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As part of the capital investments at dozens of resorts during the 2024-25 season, several mountains have seen significant changes to overall experiences, and we\u2019ve updated our Mountain Scores to highlight that appropriately.<\/p>\n

Most of these updates reflect real changes in guest experience across dozens of resorts, but in a few cases, we\u2019ve re-calibrated things to better highlight the strengths and weaknesses of certain mountains. In this piece, we\u2019re breaking down all the updates, starting with our 2025 score changes, and then going through how they affect our overall North American ski resort rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n

Score Adjustments<\/h2>\n

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New lifts improve Powder Mountain\u2019s Challenge, Lifts, and Navigation scores, but new terrain access restrictions hurt Terrain Diversity, Crowd Flow, and Mountain Aesthetic.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Powder Mountain<\/h3>\n

Lifts Score Change: 2 to 3; Navigation Score Change: 6 to 7; Challenge Score Change: 6 to 7<\/h4>\n

Crowd Flow Score Change: 10 to 9; Terrain Diversity Score Change: 8 to 7; Mountain Aesthetic Score Change: 7 to 6<\/h4>\n

Powder Mountain<\/a> saw an explosive suite of changes this season that, ultimately, led it to have a very similar score to last year\u2019s experience.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start off with the good. Powder Mountain installed three new lifts this season, adding lift service to the Lightning Ridge area for the first time, replacing the agonizingly long Paradise lift with a high-speed quad, and installing a life-cycle replacement for the Timberline triple, replacing it with a fixed-grip quad. These changes add approximately 430 acres of new lift-served terrain, fix a discontinuity in the lift network by adding a link from the main mountain to the Sundown area for the first time, and make the advanced-oriented Paradise area much more enjoyable to lap. Notably, the Lightning Ridge lift brings the first-ever direct lift service to double-black-diamond terrain at the resort. Viewed as a whole, these changes bring significant improvements in the Lifts, Navigation, and Challenge departments.<\/p>\n

However, Powder Mountain paired these upgrades with some extremely controversial policy changes. First off, the resort closed its Mary\u2019s and Village lifts to the public, reserving access to these areas exclusively for Powder Mountain homeowners. In addition, the resort added a new quad lift up the Raintree area, but reserved this lift for private homeowners as well. The paid snowcat up this area has now been discontinued, although guests theoretically can still hike up to it. Despite the upgrades elsewhere around the resort, these terrain restrictions mean that Powder Mountain\u2019s public lift-served footprint is actually a little bit smaller than it was last year. The resort has lost some really nice beginner and intermediate glades as a result of this public acreage shrink, which makes the terrain experience for these abilities slightly less unique than it used to be. There\u2019s also something to be said for the moneyed vibe brought about by closing hundreds of acres of terrain to the public, and the signs for homeowner-only terrain\u2014as well as the literal homeowner patrol standing at some of the private entrances\u2014severely detract from the freeing and down-to-earth vibe that\u2019s historically made the resort so special.<\/p>\n

Closing off the Village and Mary\u2019s lifts to the public has also created some potentially unintended consequences. Public guests who visited Powder Mountain this winter may have experienced something almost unheard of in years\u2019 past: lift lines. Now that the Mary\u2019s lift is no longer available, guests have to take the Sunrise surface lift to get anywhere in Cobabe Canyon. This one-person platter turned into somewhat of a chokepoint this past season, even with Powder Mountain\u2019s cap on visitors, and even though lines are extremely rare elsewhere at the resort, we can\u2019t justify keeping the resort at a perfect score for Crowd Flow any longer.<\/p>\n

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The new Deer Valley East expansion will continue over the next few years, but the first few projects have already improved this fancy Utah resort in a number of ways.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Deer Valley<\/h3>\n

Navigation Score Change: 5 to 6; Mountain Aesthetic Score Change: 4 to 5<\/h4>\n

But Powder Mountain wasn\u2019t the only Utah mountain that made significant headlines this winter. <\/p>\n

Nearby Deer Valley<\/a> embarked on the first phase of a massive, multi-year expansion this past winter, and we\u2019d say the biggest benefits actually came in relatively surprising areas. While the 300-acre terrain expansion wasn\u2019t big enough to impact Deer Valley\u2019s size score (the resort will have to wait until next year to see an adjustment in that category), the expanded terrain brought two key advantages over the rest of Deer Valley\u2019s footprint\u2014a full, continuous 3,000-foot vertical drop that doesn\u2019t require a convoluted maze of lifts to get down, and a beautiful and isolated set of surroundings, that, at least so far, is devoid of excess man-made buildup. The new terrain thus far doesn\u2019t bring much in the way of high-quality snow retention or challenge, but we feel that based on the 2024-25 season, it\u2019s actually Deer Valley\u2019s Navigation and Mountain Aesthetic scores that deserve a slight bump. <\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether these scores will remain static for the upcoming winter, as Deer Valley plans to introduce a staggering 2,900 additional acres next winter, and since the expansion was explicitly designed with real estate in mind, the lack of buildup may not last forever.<\/p>\n

