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154 U.S. Resorts Now Open
From North Carolina to Nevada, Connecticut to Colorado to California, there are a whole lot more snow resorts open than you’d think. With a long holiday weekend upon us, there’s plenty of opportunity to hit the slopes. So wax up your board, cancel that post-Thanksgiving shopping trip you had planned, and go work off some of the extra pounds you put on with that big dinner. Go snowboarding!
Here’s a list of resorts that will be open this weekend across the country as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Go get some!
CONNECTICUT
Mohawk Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29
Ski Sundown - Plan to Open 11/30 w/Int-Canyon Run/Exhibition, T2B
Woodbury - Wed 5:00a 4 new packed powder 6 - 16 base 8 trails, 57% open, 2 lifts
MAINE
Sugarloaf/USA - Wed 2:55a packed powder 6 - 22 base 14 trails, 11% open, 2 lifts Nov 29: 18 trails, 5 lifts, 4 miles, 14%
Sunday River - Wed 7:00a 1 - 2 new packed powder 24 - 72 base 14 trails, 5 miles, 81 acres, 11% open, 4 lifts
MASSACHUSETTS
Catamount - Plan to Open 11/30
Jiminy Peak - Wed 8:00a 3 - 6 new packed powder 4 - 12 base 6 trails, 2 miles, 18 acres, 15% open, 2 lifts
Nashoba Valley - Plan to Open 11/29
Ski Butternut - Plan to Open 11/29; 3" past 24 hrs
Ski Ward - Plan to Open 11/29
Wachusett Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Attitash/Bear Peak - Plan to Open 11/29 w/ Flying Yankee/Snowbelt lifts Moat/Lower Grandstand trails; 12/06: Free Skiing/riding Day
Bretton Woods - Wed 7:07a 1 - 2 new packed powder 12 - 36 base 5 trails, 7% open, 2 lifts
Cannon Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29 w/ 5 trails, 2 lifts
Cranmore - Plan to Open 11/29 w/ 1 trail, 1 lift
Gunstock - Plan to Open 11/30
Loon Mountain - Wed 8:00a 1 new packed powder 4 - 32 base 8 trails, 48 acres, 16% open, 2 lifts
Mount Sunapee - Plan to Open 11/29
Ragged Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29 w/ 5 trails, 2 lifts
Waterville Valley - Wed 7:00a packed powder 6 - 12 base 4 trails, 8% open, 3 lifts
Wildcat - Plan to Open 11/29
NEW JERSEY
Hidden Valley - Plan to Open 11/29 w/ 2 trails, 2 lifts
NEW YORK
Belleayre - Wed 8:00a 4 new packed powder 6 - 24 base 1 trail 3% open, 1 lift
Bristol Mountain - Plan to Open 11/28
Gore Mountain - Wed 8:23a 2 new packed powder 4 - 12 base 6 trails, 9% open, 1 lift
Greek Peak - Plan to Open 11/29 w/4 trails, 3 lifts; Nov 29: 8:30a-5p
Holiday Valley - Plan to Open 11/29
Hunter Mountain - Wed 7:14a 4 new powder 4 - 26 base 4 trails, 8% open, 1 lifts Nov 28: 23%, 12 trails
Labrador Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29 or 11/30
Peek'n Peak - Plan to Open 11/29
Swain - Plan to Open 11/29; 6" past 24 hrs
Titus Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29 w/ 13 trails
Toggenburg - Plan to Open 11/29
Whiteface - Mon 11p sany loose granular 12 - 22 base 5 trails, 7% open, 2 lifts
Windham Mtn - Reopen on 11/28
PENNSYLVANIA
Hidden Valley - Plan to Open 11/29
Seven Springs - Plan to Open 11/30
Shawnee Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29
RHODE ISLAND
Yawgoo Valley - Plan to Open 11/30
VERMONT
Ascutney Mountain - Plan to Open 11/30
Bromley Mountain - Plan to Open 11/30
Jay Peak - Reopen on 11/29 for daily operation; Up to 40 trails/glades and 5 lifts; 54" season total; 12-36" base
Killington - Wed 6:00a 2 new packed powder 20 - 45 base 68 trails, 22 miles, 34% open, 10 lifts Nov 30-Dec 01: 100 trails, 20 lifts
Mount Snow - Wed 7:00a 3 new packed powder 10 - 36 base 12 trails, 8% open, 3 lifts
Okemo Mountain - Wed 7:27a 2 - 3 new powder 12 - 32 base 31 trails, 13 miles 154 acres, 29% open, 6 lifts
Smugglers' Notch - Reopen on 11/29; 3" past 24 hrs
Stowe - Wed 6:30a 1 new packed powder 18 - 30 base 13 trails, 9 miles, 27% open, 1 lifts Nov 29: 19 trails, 4 lifts, 13 miles
Stratton Mountain - Wed 6:15a 2 - 3 new packed powder 6 - 30 base 9 trails, 58 acres 10% open, 2 lifts
Sugarbush - Wed 8:30a 1 new packed powder 6 - 42 base 12 trails, 3 miles, 10% open, 2 lifts
MARYLAND
Wisp - Plan to Open 11/30
NORTH CAROLINA
