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Located 89 miles (143 km) from Washington, D.C., and 92 miles (148 km) from Baltimore, Maryland, Whitetail is the second-closest ski resort to Washington and the third-closest to Baltimore (behind sister resorts Liberty Mountain and Ski Roundtop). [4] The resort operates a snow tubing park alongside the ski hill.
Of the 503 ski areas, 390 are "public U.S. ski areas that run chairlifts" and "113 either run only surface lifts, or are not open to the general public", says to Storm Skiing. [5] Of the 390 public, chairlift areas, 233 or 60% have joined one or more United States–based, international multi-mountain ski pass , according to Storm Skiing.
The ski resort is located in the valley of the Silver Creek, a tributary of the White River, and on the east and north east slopes of Crystal Mountain. The main summit of Crystal, also called Silver King , is 7,002 ft (2,134 m) ( NAVD88 elevation) and is the highest land in a 5-mile (8 km) radius. [ 3 ]
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Bristol Mountain Ski Resort: Rochester: New York: 2,150 1,000 1,150 160 35 6 130 $79 December 9, 2019 [398] Buffalo Ski Center: Colden: New York: 3,429 2,025 500 225 43 6 $50 December 9, 2019 [399] Big Tupper Ski Area Tupper Lake New York: Temporarily Closed December 9, 2019 [400] Hickory Ski Center New York: Temporarily Closed December 9, 2019 ...
The Stevens Pass Ski Area is a ski area in the Cascade Range of Washington in the United States. It is located at the crest of Stevens Pass at a base elevation of 4,061 feet (1,238 m) above sea level and peak elevation at 5,845 feet (1,782 m).
Sitzmark Ski Area is a small ski area near the community of Havillah, Okanogan County, Washington, 20 miles (32 km) northeast of the city of Tonasket. The area's 10 named trails, covering 80 skiable acres, are located on Knob Hill. [ 2 ]
The ravine is named after botanist Edward Tuckerman who studied alpine plants and lichens in the area in the 1830s and 1840s. According to the New England Ski Museum, the first recorded use of skis on Mount Washington was by a Dr. Wiskott of Breslau, Germany, who skied on the mountain in 1899, while the first skier in Tuckerman Ravine was John S. Apperson of Schenectady, New York, in April 1914.