Adirondack ski areas by the numbers: Trails and Lifts

It’s the end of January and we’re roughly at the mid-point of the ski season. Since there’s an ugly (but blessedly brief) thaw underway I won’t be skiing at West Mountain tonight (missed last week too – bad string of luck lately). Here’s another By the Numbers installment instead.

The "% Currently Open" statistic in the table below is an interesting one. The fact that no one’s at 100% reflects a low-snow January, the multi-day thaw we suffered through earlier in the month, and some mid-week terrain closures (particularly Gore). But the % open statistic is also just a snapshot – most skiers, myself included, are of the opinion that the 2012-13 ski season has so far been much better than last year.

Mountain statistics: Trails and Lifts

	Lifts	Trails	Vertical	Acres	% Open
Gore Mountain	13	94	2537	428	61%
Whiteface	11	86	3166	283	73%
West Mountain	5	40	1010	124	40%
Willard Mountain	5	18	500	60	56%
Oak Mountain	3	22	650	n/a	73%
Hickory Ski Center	4	18	1200	225	none
McCauley Mountain	5	23	640	75	52%
Titus Mountain	10	42	1200	200	64%
Killington, VT	22	140	3050	752	75%
Hunter Mountain	10	58	1600	240	76%

Trails and lifts fine print:

• All statistics were gathered from each ski area's website.
• Acres represents total skiable acres.
• % Open was calculated as the percentage of trails reported open on each ski area's daily conditions report for Monday, 01/28/2013.
• For Killington, % Open was calculated as the percentage of acres reported open on Killington's daily conditions report.
• For Gore and Whiteface, % Open was reported by each ski area on their daily conditions report. It's unknown whether that represents % of trails or % of acreage.
• % Open may reflect mid-week terrain closures at some ski areas, for example Gore.
• Killington and Hunter included for comparison purposes, as with other "By the Numbers" posts.