The Largest Ski Resorts: Best Ski/Snowboarding Mountains, Highest Vertical Drops

Revelstoke vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 5997 ft

Located in the Rockies in Canada, Revelstoke is the tallest ski area in North America.

Whistler vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 5678 ft

Whistler is the largest ski resort in North America as well as the most visited. This massive resort covers two adjacent mountains, Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain. The Whistler Vertical Drop is 4966 ft and the Blackcomb Vertical Drop is 5222 ft.

Jackson Hole vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 4105 ft

Located in the Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole has the greatest vertical drop in the US.

Snowmass vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 4396 ft

The Snowmass true-up measurement represents the vertical from the top of the Cirque down the fall line to the Snowmass base village.

Moonlight Basin & Big Sky vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 4346 ft

Big Sky and Moonlight Basin are adjoining resorts that share the same mtn and form the second largest continuous ski area in North America and biggest in the US. Individually, the Big Sky vertical drop is 3619 ft and Moonlight Basin vertical drop is 4016 ft.

Panorama vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3979 ft

Telluride vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 4410 ft

Kicking Horse vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3881 ft

Timberline vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3690 ft

Timberline is the only resort in North America open for year-round skiing. In the winter, the lower mountain is open. In the summer, the glacier at the top of the mountain is open. And in the spring, the entire 3690 ft vertical drop is skiable as one continuous run.

Aspen Highlands vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 4292 ft

Beaver Creek vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 4040 ft

Aspen vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3267 ft

Snowbird vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3243 ft

Sun Valley vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3363 ft

Lake Placid/Whiteface vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3430 ft

Whiteface has the highest vertical drop in the east, and is the only in the east with a vert greater than 3000 ft. (technically, Killington has 3000 ft but not in its true-up vertical)

Lake Louise vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3235 ft

Vail vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3450 ft

Vail is the largest ski resort in the US by acreage, dwarfed in size only by Whistler in Canada, and Big Sky/Moonlight Basin (which technically are two independent resorts).

Snowbasin vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2960 ft

Mammoth vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2929 ft

Breckenridge vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3398 ft

The Breckenridge true-up measurement represents the vertical of Peak 8 from the top of the Imperial Express chairlift (the highest altitude chairlift in the world).

Red Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2833 ft

Mount Hood Meadows vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 4207 ft

Castle Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2820 ft

Fernie vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2821 ft

Tamarack vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2760 ft

Crested Butte vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3042 ft

Heavenly vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3427 ft

Park City vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3119 ft

Sun Peaks vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2682 ft

Yellowstone Club vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2669 ft

Please note: Yellowstone Club, which is connected to Big Sky, is not open to the public and is a private, exclusive ski resort that you must buy into. It is very, very expensive.

Mount Bachelor vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3373 ft

The Canyons vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3065 ft

Winter Park vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2980 ft

Crystal Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3104 ft

Montana Snowbowl vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2564 ft

Sugarbush vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2552 ft

Sugarbush consists of numerous peaks including Mt Ellen and Lincoln Peak. Sugarbush's true-up measurement represents Mt. Ellen's height.

Steamboat vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3668 ft

Silver Star vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2422 ft

June Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2560 ft

Nakiska vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2411 ft

Sugarloaf vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2840 ft

With the new terrain expansion into Brackett Basin, Sugarloaf is now the largest ski resort in the east, with over 800 skiable acres.

Copper Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2601 ft

Schweitzer vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2400 ft

Alyeska vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3590 ft

Squaw Valley vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2802 ft

Taos vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3165 ft

Keystone vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3324 ft

Whitefish vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2305 ft

Big White vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2603 ft

Northstar vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2276 ft

Summit at Snoqualmie vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2785 ft

Jasper's Marmot Basin vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2869 ft

Le Massif vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2395 ft

Mission Ridge vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2190 ft

Arizona Snowbowl vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2300 ft

Silver Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2390 ft

Sundance vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2140 ft

Stowe vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2341 ft

Gore Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2300 ft

Turner Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2090 ft

Cannon vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2202 ft

Smugglers Notch vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2564 ft

Mount Baldy vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2090 ft

Angel Fire vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2185 ft

Mont-Sainte-Anne vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2068 ft

Loon vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2060 ft

Solitude vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2055 ft

Mont Tremblant vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2131 ft

Buttermilk vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2030 ft

Wildcat vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2027 ft

Powder Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2531 ft

Alta vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2528 ft

Please note: Alta, which is directly adjacent to Snowbird, bans snowboarding. It is one of three a skiers-only resorts in the US - the other ones are Deer Valley and Mad River Glen.

Waterville Valley vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2003 ft

Mad River Glen vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1992 ft

Please note: Mad River Glen is one of three resorts in the US that do not allow snowboarding, the other ones being Alta and Deer Valley in Utah.

Bridger Bowl vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2691 ft

Red Lodge vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2293 ft

Jay Peak vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1936 ft

Burke vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1928 ft

Deer Valley vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3005 ft

Please note: Deer Valley bans snowboarding and is a skiing-only resort.

Pico vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1916 ft

Pebble Creek vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2878 ft

Okemo vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2106 ft

Silverton vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3087 ft

Grand Targhee vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2284 ft

Stratton vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1891 ft

Powder King vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1885 ft

Kimberley vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2191 ft

49 Degrees North vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1895 ft

Banff Sunshine Village vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3686 ft

Apex vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1854 ft

Bogus Basin vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1819 ft

Stevens Pass vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1859 ft

Loveland vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2365 ft

Lost Trail vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1780 ft

Brundage vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1800 ft

Brighton vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1760 ft

Sunday River vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2317 ft

Sunlight vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1936 ft

Diamond Peak vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1810 ft

Bear Valley vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1740 ft

Ski Santa Fe vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1740 ft

Arapahoe Basin/A-Basin vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2270 ft

Troll vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1709 ft

Ski Apache vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1745 ft

Bear Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1665 ft

Known as The Park, Bear Mountain is covered in terrain park features and is truly built for snowboarders. Big Bear was the home mountain of Shaun White.

Attitash vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1662 ft

Cypress vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1655 ft

Red River vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1652 ft

Discovery vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1649 ft

Killington vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 3033 ft

Killington is the 2nd biggest ski area in the east by skiable acreage, with terrain spread over multiple peaks. The true-up represents the height covered over the K1 Gondola.

Murray Ridge vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1645 ft

Mt. Rose vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1759 ft

Homewood vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1625 ft

Kirkwood vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2008 ft

Durango/Purgatory vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2029 ft

Sandia Peak vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1605 ft

Powderhorn vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1600 ft

Beaver Mountain vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1660 ft

Sierra-at-Tahoe vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2250 ft

Mount Snow vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1647 ft

Mountain High vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1588 ft

Dodge Ridge vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1572 ft

China Peak vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1641 ft

Mount Spokane vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 2014 ft

Alpine Meadows vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1770 ft

Snow King vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1755 ft

Saddleback Maine vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1719 ft

Mt. Washington vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1582 ft

Hudson Bay vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1729 ft

Willamette Pass vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1541 ft

Hunter vertical drop based on highest and lowest point is 1580 ft