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Mount Snow


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Mount Snow


Epic Pass
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Mount Snow Snow Totals
Upcoming Snow Potential
3-Day
0"
5-Day
1"
10-Day
22"
This is Above Average for Mount Snow
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Mount Snow Key Knowledge: Big eastern ski area with good terrain variety in southern Vermont. Mount Snow can get crowded, as it's drivable from Boston and New York. It's a good bet for snow later in February versus some other south Vermont areas because half of the terrain faces north and will stay colder a few weeks longer.
Mount Snow skiing by month:
Mount Snow
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Core Strengths

Mount Snow
Snow Volume
43.2
Overall
41.9
Travel Ease
31.1
Overall
Overall PAF Score

Overall
Rank

172

Rank in
Region

21

Rank in
State

10

This resort is often compared with:

Killington
Stowe
Jay Peak
Mount Snow Snow Quality Across Full Winter
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Mount Snow Snowfall Last 10 Days (inches)

Powder
Forecast

Powder Forecast
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0"
Friday
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True Snow: 167" per year
Snow Quality Rank

182

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Dump Potential Rank

129

Mount Snow is ranked No. 129 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Historical Powder Odds
Daily Lottery

% of days with more than 6" of snow

7.2%

Extended Stay

% of months with more than 90" of snow

0.0%

Drought Threat

% of months with less than 30" of snow

47.6%

*Special thanks to Tony Crocker and Bestsnow.net.

Dump Potential Rank

129

Mount Snow is ranked No. 129 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Snow
Quality
Rank

182

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Total Snow Score

This score accounts for total snow quantity, its moisture content, the resort's latitude, elevation, and its slope aspects, which affect total snow preservation.

Comparables

Mount Snow

Trail Breakdown

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Vertical Drop

1700 ft

3600 ft
Base Elevation: 1900 ft

Slope Aspects

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A Few Words On The Snow

If you're waiting for a powder day at Mount Snow, then you might have a long wait. Only 7.2% of winter days see more than 6 inches of snowfall, which means, on average, you'll have to spend 10 days or more mining the slopes at Mount Snow to score that one great day. It could be worse, however. You could be muskie fishing.

Skiing at Mount Snow is about getting outside, ripping up the slope, eating chili dogs and getting in as much vertical as you can. It's not about big dumps. And that's okay. This place is about honing your skills for that trip to Snowbird or Alaska. With only 0.0% of months at Mount Snow getting more than 90 inches of snow, this isn't the place to set up your powderhound shack.

Drought Potential

The snow at Mount Snow can disappear often enough that you may want to pack extra snow beads when taking a trip here. A good number of months, 47.6% to be exact, see less than 30 inches of snow. If you're banking on snow and you're boarding a plane for a week at Mount Snow, you should temper your expectations. This is a place where winter drought can grab hold of the weather pattern for long periods, as 47.6% of the winter months here see less than 30 inches of snow.

Getting to Mount Snow, if you're flying in

Driving from the Albany, NY airport can cost a traveler more two hours when driving conditions aren't ideal, so its definitely time that you have to budget into your trip, as the 95-minute drive is often enough to keep skiers from getting snow time on their last day in town.