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Wildcat Mountain

Home / Ski Resorts / Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort

Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of New Hampshire in USA. The resort is in the town of Gorham, NH.

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

Season Passes

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

Wildcat Mountain Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Wildcat Mountain has a total of 49 ski trails, which are serviced by 5 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Wildcat Mountain is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 225 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 91 hectares, 0.4 square miles, or 0.9 square kilometers.

Wildcat Mountain's slopes see on average 200 inches (5.1 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 16 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
49
Ski Lift
Lifts
5
Skier
Skiable Acres
225(1 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
200"(508 cm)

Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort Elevation

Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 4,062 feet, or 1,238 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,950 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 2,112 feet (644 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Wildcat Mountain's summit elevation is higher than average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are much higher than this one (some stretch to 12,000 feet!), but it is not small by any stretch of the imagination.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
4,062'(1,238 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
2,112'(644 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
1,950'(594 m)

Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
56.6out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Wildcat Mountain's difficulty level of 56.6 is above average. 80% of its trails rated as either intermediate or expert-level, which doesn't leave much for the beginners.
 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

Wildcat Mountain has 225 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Wildcat Mountain's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 47% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 33% as expert.
Green Circle
Beginner
20%(45 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
47%(106 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
33%(74 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 Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort good for beginners?

Wildcat Mountain is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 67% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.

Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort Location

Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort is located in the state of New Hampshire, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Gorham, NH.

Address:
Gorham, NH 03581 USA
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Website:
skiwildcat.com

GPS Coordinates:
44.27000, -71.21000

Getting to Wildcat Mountain Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort), its coordinates of 44.27000, -71.21000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Gorham, NH 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 Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Portland International JetportPWMPortland, ME62 mi
Logan International AirportBOSBoston, MA132 mi
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportYULMontréal, QC149 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 Wildcat Mountain.

NameCodeCityDistance
Augusta State AirportAUGAugusta, ME70 mi
Lebanon Municipal AirportLEBLebanon, NH70 mi
Portsmouth International at Pease AirportPSMPortsmouth, NH85 mi

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

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Black MountainJackson, NH2,350 ft45%4 mi
Bretton WoodsBretton Woods, NH3,100 ft54%12 mi
AttitashBartlett, NH2,350 ft53%12 mi
Cranmore MountainNorth Conway, NH2,000 ft41%15 mi
Sunday RiverBethel, ME3,140 ft57%24 mi
Shawnee PeakBridgton, ME1,700 ft44%25 mi
Cannon MountainFranconia, NH4,080 ft59%25 mi
Mt. AbramGreenwood, ME2,001 ft39%25 mi
Waterville ValleyWaterville Valley, NH4,004 ft50%26 mi
King Pine Ski AreaMadison, NH850 ft17%28 mi
Loon MountainLincoln, NH3,050 ft51%34 mi
Whaleback MountainEnfield, NH1,800 ft40%39 mi
Burke MountainEast Burke, VT3,267 ft62%40 mi
Lost ValleyAuburn, ME495 ft40%48 mi
Rangeley Lakes Trail CenterRangeley, ME0 ft0%57 mi
Titcomb MountainFarmington, ME750 ft34%58 mi
Ragged MountainAndover, NH2,250 ft44%63 mi
Black MountainRumford, ME2,150 ft45%68 mi
Mad River GlenMorrisville, VT3,637 ft61%70 mi
Saskadena SixSouth Pomfret, VT1,200 ft37%70 mi
Dartmouth SkiwayConcord, NH1,943 ft41%76 mi
Pats PeakHenniker, NH1,400 ft33%76 mi
Mount SunapeeNewbury, NH2,743 ft45%77 mi
Owl's HeadMansonville, QC2,480 ft47%77 mi
Jay PeakJay, VT3,968 ft60%79 mi
Mont Hatley (Montjoye)Canton de Hatley, QC1,200 ft0%80 mi
Smuggler's NotchJeffersonville, VT3,640 ft61%80 mi
SugarbushWarren, VT4,083 ft62%81 mi
Bolton ValleyRichmond, VT3,150 ft42%82 mi
Mont BellevueSherbrooke, QC1,089 ft11%84 mi
New HermonHerman, ME450 ft32%84 mi
Cochran Ski AreaRichmond, VT950 ft33%87 mi
Pico MountainMendon, VT3,967 ft57%88 mi
Mont OrfordOrford, QC2,800 ft42%88 mi
Mont SuttonSutton, QC3,175 ft42%88 mi
McIntyre Ski AreaManchester, NH510 ft18%88 mi
KillingtonKillington, VT4,241 ft69%88 mi
Middlebury Snow BowlHancock, VT2,720 ft40%90 mi
J0T 2N0Marston, QC1,509 ft29%92 mi
Gunstock MountainKingston, NH2,267 ft50%94 mi
Crotched MountainBennington, NH2,066 ft43%95 mi
Okemo MountainLudlow, VT3,344 ft54%96 mi

Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation4,062 ft
Base Elevation1,950 ft
Vertical Drop2,112 ft
Trails49
(20% Beginner,  47% Intermediate,  33% Expert)
Lifts5
Skiable Acres225
Avg. Annual Snowfall200 inches
Wildcat Mountain Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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