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Plattekill Mountain

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Plattekill Mountain is a ski area located in the state of New York in USA. The resort is in the town of Roxbury, NY.

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

Season Passes

Plattekill Mountain 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 with with Plattekill Mountain. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Plattekill Mountain's website.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Plattekill Mountain around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Plattekill Mountain Terrain Overview

Plattekill Mountain has a total of 38 ski trails, which are serviced by 4 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Plattekill Mountain is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 75 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 30 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.3 square kilometers.

Plattekill Mountain's slopes see on average 175 inches (5.3 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 14 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
38
Ski Lift
Lifts
4
Skier
Skiable Acres
75(0 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
175"(5,334 cm)

Plattekill Mountain Elevation

Plattekill Mountain has a summit elevation of 3,500 feet, or 1,067 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 2,400 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,100 feet (335 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Plattekill 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
3,500'(1,067 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
1,100'(335 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
2,400'(731 m)

Plattekill Mountain Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
47.2out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Plattekill 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 80% 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

Plattekill Mountain has 75 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Plattekill Mountain is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 20% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 80%.
Green Circle
Beginner
20%(15 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
40%(30 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
40%(30 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 Plattekill Mountain good for beginners?

Plattekill 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 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Plattekill Mountain Location

Plattekill Mountain is located in the state of New York, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Roxbury, NY.

Address:
Roxbury, NY 12474 USA
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Website:
plattekill.com

GPS Coordinates:
42.27000, -74.64000

Getting to Plattekill Mountain

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Plattekill Mountain), its coordinates of 42.27000, -74.64000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Roxbury, NY 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 Plattekill Mountain.

NameCodeCityDistance
Syracuse Hancock International AirportSYRSyracuse, NY94 mi
LaGuardia AirportLGANew York, NY110 mi
Newark Liberty International AirportEWRNew York, NJ112 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 Plattekill Mountain.

NameCodeCityDistance
Albany International AirportALBAlbany, NY54 mi
New York Stewart International AirportSWFNewburgh, NY60 mi
Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link fieldBGMBinghamton, NY69 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Plattekill 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 Plattekill Mountain.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Windham MountainWindham, NY3,100 ft49%19 mi
Hunter MountainHunter, NY3,200 ft53%21 mi
Snow RidgeTurin, NY2,000 ft37%33 mi
Holiday MountainMonticello, NY1,300 ft34%44 mi
Four SeasonsRavena, NY550 ft24%45 mi
SawkillWallkill, NY2,215 ft12%52 mi
Royal MountainSaint Johnsville, NY1,800 ft35%54 mi
Dry HillWaterton, NY950 ft33%58 mi
Elk MountainUnion Dale, PA2,693 ft46%60 mi
Tuxedo RidgeCentral Valley, NY1,400 ft29%70 mi
Bousquet MountainPittsfield, MA1,818 ft48%70 mi
Jiminy PeakHancock, MA2,380 ft44%71 mi
Mt. PeterGreenwood Lake, NY1,250 ft35%74 mi
Mohawk MountainWest Cornwall, CT1,600 ft35%75 mi
Berkshire EastCharlemont, MA1,840 ft43%75 mi
Thunder RidgePatterson, NY1,270 ft28%76 mi
Willard MountainGreenwich, NY1,415 ft35%77 mi
ToggenburgFabius, NY1,780 ft37%77 mi
Labrador MountainTruxton, NY1,825 ft37%78 mi
McCauley MountainCold Brook, NY2,260 ft36%78 mi
Otis Ridge Ski AreaOtis, MA1,700 ft34%78 mi
Montage MountainScranton, PA1,960 ft44%83 mi
West MountainQueensbury, NY1,470 ft30%84 mi
Song MountainTully, NY1,940 ft23%86 mi
Campgaw MountainMahwah, NJ720 ft14%87 mi
BlandfordBlandford, MA1,685 ft24%88 mi
Woodbury Ski AreaWoodbury, CT850 ft33%88 mi
Shawnee MountainEast Stroudsburg, PA1,350 ft36%88 mi
Bear Creek MountainMacungie, PA1,110 ft35%91 mi
Camelback MountainTannersville, PA2,050 ft38%92 mi
Ski SundownNew Hartford, CT1,075 ft29%92 mi
Whitetail MountainMercersburg, PA1,800 ft39%95 mi
Jack FrostWhite Haven, PA2,000 ft41%96 mi
Big BoulderLake Harmony, PA2,175 ft30%97 mi
Mt. SouthingtonPlantsville, CT525 ft31%98 mi
Mountain CreekHackettstown, NJ1,480 ft40%99 mi
Mount SnowSomerset, VT3,600 ft44%99 mi

Plattekill Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation3,500 ft
Base Elevation2,400 ft
Vertical Drop1,100 ft
Trails38
(20% Beginner,  40% Intermediate,  40% Expert)
Lifts4
Skiable Acres75
Avg. Annual Snowfall175 inches
Plattekill Mountain Stats
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