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Big Sky\u2019s new Madison 8 chair improves Crowd Flow in the former Moonlight Basin ski area, complementing previous lift upgrades across the front of this massive ski resort.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Big Sky<\/h3>\n

Lifts Score Change: 6 to 7; Challenge Score Change: 9 to 10 (with Tram), or 8 to 9 (without Tram)<\/h4>\n

Big Sky<\/a> is in the midst of a huge, multi-year transformation, and this year\u2019s upgrades have already brought some substantial improvements to the overall mountain experience. The big change this year was the new Madison 8 lift, which replaced the Six Shooter six-pack as the sole lift connecting the Madison side of the mountain with the rest of the resort.<\/p>\n

On the surface, this may seem like a pleasant, if not life-cycle-oriented upgrade. But for those who have experienced the old Six Shooter lift before, they\u2019ll know how much relief it will be to have the new Madison 8 in its place instead. The Madison 8 is already a modern lift in its own right, bringing eight-pack seating, bubbles for weather protection, and heated seats. But the chair also brings a 20% faster ride time than the six-pack, which shaves a full minute off the lengthy ride, and has thus far operated quite reliably in welcome contrast to the issue-prone Six Shooter. Finally, the Madison 8 brings a huge 50% capacity boost over the old lift, providing welcome crowd relief at one of Big Sky\u2019s biggest historical chokepoints. In our view, this upgrade warrants a bump up in the lifts category for Montana\u2019s biggest ski resort.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re also making an adjustment to Big Sky\u2019s Challenge score for those who have access to the Lone Peak Tram (which, as of 2025, includes all lift ticket purchasers, select season passholders, and other visitors who choose to purchase a per-ride extra-cost add-on). Runs such as Big Couloir and the Gullies have easily-accessible, extremely high-consequence terrain that may not always involve mandatory straightlines, but requires technical prowess well above nearly every other lift-served ski trail in North America due to the sheer steepness\u2014and consistency of said steepness. We feel this level of high consequence was not adequately captured in our previous score, and accordingly, we are moving Big Sky\u2019s Challenge rating, at least with the Lone Peak Tram, to our highest score of 10. For those who don\u2019t choose to purchase a tram add-on, similarly steep, consistently-long, and high-consequence terrain is available off the Headwaters Hike, and we are moving the non-tram Challenge score to a 9 accordingly.<\/p>\n

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The upgrade of the Sublette chair to a high-speed quad means that all major mountain areas at Jackson Hole are served by modern detachable chairlifts.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Jackson Hole<\/h3>\n

Lifts Score Change: 7 to 8; Facilities Score Change: 7 to 8; Resiliency Score Change: 9 to 8<\/h4>\n

Jackson Hole<\/a> has gradually been upgrading its oldest lifts over the years, and the Sublette lift\u2019s ascension from a fixed-grip to a high-speed quad might be the last step in that journey. With this installation, guests can lap the high-intermediate-to-expert-oriented Sublette area twice as fast as in years past, with the lift ride up now taking a swift four minutes. One might be surprised to hear that while still a quad, the new lift brings a 33% capacity increase over the outgoing model\u2014although given this lift\u2019s newfound popularity with its higher speed, one might argue that lines actually got slightly longer this year. Now that Sublette has been upgraded, Jackson Hole\u2019s only remaining fixed-grip chairs are located in relatively minor areas or provide redundancy to faster alternatives.<\/p>\n

We are also making a few adjustments to Jackson Hole\u2019s mountain score in a few other categories. While we have historically rated the resort exceptionally high on the Resiliency scale, the mountain\u2019s largely east-facing terrain means that fresh snow, while typically quite consistent, tends to deteriorate faster than at competing resorts with north-facing slopes. As a result, we feel that while Jackson Hole is still a generally reliable bet for a ski vacation, a drop in the Resiliency category from 9 to 8 is justified. On the other hand, however, we don\u2019t think we gave Jackson Hole enough credit for its on-mountain facility setup in years past. Upon reflection, we believe that the Bear Flats Snack Shack at the base of the Sublette lift provides a better rest opportunity than we\u2019d given the resort credit for previously. Taking the services here into account gives Jackson Hole a fairly comprehensive lodge setup for most resort areas (although there\u2019s no denying that Bear Flats is not the same full-service restaurant as the Casper or Rendezvous Lodges), and as a result, we are shifting its Facilities score up from a 7 to an 8.<\/p>\n

