West Virginia · United States · ski area
Snowshoe Mountain ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Snowshoe Mountain is a ski area in West Virginia, United States with 31 km of mapped downhill runs and 13 lifts, between 994 m and 1,470 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 31 km
- Lifts
- 13
- Top elevation
- 1,470 m
- Vertical drop
- 476 m
- Nearest airport
- LWB · 72 km
Slopes by difficulty
65 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 11 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
Snowshoe Mountain is a ski area in West Virginia, the United States. Its 65 mapped downhill runs add up to 31 km, which ranks it #94 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 484 m long.
Slopes at Snowshoe Mountain
About 40% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 28% intermediate and 32% advanced or expert, which makes Snowshoe Mountain best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 13 lifts: 11 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 994 m up to 1,470 m, a vertical drop of 476 m.
Getting to Snowshoe Mountain
The nearest airport is Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB), about 72 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 34 min by car; Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) is 97 km away. Nearby ski areas include The Homestead Ski Area (2.3 km), Canaan Valley Resort (9.2 km), Canaan Valley Ski Resort (11.7 km) and White Grass Ski Touring Center, which together add 46 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Snowshoe Mountain
- 1 LWB72 kmstraight line
- 2 SHD97 kmstraight line
- 3 CKB99 kmstraight line
- 4 BKW122 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Snowshoe Mountain
- 50 kmThe Homestead Ski Area2.3 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 928 m
- 81 kmCanaan Valley Resort9.2 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,302 m
- 81 kmCanaan Valley Ski Resort12 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 1,303 m
- 83 kmWhite Grass Ski Touring Centerup to 1,020 m
- 86 kmTimberline Mountain14 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 1,298 m
- 107 kmMassanutten Resort9.5 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 862 m
- 108 kmWintergreen Ski Resort8.7 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 1,066 m
- 115 kmBryce Resort4.4 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 515 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.