24/25 Season Top 30

It was an extremely good winter in New England this season with no shortage of powder days including multiple weekend ones at the end of the season. We gave out some awards last week so we’ll have a brief recap before we get to the final Top 30 of the 2024-2025 ski season.

Ascutney Award – Black Mountain (NH)

Independent Mountain of the Year – Black Mountain (NH)

Black Mountain takes home our most prestigious award in the Ascutney Award after making a major comeback this season. From announcing that they were closing for good to having the season go into May this year and reaching 100% of trails open it was nothing short of impressive. As for what the future holds it will be interesting to see the transition of ownership from Indy Pass to the Co-op but Black Mountain should be one of the top mountains in the Mount Washington Valley for years to come now.

Mountain of the Year – Jay Peak

Best Snow – Jay Peak

Best Glades – Jay Peak

Jay Peak took home three awards this year after having the snowiest season of the east and was voted Mountain of the Year by our Instagram followers. Naturally 475 inches of snow in one season will win you best snow on the east coast and that combined with the tree skiing at Jay Peak makes it the perfect choice for best glades this season.

Best Grooming – Bretton Woods

The Best Grooming award seems like the Bretton Woods invitational as they have 2/4 of them now and their snowcat operators do a really good job putting fresh corduroy down each day.  When its open, Little Tuckerman’s to Oscar Barron’s is your best bet for cruising a groomer.

Small Mountain of the Year – Bousquet

The Berkshires were the place to ski this year in Southern New England and Bousquet takes home this award for providing a great winter experience to the locals in Pittsfield while also getting most of their terrain open.

Best Snowmaking – Killington

Having to change a plan that has worked so well for so many years is always difficult as Killington had to move spring skiing off Superstar to the Canyon Area and were able to hold on to snow to May 10th in a very rainy spring. This also takes into account how they got the snow guns fired up early and had a November opening.

Anyways its onto the final Top 30 of the 2024-2025 season!

Here’s how the order was determined:

1. Mountain of the Year

2.  Runner Up

3-4. Eliminated Final Four mountains sorted by seeding

5-8. Eliminated Elite Eight mountains sorted by seeding

9-16. Eliminated Sweet Sixteen mountains sorted by seeding

17-30. Eliminated Round of 32 mountains sorted by seeding.

2024-2025 Top 30

1.       Jay Peak (=)

2.       Killington (+2)

3.       Saddleback (+6)

4.       Sugarbush (+2)

5.       Mad River Glen (+6)

Jay Peak was the preseason one and didn’t give up the crown all season long while Killington hops into the top three. Saddleback and Mad River Glen each took advantage of the great season to provide top five seasons in the east while Sugarbush overcame lift issues to offer top tier terrain.

6.       Sunday River (-1)

7.       Sugarloaf (-5)

8.       Cannon (+4)

9.       Stowe (-6)

10.  Okemo (-3)

Sunday River, Sugarloaf, and Stowe drop out of the top five but each still had stellar seasons while Okemo drops to 10 as the best option in southern Vermont. Cannon claims the honors as top mountain in New Hampshire.

11.  Bretton Woods (+4)

12.  Waterville Valley (+1)

13.  Loon (+1)

14.  Smuggler’s Notch (-4)

15.  Bolton Valley (+3)

A trio of New Hampshire mountains sit just outside the top ten led by Bretton Woods which hopped Waterville Valley and Loon. Smuggler’s Notch dropped out of the top ten and landed at 14 while Bolton Valley may be one of the most underrated mountains in the region jumps into the top half of the top 30.

16.  Berkshire East (+4)

17.  Stratton (=)

18.  Pico (+11)

19.  Mount Snow (-3)

20.  Sunapee (-1)

Berkshire East jumps Stratton as the top mountain in southern New England while Pico received a huge bump from 29 to 18 after having a stellar season which saw them stay at 100% open for a few weeks. Mount Snow and Sunapee drop slightly.

21.  Wildcat (-13)

22.  Magic Mountain (NR)

23.  Gunstock (=)

24.  Bromley (+1)

25.  Black Mountain NH (NR)

Wildcat drops to 21 after having a nightmare of a season while Magic Mountain and Black Mountain (NH) join the rankings after having extremely good seasons. Gunstock battled through Panorama Quad troubles to stick in the top 25 and the sun mountain had a really nice season.

26.  Attitash (-5)

27.  Pleasant Mountain (-5)

28.  Burke (-4)

29.  Cranmore (NR)

30.  Pats Peak (=)

Attitash falls after the Flying Bear Quad left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth at the end of the season while Pleasant Mountain and Burk drop out of the top 25 as Pico, Magic Mountain, and Black Mountain (NH) made big moves in the rankings. Cranmore jumps Pats Peak to make the top 30.

The Full List of the 100% Open Club for the 2024-2025 Ski Season:

1st – Ski Sundown (December 20th 2024)

2nd – Sugarbush (December 25th 2024)

T3rd – Mount Southington, Mad River Glen (December 26th 2024)

5th – Jay Peak (December 28th 2024)

6th – Pats Peak (January 5th 2025)

T7th – King Pine, Nashoba Valley (January 11th 2025)

T9th – Pico, Otis Ridge (January 17th 2025)

11th – Mohawk Mountain (January 18th 2025)

12th – Stratton (January 20th 2025)

T13th – McIntyre, Ski Ward (January 23rd 2025)

T15th – Bradford, Yawgoo Valley (January 24th 2025)

17th – Quechee Club (January 30th 2025)

18th – Killington (January 31st 2025)

19th – Bromley (February 1st 2025)

20th – Smuggler’s Notch (February 3rd 2025)

T21st – Bretton Woods, Waterville Valley, Lost Valley, Saddleback, Big Rock (February 5th 2025)

26th – Dartmouth Skiway (February 6th 2025)

T27th – Middlebury Snowbowl, Burke (February 7th 2025)

T29th – Gunstock, Crotched, Black Mountain of Maine, Okemo (February 8th 2025)

T33rd – Sunapee, Tenney (February 9th 2025)

T35th – Ragged, Wachusett, Belleayre (February 10th 2025)

38th – Jiminy Peak (February 11th 2025)

39th – Saskadena 6 (February 12th 2025)

40th – Butternut (February 14th 2025)

41st – Bolton Valley (February 15th 2025)

42nd – Magic Mountain (February 16th 2025)

T43rd – Mount Abram, Black Mountain (NH) (February 17th 2025)

45th – Wildcat (March 1st 2025)

46th – Cannon (March 3rd 2025)