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Shawnee Peak Ski Resort

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Shawnee Peak Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Maine in USA. The resort is in the town of Bridgton, ME.

We recently ranked all of Maine's ski resorts, so you can see where Shawnee Peak stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Shawnee Peak 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 Shawnee Peak Ski Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Shawnee Peak's website.

Lodging Options

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

Shawnee Peak Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Shawnee Peak has a total of 40 ski trails, which are serviced by 5 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Shawnee Peak is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 249 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 101 hectares, 0.4 square miles, or 1.0 square kilometers.

Shawnee Peak's slopes see on average 110 inches (3.4 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 9 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
40
Ski Lift
Lifts
5
Skier
Skiable Acres
249(1 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
110"(3,353 cm)

Shawnee Peak Ski Resort Elevation

Shawnee Peak Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 1,700 feet, or 518 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 400 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,300 feet (396 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Shawnee Peak has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
1,700'(518 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
1,300'(396 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
400'(122 m)

Shawnee Peak Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
42.1out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Shawnee Peak 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 75% 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

Shawnee Peak has 249 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Shawnee Peak is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 25% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 75%.
Green Circle
Beginner
25%(62 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
50%(125 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%(62 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 Shawnee Peak Ski Resort good for beginners?

Shawnee Peak 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.

Shawnee Peak Ski Resort Location

Shawnee Peak Ski Resort is located in the state of Maine, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Bridgton, ME.

Address:
Bridgton, ME 04009 USA
View on Google Maps

Website:
shawneepeak.com

GPS Coordinates:
44.06000, -70.81000

Getting to Shawnee Peak Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Shawnee Peak Ski Resort), its coordinates of 44.06000, -70.81000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Bridgton, ME 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 Shawnee Peak Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Portland International JetportPWMPortland, ME38 mi
Logan International AirportBOSBoston, MA117 mi
Theodore Francis Green State AirportPVDProvidence, RI164 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 Shawnee Peak.

NameCodeCityDistance
Augusta State AirportAUGAugusta, ME53 mi
Portsmouth International at Pease AirportPSMPortsmouth, NH68 mi
Lebanon Municipal AirportLEBLebanon, NH80 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Shawnee Peak 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 Shawnee Peak Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Cranmore MountainNorth Conway, NH2,000 ft39%15 mi
King Pine Ski AreaMadison, NH850 ft17%19 mi
AttitashBartlett, NH2,350 ft51%20 mi
Black MountainJackson, NH2,350 ft43%21 mi
Loon MountainLincoln, NH3,050 ft50%21 mi
Mt. AbramGreenwood, ME2,001 ft38%23 mi
Wildcat MountainGorham, NH4,062 ft55%25 mi
Lost ValleyAuburn, ME495 ft39%27 mi
Sunday RiverBethel, ME3,140 ft55%28 mi
Bretton WoodsBretton Woods, NH3,100 ft52%35 mi
Waterville ValleyWaterville Valley, NH4,004 ft49%35 mi
Cannon MountainFranconia, NH4,080 ft57%44 mi
Titcomb MountainFarmington, ME750 ft32%52 mi
Whaleback MountainEnfield, NH1,800 ft38%54 mi
Burke MountainEast Burke, VT3,267 ft60%64 mi
Ragged MountainAndover, NH2,250 ft42%65 mi
New HermonHerman, ME450 ft30%69 mi
Dartmouth SkiwayConcord, NH1,943 ft39%70 mi
Pats PeakHenniker, NH1,400 ft32%70 mi
Black MountainRumford, ME2,150 ft44%78 mi
McIntyre Ski AreaManchester, NH510 ft17%79 mi
Mount SunapeeNewbury, NH2,743 ft44%80 mi
GunstockKingston, NH2,300 ft47%81 mi
Camden Snow BowlCamden, ME1,093 ft38%83 mi
Ski BradfordHaverhill, MA1,548 ft29%91 mi
Crotched MountainBennington, NH2,066 ft41%91 mi
Mad River GlenMorrisville, VT3,637 ft59%94 mi
Suicide SixSouth Pomfret, VT1,200 ft36%94 mi

Shawnee Peak Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation1,700 ft
Base Elevation400 ft
Vertical Drop1,300 ft
Trails40
(25% Beginner,  50% Intermediate,  25% Expert)
Lifts5
Skiable Acres249
Avg. Annual Snowfall110 inches
Shawnee Peak Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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