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Lake Louise\u2019s new Pipestone Express, the resort\u2019s first-ever bubble lift, improves both lift logistics and facilities access on the front side.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Lake Louise<\/h3>\n

Lifts Score Change: 6 to 7; Facilities Score Change: 4 to 5<\/h4>\n

Lake Louise<\/a> added a new lift this winter that may just seem to add some redundancy on the surface, but in reality brings a number of surprising practical benefits when you actually spend time at the resort. The new Pipestone Express bubble six-pack, which is Lake Louise\u2019s first-ever bubble lift, provides a link from the top of the Juniper Express lift to the bottom of the Summit lift. Pipestone adds a new lift route up Lake Louise\u2019s mid-mountain frontside, supplementing the existing Top of the World six-pack, and finally provides a real purpose for the out-of-base Juniper Express high-speed quad lift, which basically led to nowhere until Pipestone\u2019s installation.<\/p>\n

The first two benefits of the new Pipestone lift are obvious. First off, combined with the Juniper lift below it, the Pipestone chair now offers a second redundant lift route to the upper mountain, complementing the Glacier and Top of the World lifts that run to skiers\u2019 left of them, and a third practical lift route out of the main base that leads to desirable terrain (supplementing the Grizzly Gondola). In addition, the new lift\u2019s bubbles provide the first isolation from the elements of any mid-mountain lift at Lake Louise, taking some of the burden off of the gondola on cold days (and Lake Louise can see its fair share of extreme cold spells throughout a typical season).<\/p>\n

But the real genius of the Pipestone lift is in its placement. While a mid-mountain lift, the new six-pack is placed low enough on the mountain to solve multiple previous logistical problems. First off, guests can now ski or ride the West Bowl without having to journey all the way back down to the main base to get back up the mountain, meaning that lapping the full vertical of this area only takes two lift rides (Pipestone and Summit), rather than the previous three. Some of the lower trails in the West Bowl are now directly lappable by the Pipestone lift. In addition, those coming from the mid-mountain Whitehorn Bistro restaurant can ski or ride directly to Pipestone rather than making the trek back to the base as well, fixing what was probably the most annoying part about stopping in at that lodge. It may only be one lift, but the Pipestone Express\u2019s logistical benefits justify increases in both Lake Louise\u2019s Lifts and Facilities scores in our view, and while Lake Louise\u2019s existing Crowd Flow score of 8 is probably still justified in our view, the lift brings noticeable benefits in this area as well.<\/p>\n

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Banff Sunshine Village\u2019s new Super Angel Luxury Express chair has a mouthful of a name, but it makes the crowds at the Teepee Town chair much more digestible on cold or windy days.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Banff Sunshine Village<\/h3>\n

Crowd Flow Score Change: 6 to 7<\/h4>\n

Lake Louise\u2019s neighbor, Banff Sunshine Village<\/a>, also added a new bubble six-pack lift this winter. The Super Angel Luxury Express replaces the old Angel Express high-speed quad, which ran in nearly the same alignment and had reached the end of what the resort considered its useful life. While the new Super Angel lift doesn\u2019t add high-speed lift service in a new area, its addition has significantly improved the experience in the resort\u2019s cold, windy, and highly-exposed upper mountain. If you\u2019re wondering about the term \u201cLuxury Express\u201d this is just the term Banff Sunshine uses to refer to bubble lifts, and until now, the nearby Teepee Town Luxury Express was the only one on the mountain\u2014and as the sole enclosed lift in this above-treeline area, it frequently saw some of the worst crowding at the resort, especially on cold days. With the Super Angel in place, Teepee Town crowding has seen significant relief and traffic between the two bubble lifts has split up nicely, and we\u2019re bumping Banff Sunshine\u2019s Crowd Flow score up accordingly.<\/p>\n

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After spending more time at Fernie this winter, we\u2019re adjusting its Challenge score to better reflect its extreme terrain.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Fernie<\/h3>\n

Challenge Score Change: 8 to 9<\/h4>\n

We\u2019re also bumping Fernie\u2019s<\/a> Challenge score up from an 8 to a 9 after realizing we hadn\u2019t given the resort enough credit for just how gnarly its terrain can be. While this increase isn\u2019t directly tied to any major new developments\u2014though the resort did make an effort to keep Polar Peak open more consistently this season\u2014it reflects a deeper appreciation for the intensity of what\u2019s already on offer. Even outside of Polar Peak, Fernie features some seriously demanding lines, and the terrain off the peak itself includes marked trails with mandatory straightlines and potential air drops that can be as high as 10 to 20 feet depending on conditions. These lines are only open a handful of days each season, but the fact that they\u2019re on the map speaks volumes.<\/p>\n

