Mount Snow Ski Resort
Mount Snow Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Vermont in USA. The resort is in the town of Somerset, VT.
We recently ranked all of Vermont's ski resorts, so you can see where Mount Snow stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Mount Snow is a part of the Epic Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one season pass, and ski at most of the Vail owned and operated slopes with it throughout the year. There are a handful of types of Epic lift ticket passes available, ranging from 3-7 days, to season-long.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mount Snow around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mount Snow Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Mount Snow has a total of 80 ski trails, which are serviced by 20 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 588 acres, Mount Snow Ski Resort has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 238 hectares, 0.9 square miles, or 2.4 square kilometers.
Mount Snow's slopes see on average 156 inches (4.8 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 13 feet every year!
Total Runs
80
Lifts
20
Skiable Acres
588(2 km2)
Annual Snowfall
156"(4,755 cm)
Mount Snow Ski Resort Elevation
Mount Snow Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 3,600 feet, or 1,097 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,900 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,700 feet (518 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mount Snow'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
3,600'(1,097 m)
Vertical Drop
1,700'(518 m)
Base Elevation
1,900'(579 m)
Mount Snow Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
44.3out 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
Mount Snow has 588 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Mount Snow is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 14% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 86%.
Beginner
14%(82 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
73%(429 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
13%(76 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 Mount Snow Ski Resort good for beginners?
Mount Snow 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 86% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Mount Snow Ski Resort Location
Mount Snow Ski Resort is located in the state of Vermont, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Somerset, VT.
Address:
Somerset, VT 05356 USA
View on Google Maps
Website:
mountsnow.com
GPS Coordinates:
42.97000, -72.93000
Getting to Mount Snow Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mount Snow Ski Resort), its coordinates of 42.97000, -72.93000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Somerset, 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 Mount Snow Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan International Airport | BOS | Boston, MA | 106 mi |
| Theodore Francis Green State Airport | PVD | Providence, RI | 115 mi |
| Portland International Jetport | PWM | Portland, ME | 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 Mount Snow.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport | RUT | Rutland, VT | 39 mi |
| Albany International Airport | ALB | Albany, NY | 47 mi |
| Lebanon Municipal Airport | LEB | Lebanon, NH | 55 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mount Snow 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 Mount Snow Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratton Mountain | Winhall, VT | 3,875 ft | 45% | 10 mi |
| Magic Mountain | Londonderry, VT | 2,850 ft | 52% | 18 mi |
| Bromley Mountain | Peru, VT | 3,284 ft | 42% | 18 mi |
| Stowe Mountain | West Halifax, VT | 4,395 ft | 57% | 18 mi |
| Willard Mountain | Greenwich, NY | 1,415 ft | 35% | 30 mi |
| Okemo Mountain | Ludlow, VT | 3,344 ft | 52% | 32 mi |
| Jiminy Peak | Hancock, MA | 2,380 ft | 44% | 35 mi |
| Bousquet Mountain | Pittsfield, MA | 1,818 ft | 48% | 42 mi |
| Berkshire East | Charlemont, MA | 1,840 ft | 43% | 47 mi |
| Killington | Killington, VT | 4,241 ft | 68% | 49 mi |
| Mount Sunapee | Newbury, NH | 2,743 ft | 44% | 51 mi |
| Crotched Mountain | Bennington, NH | 2,066 ft | 41% | 53 mi |
| Otis Ridge Ski Area | Otis, MA | 1,700 ft | 34% | 54 mi |
| Blandford | Blandford, MA | 1,685 ft | 24% | 55 mi |
| Four Seasons | Ravena, NY | 550 ft | 24% | 56 mi |
| Woods Valley | Bolton Landing, NY | 1,400 ft | 33% | 57 mi |
| West Mountain | Queensbury, NY | 1,470 ft | 30% | 59 mi |
| Pico Mountain | Mendon, VT | 3,967 ft | 53% | 62 mi |
| Wachusett Mountain Ski Area | Princeton, MA | 2,006 ft | 40% | 63 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | Andover, NH | 2,250 ft | 42% | 65 mi |
| Middlebury Snow Bowl | Hancock, VT | 2,720 ft | 39% | 67 mi |
| Dartmouth Skiway | Concord, NH | 1,943 ft | 39% | 71 mi |
| Pats Peak | Henniker, NH | 1,400 ft | 32% | 71 mi |
| Gore Mountain | North Creek, NY | 3,600 ft | 60% | 74 mi |
| McIntyre Ski Area | Manchester, NH | 510 ft | 17% | 75 mi |
| Sugarbush | Warren, VT | 4,083 ft | 60% | 80 mi |
| Royal Mountain | Saint Johnsville, NY | 1,800 ft | 35% | 80 mi |
| Nashoba Valley | Boxborough, MA | 440 ft | 36% | 80 mi |
| Windham Mountain | Windham, NY | 3,100 ft | 49% | 81 mi |
| Mohawk Mountain | West Cornwall, CT | 1,600 ft | 35% | 81 mi |
| Hunter Mountain | Hunter, NY | 3,200 ft | 53% | 86 mi |
| Ski Butternut | Great Barrington, MA | 1,800 ft | 38% | 88 mi |
| Ski Ward | Shrewsbury, MA | 410 ft | 24% | 88 mi |
| Snow Ridge | Turin, NY | 2,000 ft | 37% | 88 mi |
| Mt. Southington | Plantsville, CT | 525 ft | 31% | 94 mi |
| Ski Sundown | New Hartford, CT | 1,075 ft | 29% | 95 mi |
| Cochran Ski Area | Richmond, VT | 950 ft | 32% | 98 mi |
| Waterville Valley | Waterville Valley, NH | 4,004 ft | 49% | 99 mi |
| Woodbury Ski Area | Woodbury, CT | 850 ft | 33% | 99 mi |
| Plattekill Mountain | Roxbury, NY | 3,500 ft | 47% | 99 mi |
Mount Snow Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 3,600 ft |
| Base Elevation | 1,900 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,700 ft |
| Trails | 80 (14% Beginner, 73% Intermediate, 13% Expert) |
| Lifts | 20 |
| Skiable Acres | 588 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 156 inches |