Resorts ranked by lift pods

This is a list of our Top 100 ski resorts ranked by lift pods.  Lift pods are the distinct areas served by individual or multiple lifts.  Resorts can double up (or more) lifts next to each other and add them to their official stats, but that doesn’t mean much when you are skiing so we don’t publish those numbers.

Typically people do a few laps in each lift pod and then move on.  It makes for a much more interesting experience with more variety.

"Northern Spirit Express" at 49° North runs parallel to the old Bonanza lift, January 2022

“Northern Spirit Express” at 49° North runs parallel to the old Bonanza lift, January 2022

Resorts ranked by lift pods

Rank Resort Lift pods
1 Park City 27
2 Palisades Tahoe 26
3 Vail 24
4 Mammoth 22
5 Big Sky 20
5 Snowmass 20
7 Breckenridge 18
8 Whistler/Blackcomb 17
9 Copper Mountain 15
10 Beaver Creek 14
10 Deer Valley 14
12 Winter Park 13
13 Heavenly 12
14 Steamboat 11
14 Killington 11
14 Sunday River 11
14 Crested Butte 11
14 Whitefish 11
14 Sugarbush 11
20 Lake Louise 10
20 Telluride 10
20 Banff Sunshine 10
20 Kirkwood 10
24 Silver Star 9
24 Schweitzer 9
24 Sun Valley 9
24 Crystal Mountain 9
24 Stevens Pass 9
29 Sun Peaks 8
29 Jackson Hole 8
29 Big White 8
29 Loveland 8
29 Mt. Bachelor 8
29 Sugar Bowl 8
29 Northstar 8
36 Snowbird 7
36 Sugarloaf 7
36 Fernie 7
36 Taos 7
36 Snowbasin 7
36 Mont Tremblant 7
36 Marmot Basin 7
36 Mt. Hood Meadows 7
36 Solitude 7
36 Stowe 7
36 Sierra-at-Tahoe 7
47 Panorama 6
47 Red Mountain 6
47 Alta 6
47 Purgatory 6
47 Whiteface 6
47 Aspen Mountain 6
47 Bridger Bowl 6
47 Powder Mountain 6
47 Bogus Basin 6
47 Red Lodge 6
47 Dodge Ridge 6
47 Timberline 6
59 Arapahoe Basin 5
59 Wolf Creek 5
59 Cannon Mountain 5
59 Aspen Highlands 5
59 Alyeska 5
59 Silver Mountain 5
59 Smugglers’ Notch 5
59 Mont Sainte Anne 5
59 Keystone 5
59 White Pass 5
59 Arizona Snowbowl 5
59 Pico 5
59 China Peak 5
72 Castle Mountain 4
72 Grand Targhee 4
72 Jay Peak 4
72 Bear Valley 4
72 49 Degrees North 4
72 Ski Discovery 4
72 Brighton 4
72 Apex Mountain 4
72 Revelstoke 4
72 Santa Fe 4
72 Mt. Hood Skibowl 4
72 Angel Fire 4
72 Le Massif 4
72 Montana Snowbowl 4
72 Sundance 4
72 Mad River Glen 4
72 Brundage 4
72 Banff Norquay 4
72 June Mountain 4
91 Kicking Horse 3
91 Whitewater 3
91 Sunlight 3
91 Kimberley 3
91 Lost Trail 3
91 Tamarack 3
91 Mt. Rose 3
91 Beaver Mountain 3
91 Powderhorn 3
91 Diamond Peak 3