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Alpental\u2019s Internationale chair spreads out crowds trying to reach the upper mountain or backcountry Back Bowls at this advanced-oriented Washington ski area.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Alpental<\/h3>\n

Crowd Flow Score Change: 3 to 5<\/h4>\n

This past season, Washington state\u2019s Alpental <\/a>saw the completion of a project that helped relieve one of the worst chokepoints we\u2019ve ever seen at a North American ski resort. The newly added Internationale triple now offers a crucial secondary route to the upper mountain, which was previously only accessible via the substantially-overburdened Armstrong Express and Edelweiss lift combo. This addition\u2014paired with last year\u2019s installation of the Sessel triple out of the base\u2014finally spreads out the resort\u2019s advanced and expert crowds (which is basically everyone who\u2019s there anyway). While it doesn\u2019t serve every trail that the Armstrong \/ Edelweiss route does or offer high-speed lift service, the Internationale triple crucially provides an alternative and more direct way to the resort\u2019s backcountry-esque back bowls\u2014and provides a way to lap the resort\u2019s back side without having to ski or ride all the way back to the base. As the closest advanced-oriented ski area to Seattle\u2014and a relatively compact one at that\u2014Alpental still sees weekend lines, but they are nowhere near the horrendous mess of previous years, and we are giving the mountain a substantial two-point Crowd Flow score bump accordingly. It is worth noting that the Edelweiss chair will be upgraded from a double to a triple chair this summer, which should help address some remaining crowd issues in that area.<\/p>\n

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Mammoth Mountain has historically had frustrating signage across the mountain, but new markings have cleared up many important intersections.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mammoth<\/h3>\n

Navigation Score Change: 4 to 5<\/h4>\n

Next up, we have a resort that\u2019s been putting in behind-the-scenes work to improve wayfinding. Over the past few seasons, Mammoth <\/a>has quietly overhauled its signage, addressing longstanding issues that made navigating the mountain unnecessarily confusing. The resort has rolled out far more comprehensive maps\u2014including directories to lodges\u2014and redesigned its trail signage, replacing an outdated and often puzzling color-coding system. While not every sign on the mountain has been updated yet, the highest-traffic junctions and lower-mountain areas have seen noticeable improvements. These upgrades make getting around Mammoth easier than it used to be, and we\u2019re bumping the resort\u2019s Navigation score from a 4 to a 5 accordingly.<\/p>\n

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Utah\u2019s Solitude has faced inconsistent openings in its expert-oriented Honeycomb Canyon zone in recent years, prompting us to lower its Resiliency score by one point.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Solitude<\/h3>\n

Resiliency Score Change: 8 to 7<\/h4>\n

Next up, we\u2019re making a score adjustment we were hoping we\u2019d never have to make. When it comes to Utah\u2019s Solitude<\/a>, the resort has experienced recurring issues with terrain accessibility, particularly in the expert-oriented Honeycomb Canyon, which accounts for a significant portion of the resort\u2019s terrain. Ski patrol has been notably cautious when it comes to opening this zone, and according to the resort, ongoing issues with visitors ducking ropes have further delayed mitigation work. But for whatever the true reason may be, Honeycomb has experienced especially inconsistent and delayed openings over the past two seasons. As a result, the resort often feels much smaller than it appears on paper, with large swaths of terrain remaining closed even during stretches of decent conditions. While Solitude and the other Cottonwood Canyon ski areas often receive some of the best snow on the continent, Solitude’s lower elevation within the canyon leaves it more vulnerable to marginal conditions compared to neighboring Brighton, or nearby Alta and Snowbird. This pattern has become too frequent to ignore\u2014and, notably, is not endemic to most of its Utah competitors\u2014and we\u2019re dropping Solitude\u2019s Resiliency score from an 8 to a 7 as a result.<\/p>\n

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The Aspen Snowmass region\u2019s newest chairlift, which parallels the line of the out-of-base Village Express for much of its length, eases crowding out of the busy Snowmass Mall base.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Snowmass<\/h3>\n

