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Colorado Ski Resort
This is a list of ski areas and resorts in the United States that are currently operational. It is restricted to lift-served alpine ski areas, both public and private. According to the National Ski Areas Association, 37 U.S. states have operating ski areas with a total 470 nationwide . New England (90) Connecticut * Mohawk Mountain Ski Area — Cornwall * Mount Southington — Plantsville * Powder Ridge Ski Area — Middlefield * Ski Sundown — New Hartford Maine * Baker Mountain — Bingham * Big Rock — Mars Hill * Big Squaw — Greenville * Black Mountain of Maine — Rumford * Camden Snow Bowl — Camden * Eaton Mountain — Skowhegan * Hermon Mountain — Hermon * Lonesome Pine Trails — Fort Kent * Lost Valley — Auburn * Mount Abram — Greenwood * Mount Jefferson Ski Area — Lee * Pinnacle Ski Club — Pittsfield * Pleasant Mountain — Bridgton * Powderhouse Hill — South Berwick * Quoggy Jo — Presque Isle * Saddleback Maine — Range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ski Resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North America, it is more common for ski areas to exist well away from towns, so ski resorts usually are destination resorts, often purpose-built and self-contained, where skiing is the main activity. Ski resort Ski resorts are located on both Northern and Southern Hemispheres on all continents except Antarctica. They typically are located on mountains, as they require a large slope. They also need to receive sufficient snow (at least in combination with artificial snowmaking, unless the resort uses dry ski slopes). High concentrations of ski resorts are located in the Alps, Scandinavia, western and eastern North America, and Japan. There are also ski resorts in the Andes, scattered across central Asia, and in Australia and New Zealand. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
