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Okemo Mountain Ski Resort

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Okemo Mountain Resort is a popular ski and snowboard destination located in the Green Mountains of Vermont. With over 650 acres of skiable terrain and a vertical drop of 2,200 feet, Okemo Mountain Resort offers a variety of trails for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities. The resort features six terrain parks, the Black Diamond Park, the Cruiser Park, the Mid-Mountain Park, the South Ridge Park, the Timber Ripper Park, and the Upper Park, which offer a range of features and challenges for freestyle skiers and snowboarders.

Okemo Mountain Resort receives an average of around 200 inches of snowfall per season, which allows for a long ski season that typically runs from November through April. In addition to downhill skiing and snowboarding, Okemo Mountain Resort also offers cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and other winter activities. With a variety of on-mountain dining and lodging options, Okemo Mountain Resort is the perfect place to experience all that the Vermont mountains have to offer.

We recently ranked all of Vermont's ski resorts, so you can see where Okemo Mountain stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Okemo Mountain 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 Okemo Mountain around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Okemo Mountain Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Okemo Mountain has a total of 119 ski trails, which are serviced by 19 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 632 acres, Okemo Mountain Ski Resort has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 256 hectares, 1.0 square miles, or 2.6 square kilometers.

Okemo Mountain's slopes see on average 200 inches (6.1 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 16 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
119
Ski Lift
Lifts
19
Skier
Skiable Acres
632(3 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
200"(6,096 cm)

Okemo Mountain Ski Resort Elevation

Okemo Mountain Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 3,344 feet, or 1,019 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,144 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 2,200 feet (671 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Okemo 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.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
3,344'(1,019 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
2,200'(671 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
1,144'(349 m)

Okemo Mountain Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
52.2out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Okemo Mountain can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 68% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.

 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

Okemo Mountain has 632 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Okemo Mountain is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 32% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 68%.
Green Circle
Beginner
32%(202 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.

Blue Square
Intermediate
36%(228 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%.

Black Diamond
Expert
32%(202 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 Okemo Mountain Ski Resort good for beginners?

Okemo 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 68% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Okemo Mountain Ski Resort Location

Okemo Mountain Ski Resort is located in the state of Vermont, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Ludlow, VT.

Address:
Ludlow, VT 05149 USA
View on Google Maps

Website:
okemo.com

GPS Coordinates:
43.41000, -72.72000

Getting to Okemo Mountain Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Okemo Mountain Ski Resort), its coordinates of 43.41000, -72.72000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Ludlow, 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 Okemo Mountain Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Logan International AirportBOSBoston, MA113 mi
Portland International JetportPWMPortland, ME122 mi
Theodore Francis Green State AirportPVDProvidence, RI134 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 Okemo Mountain.

NameCodeCityDistance
Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional AirportRUTRutland, VT14 mi
Lebanon Municipal AirportLEBLebanon, NH26 mi
Albany International AirportALBAlbany, NY71 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Okemo 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 Okemo Mountain Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Magic MountainLondonderry, VT2,850 ft52%15 mi
Bromley MountainPeru, VT3,284 ft42%17 mi
KillingtonKillington, VT4,241 ft68%18 mi
Stratton MountainWinhall, VT3,875 ft45%22 mi
Pico MountainMendon, VT3,967 ft53%32 mi
Mount SnowSomerset, VT3,600 ft44%32 mi
Mount SunapeeNewbury, NH2,743 ft44%33 mi
Middlebury Snow BowlHancock, VT2,720 ft39%38 mi
Ragged MountainAndover, NH2,250 ft42%45 mi
Stowe MountainWest Halifax, VT4,395 ft57%46 mi
Willard MountainGreenwich, NY1,415 ft35%48 mi
Woods ValleyBolton Landing, NY1,400 ft33%49 mi
SugarbushWarren, VT4,083 ft60%49 mi
Crotched MountainBennington, NH2,066 ft41%51 mi
Dartmouth SkiwayConcord, NH1,943 ft39%60 mi
Pats PeakHenniker, NH1,400 ft32%60 mi
West MountainQueensbury, NY1,470 ft30%62 mi
Jiminy PeakHancock, MA2,380 ft44%66 mi
Cochran Ski AreaRichmond, VT950 ft32%69 mi
Gore MountainNorth Creek, NY3,600 ft60%69 mi
Bolton ValleyRichmond, VT3,150 ft40%70 mi
McIntyre Ski AreaManchester, NH510 ft17%70 mi
Waterville ValleyWaterville Valley, NH4,004 ft49%72 mi
Cannon MountainFranconia, NH4,080 ft57%72 mi
Bousquet MountainPittsfield, MA1,818 ft48%74 mi
Wachusett Mountain Ski AreaPrinceton, MA2,006 ft40%76 mi
Berkshire EastCharlemont, MA1,840 ft43%79 mi
Smuggler's NotchJeffersonville, VT3,640 ft59%79 mi
Mad River GlenMorrisville, VT3,637 ft59%80 mi
Suicide SixSouth Pomfret, VT1,200 ft36%80 mi
Four SeasonsRavena, NY550 ft24%85 mi
BlandfordBlandford, MA1,685 ft24%86 mi
Otis Ridge Ski AreaOtis, MA1,700 ft34%86 mi
Bretton WoodsBretton Woods, NH3,100 ft52%86 mi
Whiteface MountainWilmington, NY4,650 ft70%88 mi
AttitashBartlett, NH2,350 ft51%89 mi
Nashoba ValleyBoxborough, MA440 ft36%89 mi
Burke MountainEast Burke, VT3,267 ft60%90 mi
Cranmore MountainNorth Conway, NH2,000 ft39%92 mi
Mt. Pisgah Recreation CenterSaranac Lake, NY2,500 ft37%95 mi
Black MountainJackson, NH2,350 ft43%96 mi
Wildcat MountainGorham, NH4,062 ft55%96 mi
Ski ButternutGreat Barrington, MA1,800 ft38%97 mi
Ski WardShrewsbury, MA410 ft24%97 mi

Okemo Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation3,344 ft
Base Elevation1,144 ft
Vertical Drop2,200 ft
Trails119
(32% Beginner,  36% Intermediate,  32% Expert)
Lifts19
Skiable Acres632
Avg. Annual Snowfall200 inches
Okemo Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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