Mount Snow
Southern Vermont's biggest resort, easily reached from Boston and New York, known for the Carinthia terrain park and reliable snowmaking.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
Best For
When to go
Average monthly snowfall and snowpack depth, with the typical operating window shaded.
Mount Snow's heaviest snowfall lands in January; the snowpack peaks in February.
- Snowfall
- peaks Jan
- Snowpack
- peaks Feb
- Typical season
- Nov – Apr
Snowfall: NOAA, 30-year normals (1991–2020).
Snow depth: NOAA, daily station data (1994–2023).
Location
Mount Snow sits in the Green Mountains of southern Vermont, near the town of West Dover. This is classic New England terrain, mid-mountain and forested, with a humid continental climate and rolling, tree-lined slopes rather than open high-alpine country.
Getting there
Fly into Albany (ALB), about 2.5 hours from the resort by road.
- Albany (ALB)2.5 hoursDirections
- Boston (BOS)4 hoursDirections
- Manchester (MHT)3.5 hoursDirections
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