Buels, Vermont · United States · ski area
Mad River Glen ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Mad River Glen is a ski area in Buels, Vermont, United States with 27 km of mapped downhill runs and 5 lifts, between 501 m and 1,106 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 27 km
- Lifts
- 5
- Top elevation
- 1,106 m
- Vertical drop
- 605 m
- Nearest airport
- BTV · 35 km
Slopes by difficulty
77 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 4 Chairlifts
- 1 Rope tows
Mad River Glen is a ski area in Buels, Vermont, the United States. Its 77 mapped downhill runs add up to 27 km, which ranks it #113 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 352 m long.
Slopes at Mad River Glen
About 23% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 36% intermediate and 38% advanced or expert, which makes Mad River Glen best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 5 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 1 rope tow. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 501 m up to 1,106 m, a vertical drop of 605 m.
Getting to Mad River Glen
The nearest airport is Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV), about 35 km away in a straight line — roughly 46 minutes by car; Plattsburgh International Airport (PBG) is 66 km away. Nearby ski areas include Sugarbush Resort (80.5 km), Camel's Hump Nordic Ski Area, Cosmic Hill and Sleepy Hollow Inn, which together add 113 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Mad River Glen
- 1 BTV35 kmstraight line
- 2 PBG66 kmstraight line
- 3 RUT74 kmstraight line
- 4 LEB81 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Mad River Glen
- 6 kmSugarbush Resort80 km of slopes · 18 lifts · up to 1,238 m
- 14 kmCamel's Hump Nordic Ski Areaup to 691 m
- 15 kmCosmic Hill1 lift · up to 233 m
- 19 kmSleepy Hollow Innup to 447 m
- 22 kmCochran's Ski Area2.1 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 215 m
- 25 kmBolton Valley Resort31 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 949 m
- 27 kmRikert Outdoor Centerup to 565 m
- 30 kmMiddlebury College Snow Bowl16 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 810 m
- 30 kmMontpelier Parksup to 417 m
- 31 kmCamp Ethan Allen0.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 292 m
- 33 kmTrapp Family Lodgeup to 847 m
- 38 kmStowe Mountain Resort67 km of slopes · 12 lifts · up to 1,111 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.