The Powder Chaser's Ratio

Sno’s archive thread put mountain creek at 87 and holiday valley at 82. Is it more than that?

136.

Hickory would be the lowest at 8.

So do we rank them by uphill capacity, acreage or skier density?

What do you think about calling in Peak Skier Density?

All lifts running, all terrain open.

Some surprises (or maybe inaccuracies) here:


The Gore uphill number is suspect. Reached out to Bone.

I'm sure as @riverc0il mentioned acreage isn't measured the same way in each case. First job is to make sure we have the uphill right. Then we can noodle the acres.

Definitely want to do VT. Trying to decide if I do NH and Maine.

ETA: URL updated.
 
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Would love to see this chart for the east:


From @snoloco 's original post:




What ski areas have the highest lift capacity to lowest acreage and vice versa?

Hunter has a combined capacity of 14,600 pph and 250 acres. That forms a skiers per acre per hour ratio of 58.

Windham has a combined capacity of 13,200 pph and 270 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 48.

Belleayre has a combined capacity of 9,000 pph and 170 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 53.

Plattekill has a combined capacity of 3,000 pph and 130 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 23.

Mount Snow has a combined capacity of 27,700 pph and 530 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 52.

Gore has a combined capacity of 17,600 pph and 460 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 38.

Whiteface has a combined capacity of 14,200 pph and 300 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 47.

Mountain Creek has a combined capacity of 13,980 pph and 160 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 87.

Killington has a combined capacity of 36,200 pph and 800 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 45.

Okemo has a combined capacity of 28,100 pph and 600 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 47.

Steamboat has a combined capacity of 32,000 pph and 3,500 acres. Skier per acre per hour ratio is 9.

Not surprisingly, Mountain Creek has by far the highest skier density. Steamboat was included as a western example. Even Plattekill puts a number of people on the trails that is 3 times as dense. With the Catskill mountains, Hunter definitely has the most, and Belleayre and Windham are similar. They're also similar to the Vermont mountains I included.




How exactly do you do this math @snoloco ?
This is cool and interesting.

Guys, it is Columbus Day weekend (already) isn't that some stoke trigger? Best, D
 
Was gonna say the same thing.
I don't stress that easily, but a line like that would stress me.

I was once at Belle and had turned onto the no-way out area of Superchief and it was stuck. Turned around and hoofed it out to the old double double and then up 7. It was worth it.
 
Also a work in progress:


Mad River and Smuggs? Really? @riverc0il ... you have more realistic numbers?
 
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Found a collection of numbers for Smuggs floating around the Internet. Supposedly 65% snowmaking coverage.

123 acres of groomed trails
260 acres
320 acres
300 acres "marked and patrolled" and a total of over 1000 acres
 
I have been specially trained to spot volunteers.

I'm using the 320. thanks :)
Whattaya got for Mad?

I think on the individual profile pages I may list all the terrain NOT included in the listed acreage. If I can figure it out.

Also Killington 1509? I think you count the terrain used by 95% of your skiers.

@snoloco can you look over both pages?
 
 
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