The following is a list of ski areas in New England by vertical drop. Unless otherwise noted, vertical drop figures are from Verticalfeet.com, vertical for Bolton Valley and Magic Mountain directly from their websites.
RankResort nameStateVertical (ft) Skiable acres Trails Lifts Notes 1 Killington Vermont 3,050 1,509 15521 Largest drop in New England, 26th largest drop in the United States 2 Sugarloaf Maine 2,8201,360 17615 Largest drop in Maine 3 Smugglers' Notch Vermont 2,5641,000 788 Second largest drop in Vermont 4 Sugarbush Vermont 2,552581 11116 5 Stowe Vermont 2,341485 11612 6 Sunday River Maine 2,340870 135 20 Second largest drop in Maine 7 Cannon Mountain New Hampshire 2,230285 9711 Largest drop in New Hampshire 8 Loon Mountain New Hampshire2,190403 7313 Second largest drop in New Hampshire 9 Jay Peak Vermont 2,153385 819 10 Okemo Mountain Vermont 2,100632 11919 11 Wildcat Mountain New Hampshire 2,027225 485 12 Burke MountainVermont 2,011267 504Home to Burke Mountain Academy 13 Waterville Valley New Hampshire 2,003265 6212 14 Stratton MountainVermont 2,003670 9911 15 Saddleback Maine 2,000600 665 16Mad River GlenVermont 1,992120 454 17 Pico Mountain Vermont 1,967468 577 One of the first commercial ski resorts in Vermont. 18 Attitash New Hampshire 1,750310 7513 19 Bolton Valley Vermont 1,703 300 71 6 20 Mount Snow Vermont 1,700600 8620 21 Mount Sunapee New Hampshire 1,510233 65 10 22 Bretton Woods New Hampshire 1,500464 101 9 23 Magic Mountain Vermont 1,500 195 40 4 24 Tenney Mountain New Hampshire 1,500 130 50 5 Vertical data from skitenney.com/about/mountain-information/ 25 Gunstock Mountain New Hampshire 1,400227 50 6 Vertical data from Gunstock.com 26 Black Mountain Maine 1,380300 35 2 Vertical data from skiblackmountain.org 27 Bromley Vermont 1,334178 45 10 28 Pleasant Mountain Maine 1,300249 40 5 29 Ragged Mountain New Hampshire 1,250220 47 5 Vertical data from Wikipedia 30 Cranmore Mountain New Hampshire 1,200200 54 10 31 Berkshire East Massachusetts 1,180180 45 6 Tallest vertical in Massachusetts 32 Mount Abram Maine 1,150450 44 5 33 Jiminy Peak Massachusetts 1,140170 45 8 Second tallest in Massachusetts 34 Ski Butternut Massachusetts 1,000110 22 10 35 Black Mountain New Hampshire 1,110143 40 4 36 Middlebury College Snow Bowl Vermont 1,040110 17 3 37 Crotched Mountain New Hampshire 1,016100 23 5 38 Wachusett Mountain Massachusetts 1,000110 22 7 39 Catamount Massachusetts 1,00010043 7 Ski area crosses the MA/NY state border 40 Bigrock Maine 98060 28 5 41 Dartmouth Skiway New Hampshire 968107 31 4 42 Camden Snow Bowl Maine 94360 11 5 43 Bousquet Massachusetts 750200 23 5 44 Pats Peak New Hampshire 71090 23 10 45 Whaleback New Hampshire 70085 30 4 46 Mohawk Mountain Connecticut 650107 25 7 Largest drop in Connecticut. 47 Ski Quechee Vermont 65010013 3 48 Saskadena Six Vermont 650100 23 3 49 Ski Sundown Connecticut 62565 15 5 50 Powder Ridge Connecticut 55080 20 3 51 Granite Gorge New Hampshire 52525 17 2 52 Cochran's Ski Area Vermont 50030 6 5 53 Arrowhead New Hampshire 5005 to 20 9 2 54 Blandford Massachusetts 465158 22 5 55 Mount Southington Connecticut 42551 14 7 56 Thunder Ridge New York 403 90 30 7 57 Otis Ridge Massachusetts 40060 11 5 58 Hermon Mountain Maine 35075 18 3 59 Titcomb Mountain Maine 35045 16 2 60 King Pine New Hampshire 35045 17 6 61Mount Greylock Ski ClubMassachusetts35045202Vertical data from NewEnglandSkiHistory.com 62 Blue Hills Massachusetts 30960 12 4 63 Woodbury Connecticut 300100 15 6 64 Ski Bradford Massachusetts 20848 15 10 65 Yawgoo Valley Rhode Island24536 12 4 Tallest/only drop in Rhode Island 66 Lost Valley Maine 24045 17 2 67 Nashoba Valley Massachusetts 24059 17 11 68 Ski Ward Massachusetts 22045 9 6 69 Abenaki Ski Area New Hampshire 20018 7 2 70 McIntyre New Hampshire 147100 9 2
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