Crowd Flow Score Change: 6 to 7<\/h4>\n

Aspen Snowmass has been making quite a few upgrades over the past couple of years, and this past season, the new Coney Express at Snowmass<\/a> brought some notable logistical benefits. While in part a life-cycle upgrade\u2014it replaced the aging Coney Glade Express quad as the primary lift for lapping the large terrain park\u2014it also received a major lift line extension down to the Snowmass Mall, which is near the base of the resort. While the new Coney lift doesn\u2019t provide service from the true bottom elevation of Snowmass\u2014it loads a few hundred feet up from the Elk Camp Gondola and the Village Express six-pack\u2014it does capture a huge amount of bus and condo traffic from the Snowmass Mall crowd, providing a much-needed capacity boost out of Snowmass\u2019s main base. The new lift doesn\u2019t serve any new terrain, but the extra throughput has earned the resort a bump from a 6 to a 7 in the Crowd Flow category.<\/p>\n

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Sun Peaks\u2019 multi-year West Bowl project has brought not only a terrain expansion, but a high-speed lift to its upper mountain for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sun Peaks<\/h3>\n

Lifts Score Change: 5 to 6<\/h4>\n

This past winter, British Columbia\u2019s Sun Peaks<\/a> received an upgrade that had been anticipated for over three years. The resort finally replaced its West Bowl T-Bar\u2014which hadn\u2019t operated since 2020\u2014with a new high-speed quad serving not only that same terrain, but providing a small terrain expansion as well. The West Bowl Express finally revitalizes this temporarily-abandoned area with strong intermediate and advanced terrain, and notably, with the nearby Crystal and Burfield lifts being fixed-grip quads, it has also created the first high-speed upper mountain terrain pod on Sun Peaks\u2019 front side. Although the terrain expansion is only 169 acres, the new West Bowl lift makes it much more desirable to spend time in Sun Peaks\u2019 upper mountain\u2014and while guests will still have to ride Crystal or Burfield to get to the West Bowl lift the first time, we\u2019re bumping the resort\u2019s Lifts score from a 5 to a 6 as a result of this upgrade.<\/p>\n

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New York\u2019s Hunter Mountain will always have crowds, but the recent Broadway Express and Otis Quad chair installations have helped ease the worst congestion.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hunter<\/h3>\n

Lifts Score Change: 6 to 7; Crowd Flow Score Change: 2 to 3<\/h4>\n

New York State\u2019s Hunter Mountain<\/a> is one of the most crowded ski resorts in the country on peak weekends, but luckily, a handful of upgrades this winter helped address that. First off, the resort replaced its old Broadway quad lift with the Broadway Express high-speed six-pack, adding a second high-speed lift route out of its main base. The resort then took the old Broadway lift and reinstalled it in a new alignment as the Otis Quad, replacing the old, seldom-open E double lift and providing new access to a previously-underutilized low-intermediate terrain pod. It is worth noting that despite Otis\u2019s revitalization, the surface lift directly above the new quad is basically abandoned at this point.<\/p>\n

As the closest Epic Pass mountain to New York City, there\u2019s no escaping crowds at Hunter on weekends. But these two new lifts have helped quite a lot. By upgrading Broadway from a quad to a six-pack, the resort saw notable lift line relief on weekends, with crowding becoming at least a bit more manageable. Notably, the Otis Quad remained relatively empty this year, providing guests progressing to intermediate terrain with a new escape from the crowds. In addition, now that the Broadway lift has been upgraded, Hunter guests can now access beginner terrain from a high-speed lift for the first time. The Broadway lift also underwent a realignment, making access to the upper mountain F lift, which provides an alternate way up to the resort summit, much simpler. Hunter will never be a crowd-free experience, but these investments certainly justify upticks in both our Lifts and Crowd Flow categories.<\/p>\n

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Gore Mountain\u2019s North Creek Ski Bowl area has historically been a bit of an afterthought, but the new Hudson Chair brings high-speed lift service to this area for the first time\u2014and paves the way for this zone to move from weekend-only to seven-day-a-week operations.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Gore<\/h3>\n

Lifts Score Change: 5 to 6<\/h4>\n

Finally, we are giving a bump to another ski area with a new high-speed quad lift this year\u2014New York State\u2019s Gore Mountain<\/a>. In its isolated North Creek Ski Bowl area, the resort replaced its Hudson triple chair with a new high-speed quad. While this area did not operate daily this year, it\u2019s expected to move to a seven-day-a-week cadence next year following base area upgrades this summer. The new lift provides faster service to this low-elevation terrain pod\u2014which might appeal at a first glance to lower-ability skiers and riders but genuinely has some harder terrain\u2014and we\u2019re ticking up Gore\u2019s Lifts score accordingly.<\/p>\n

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Washington\u2019s Alpental and Utah\u2019s Deer Valley are the two biggest movers in our rankings this season.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Rankings Takeaways<\/h2>\n

A few notable rankings shifts have occurred with these Mountain Score changes:<\/p>\n