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Stratton Mountain

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Home to the tallest peak in Vermont (3,875 ft), Stratton Resort is a popular ski resort that has fantastic après-ski options and accommodations. One of the reasons it is so popular is because it is so easy to reach from New York City and Boston (both are less than a 4-hour drive away).

As with just about any popular ski resort, the crowds can get a little busy during weekends and holidays. Stratton has tried to alleviate this by investing in updated lifts, which now have the best-in-class capacity of nearly 34,000 people per hour. This is on par with some of the largest ski resorts in the country.

Due to its higher elevation, the snow here can be better than other east coast resorts. The ski season in Vermont typically runs from early November until mid to late May.

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

Season Passes

Stratton Mountain is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.

Lodging Options

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

Stratton Mountain Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Stratton Mountain has a total of 99 ski trails, which are serviced by 11 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 670 acres, Stratton Mountain Ski Resort has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 271 hectares, 1.0 square miles, or 2.7 square kilometers.

Stratton Mountain's slopes see on average 180 inches (4.6 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 15 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
99
Ski Lift
Lifts
11
Skier
Skiable Acres
670(3 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
180"(457 cm)

Stratton Mountain Ski Resort Elevation

Stratton Mountain Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 3,875 feet, or 1,181 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,872 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 2,003 feet (610 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Stratton 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
3,875'(1,181 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
2,003'(610 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
1,872'(571 m)

Stratton Mountain Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
46.7out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Stratton 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 60% 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

Stratton Mountain has 670 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Stratton Mountain is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 40% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 60%.
Green Circle
Beginner
40%(268 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
35%(235 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
25%(168 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 Stratton Mountain Ski Resort good for beginners?

Stratton 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 60% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Stratton Mountain Ski Resort Location

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

Address:
Winhall, VT 05155 USA
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Website:
stratton.com

GPS Coordinates:
43.12000, -72.90000

Getting to Stratton Mountain Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Stratton Mountain Ski Resort), its coordinates of 43.12000, -72.90000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Winhall, 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 Stratton Mountain Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Logan International AirportBOSBoston, MA109 mi
Theodore Francis Green State AirportPVDProvidence, RI122 mi
Portland International JetportPWMPortland, ME135 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 Stratton Mountain.

NameCodeCityDistance
Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional AirportRUTRutland, VT28 mi
Lebanon Municipal AirportLEBLebanon, NH46 mi
Albany International AirportALBAlbany, NY52 mi

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

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Bromley MountainPeru, VT3,284 ft44%8 mi
Magic MountainLondonderry, VT2,850 ft54%9 mi
Mount SnowSomerset, VT3,600 ft47%10 mi
Okemo MountainLudlow, VT3,344 ft54%22 mi
Stowe MountainWest Halifax, VT4,395 ft59%27 mi
Willard MountainGreenwich, NY1,415 ft36%32 mi
KillingtonKillington, VT4,241 ft69%38 mi
Jiminy PeakHancock, MA2,380 ft46%44 mi
Mount SunapeeNewbury, NH2,743 ft45%45 mi
Woods ValleyBolton Landing, NY1,400 ft35%50 mi
Pico MountainMendon, VT3,967 ft57%51 mi
Bousquet MountainPittsfield, MA1,818 ft47%52 mi
Crotched MountainBennington, NH2,066 ft43%52 mi
West MountainQueensbury, NY1,470 ft31%56 mi
Middlebury Snow BowlHancock, VT2,720 ft40%57 mi
Berkshire EastCharlemont, MA1,840 ft45%57 mi
Ragged MountainAndover, NH2,250 ft44%59 mi
Four SeasonsRavena, NY550 ft25%64 mi
Otis Ridge Ski AreaOtis, MA1,700 ft35%64 mi
BlandfordBlandford, MA1,685 ft25%65 mi
Wachusett Mountain Ski AreaPrinceton, MA2,006 ft41%68 mi
Dartmouth SkiwayConcord, NH1,943 ft41%68 mi
Pats PeakHenniker, NH1,400 ft33%68 mi
Gore MountainNorth Creek, NY3,600 ft66%69 mi
SugarbushWarren, VT4,083 ft62%69 mi
McIntyre Ski AreaManchester, NH510 ft18%74 mi
Royal MountainSaint Johnsville, NY1,800 ft37%81 mi
Nashoba ValleyBoxborough, MA440 ft37%84 mi
Cochran Ski AreaRichmond, VT950 ft33%88 mi
Windham MountainWindham, NY3,100 ft51%88 mi
Bolton ValleyRichmond, VT3,150 ft42%90 mi
Waterville ValleyWaterville Valley, NH4,004 ft50%91 mi
Ski ButternutGreat Barrington, MA1,800 ft40%91 mi
Ski WardShrewsbury, MA410 ft25%91 mi
Mohawk MountainWest Cornwall, CT1,600 ft36%91 mi
Cannon MountainFranconia, NH4,080 ft59%93 mi
Hunter MountainHunter, NY3,200 ft55%94 mi
Snow RidgeTurin, NY2,000 ft38%97 mi
Smuggler's NotchJeffersonville, VT3,640 ft61%99 mi
Whiteface MountainWilmington, NY4,650 ft71%99 mi

Stratton Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation3,875 ft
Base Elevation1,872 ft
Vertical Drop2,003 ft
Trails99
(40% Beginner,  35% Intermediate,  25% Expert)
Lifts11
Skiable Acres670
Avg. Annual Snowfall180 inches
Stratton Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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