | Killington, VT | 4,241 ft | 70% | 78 mi |
| Middlebury Snow Bowl | Hancock, VT | 2,720 ft | 40% | 78 mi |
| Mont Sutton | Sutton, QC | 3,175 ft | 42% | 80 mi |
| Mont Bellevue | Sherbrooke, QC | 1,089 ft | 11% | 81 mi |
| Mont Orford | Orford, QC | 2,800 ft | 42% | 82 mi |
| Okemo Mountain | Ludlow, VT | 3,344 ft | 54% | 86 mi |
| McIntyre Ski Area | Manchester, NH | 510 ft | 18% | 87 mi |
| Crotched Mountain | Bennington, NH | 2,066 ft | 43% | 90 mi |
| Bromont | Bromont, QC | 1,693 ft | 43% | 93 mi |
| Gunstock Mountain | Kingston, NH | 2,267 ft | 50% | 95 mi |
| J0T 2N0 | Marston, QC | 1,509 ft | 30% | 95 mi |
| New Hermon | Herman, ME | 450 ft | 32% | 96 mi |
| Magic Mountain | Londonderry, VT | 2,850 ft | 54% | 98 mi |
Bretton Woods Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 3,100 ft |
| Base Elevation | 1,600 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,500 ft |
| Trails | 98 (25% Beginner, 29% Intermediate, 46% Expert) |
| Lifts | 10 |
| Skiable Acres | 464 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 200 inches |