Appalachian - Tue 3:00a packed powder 8 - 12 base 3 trails, 33% open, 2 lifts
Cataloochee - Plan to Open 11/29
Sugar Mountain - Tue 9:21p packed powder 8 - 26 base 4 trails, 20% open, 1 lift
WEST VIRGINIA
Canaan Valley - Plan to Open 11/29
Snowshoe Mountain - Wed 2:35a 4 new frozen granular 18 - 26 base 5 trails, 9% open, 2 lifts
ILLINOIS
Chestnut Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29
IOWA
Fun Valley - Plan to Open 11/30
Sundown Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29
MICHIGAN
Alpine Valley - Wed 8:34a packed powder 10 - 10 base 3 trails, 12% open, 3 lifts
Big Powderhorn - Plan to Open 11/28
Boyne Highlands - Reopen on 11/28
Boyne Mountain - Reopen on 11/28
Caberfae Peaks - Plan to Open 11/29 w/ Clubhouse Chair, North Peak Chair
Crystal Mountain - Reopen on 11/28; 9am
Indianhead - Wed 7:55a packed powder 15 - 18 base 3 trails, 14% open, 3 lifts
Marquette - Open Thur-Sun
Mont Ripley - Plan to Open 11/29
Mt Brighton - Wed 7:45a packed powder 14 - 18 base 4 trails, 15% open, 2 lifts
Norway Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29 w/ 4 trails, 2 lifts
Nub's Nob - Reopen on 11/28
Shanty Creek - Plan to Open 11/28
Ski Brule - Tue 5:17p packed powder 36 - 50 base 8 trails, 47% open, 2 lifts
MINNESOTA
Afton Alps - Tue 9:20a variable 6 - 20 base 15 trails, 40% open, 5 lifts
Andes Tower Hills - Reopen on 11/29 w/Bunny, Frikadiley,
Hollywood High 9a-9p
Buck Hill - Tue 2:30p packed powder 6 - 12 base 4 trails, 20 acres, 50% open, 4 lifts
Buena Vista - Open Sat/Sun
Giants Ridge - Plan to Open 11/29; 9:00a-4:30p
Hyland Ski Snowboard - Mon 4:00p hard packed 12 - 24 base 4 trails, 40% open, 3 lifts
Lutsen Mountain - Tue 8:29a packed powder 12 - 24 base 10 trails, 20% open, 3 lifts
Mount Kato - Plan to Open 11/27
Spirit Mountain - Reopen on 11/28
Wild Mountain - Wed 8:43a packed powder 12 - 50 base 19 trails, 45% open, 5 lifts
NORTH DAKOTA
Bottineau Winter Park - Plan to Open 11/29
Frost Fire - Open Sat/Sun
SOUTH DAKOTA
Deer Mountain - Plan to Open 11/30
WISCONSIN
Cascade Mountain - Tue 6:15p packed powder 6 - 18 base 5 trails, 19% open, 2 lifts
Christie Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29
Devil's Head - Plan to Open 11/29
Granite Peak - Wed 8:22a packed powder 15 - 15 base 1 trail 2% open, 1 lift Nov 30-Dec 01: 5-10 trails, 3 lifts
Sunburst - Tue 9:00p wet packed snow 12 - 15 base 2 trails, 12 acres, 20% open, 2 lifts
Trollhaugen - Tue 9:24a packed powder 18 - 35 base 12 trails, 60% open, 5 lifts
Tyrol Basin - Reopen on 11/29
Whitecap Mountain - Plan to Open 11/29
COLORADO
Ajax (Aspen) - Wed 5:42a packed powder 23 - 24 base 65 trails, 575 acres, 5 lifts
Arapahoe Basin - Wed 5:30a packed powder 36 - 36 base 30 trails, 358 acres, 73% open 4 lifts
Beaver Creek - Wed 5:00a packed powder 27 - 38 base 67 trails, 1069 acres, 66% open 7 lifts
Breckenridge - Wed 5:00a packed powder 28 - 38 base 102 trails, 1367 acres, 59% open 15 lifts
Copper Mountain - Wed 5:00a packed powder 33 - 39 base 61 trails, 680 acres, 56% open, 8 lifts
Crested Butte - Plan to Open 11/29
Durango - Wed 5:45a packed powder 16 - 31 base 30 trails, 43% open, 3 lifts
Eldora - Tue 8a csr packed powder 34 - 34 base 25% open, 5 lifts
Keystone - Wed 5:00a packed powder 25 - 27 base 28 trails, 297 acres, 28% open, 6 lifts
Loveland - Wed 5:45a packed powder 40 - 45 base 74 trails, 931 acres, 95% open, 9 lifts
Monarch - Tue 2:28p packed powder 27 - 30 base 44 trails, 80% open, 3 lifts
Silverton Mountain - Plan to Open 11/28
Ski Cooper - Plan to Open 11/28
Snowmass - Reopen on 11/28
Steamboat - Tue 10:30a packed powder 26 - 29 base 60 trails, 1202 acres, 41% open, 7 lifts
Sunlight - Plan to open 11/27
Telluride - Wed 5:10a packed powder 26 - 28 base 15 trails, 211 acres, 14% open, 6 lifts
Vail - Wed 5:00a packed powder 26 - 37 base 189 trails, 4678 acres, 88% open, 24 lifts
Winter Park - Tue 9:50a powder 41 - 43 base 79 trails, 1329 acres, 75% open 16 lifts Nov 28: Vasquez Ridge, Pioneer Express lift to ope
Wolf Creek - Wed 6:30a packed powder 35 - 48 base 77 trails, 1600 acres, 100% open, 6 lifts
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