Resorts to Ride At

[lakesidesnowskates]

Feel welcome to post updates -

Updated As Of 4-26-12
Please Note: All Mountains in Orange are in need of Review. They say park, and I would like to know whether or not you can ride lift there. Please Respond. Those not reviewed will be taken off, because "park" is an out of date and unnecessary term.

North America;
Canada:
AB   Castle Mountain   Lift Access
AB   Canada Olympic Park   Lift Access
AB   Hidden Valley  No Lift Access for Chair
AB   Lake Louise   Lift Access
AB   Marmot Basin   Lift Access w/ two staps
AB   Nakiska   Lift Access
AB   Rabbit Hill   Lift Access
AB   Snow Valley   Lift Access
AB   Sunshine   Lift Access
AB   Tawatinaw   Lift Access
BC   Fernie   Lift Access
BC   Big White    Lift Access w/ Strap
BC   Cypress   Lift w/strap
BC   Revelstoke   Lift
BC   Salmo   Lift Access
BC   Red Mtn   Lift Access w/ strap
BC   Whistler BC   Park, Lift Access
BC   Whitewater   Lift Access w/ strap
MB   Falcon Lake   Lift Access
MB   Holiday Mountain    Lift Access
NS   Martock?    
NS   Wentworth?
QC   Camp Fortune   Lift Access
QC   Mont-Comi Park   Lift Access
QC   Owl's Head   Lift Access w/ strap
QC   Mont St-Bruno   Lift Access
QC   Mont Ste Marie   Lift Access
QC   Mont Sutton   Lift Access
QC   Val Saint-Côme   Lift Access

 
United States:
For Tahoe Please Note: DO NOT BRING STRAPS (we don't want to give the resorts the idea they are neccessary)
CA   Heavenly    Lift Access
CA   Kirkwood    Lift Access
CA   Sierra at Tahoe    Lift Access
CA   Diamond peak    Lift Access
CA   Homewood    Lift Access
CA   Mt. Rose   Lift Access
CA   Donner Snowskate Ranch    Lift Access
CA   Boreal    Lift Access
CA   Kingvale    Lift Access
CA   Northstar   Lift Access (Detachables Only)
CA   Bear Mountain   Park
CA   Dodge Ridge   Park
CA   June Mountain   Park
CA   Mt. High   Park
CA   Snow Summit   Park
CO   Arapahoe Basin (strap required for Norway and Palivacinni lifts only.)
CO   Steamboat Springs   Gondola Only (except Hamiskates, he can do w/e he wants)
CO   Aspen  Lift Access
CO   Snowmass  Lift Access
CO   Sunlight  Lift Access
CO   Echo Mt.  Lift Access
CO   Eldora  Lift Access
CO   Winter Park/Mary Jane  Lift Access
CO   Ruby Hill Railyard (Denver Parks and Rec)  Open, no lifts there
CO   Breckenridge   Lift
CO   Buttermilk   Lift Access
CO   Copper Mountain   Lift Access NOT ANYMORE...for now
CO   Crested Butte   Lift Acess
CO   Keystone   Lift Access
CO   Telluride   Lift Access (strap needed for fixed grips, (6,7,8,9,15)
CT   Woodbury   Lift Access
CT   Wreckit    Lift Access
ID   Schweitzer   Lift Access w/ Strap (Great Escape requires no strap)
ID   Silver Mtn   Lift Access w/ Strap
ID   Sun Valley   Lift Access
IL   Chestnut Mountain   Park
IL   Raging Buffalo   Park
IN   Paoli Peaks   Park
IN   Perfect North   Park
MD  Wisp Mt   Lift Access
ME  Sunday River   Park
MI   Bittersweet   Lift Access
MI   Caberfae   Lift Access
MI   Holiday Hills   Lift Access
MI   Marquette Mountain   Lift Access
MI   Otsego   Lift Access
MN  Buckhill    Tow Rope Only
MN  Powder Ridge   Lift Access with Strap
MN  Spirit Mt.   Lift Access
MT  Moonlight Basin - Lift Access
MT  Great Divide - Lift Access
MT   Blacktail - Lift Access
MT   Whitefish Mt. - Lift Access w/ Strap
NC   Appalachian Ski Mtn   Lift Access
NC   Wolf Ridge    Lift Access
ND   Bottineau Winter Park   Lift?
ND   Frostfire    Lift Access
NJ   Mt. Creek   Lift Access
NH   Crotched Mtn   Lift Access
NH   Pats Peak           Lift Access
NH   Loon Mountain    Lift Access
NH   Waterville Valley   Park
NM   Angel Fire   Lift Access
NY   Bellayre   Lift Access
NY   Thunder Ridge   Lift Access (please use shorter leashes)
NY   Tuxedo Ridge
OR   Hoodoo   Park
OR   Meadows      Summer/Spring Hiking Only
OR   Timberline     ITS A GO! (Lift Access)
PA   Boulder   Lift Access
PA   Ski Liberty   Park
PA   Ski Round Top   Park
PA   Whitetail   Park
TN   Ober Gatlinburg    Lift
UT   Brighton   Park
UT   Snowbird   Park
VT    Mount Snow    Lift Access (sometimes iffy, recomending sticking to the highspeed lifts or super slow ones)
VT   Smuggler's Notch   Park
VT   Stowe   Park
VT   Stratton     Gondola Only
VT   Sugarbush   Park
VT   Jay Peak     Lift Access
WA   Crystal Mountain Lift Access
WA   Hurricane Ridge   Lift Access
WA   Mt Baker   Lift Access NOT ANYMORE...for now
WA   Mt Spokane   Lift Access
WA   Summit at Snoqualmie   Lift Access
WA   Steven's Pass   Lift Access!
WA   Mission Ridge     Lift Access
WV   Snowshoe   Park
WY   Snow King   Lift Access


Europe;
Switzerland:
Les Paccots
Les Mosses
Leysin
Les Diablerets

Austria
Serfaus - Fiss - Ladis
Flauchauwinkel
Weinebene

France:
Tignes
Le Semnoz

[freeyourmind]

Switzerland:

Les Paccots
Les Mosses
Leysin
Les Diablerets

France:

Tignes
Le Semnoz

[gettY@GER]

Austria

Serfaus - Fiss - Ladis
Flauchauwinkel

[ben418]

canada
bc big white lift, park
bc cypress lift, park/with strap

[yan_montreal]

CANADA
QUEBEC PROVINCE
 
QC - Mount ORFORD  (lift access/park)

nothing else for now to add  
except "mount-royal" that you can get up on foot and ride the wilderness of Montreal city!

[crazyskater]

AUSTRIA
Weinebene

[hamiskates]

Just wanna make sure the Colorado information is correct....  Here's how it is for real;


CO   Beaver Creek   Lift Access   (this is incorrect.  skates are NOT allowed at Beaver Creek.)
CO   Breckenridge   Park   (actually, it's all mountain lift access here in Breck.)
CO   Buttermilk   Lift Access
CO   Copper Mountain   Lift Access
CO   Crested Butte   Park  (actually, it's all mountain lift access.)
CO   Keystone   Lift Access
CO   Telluride   Lift Access (strap needed for fixed grips)  (??, not sure on this-hami)
CO   Vail   Lift Access  (skates are definitely NOT allowed at Vail.)

and the places not on that list, but that I'm about 100% sure about;

CO Arapahoe Basin (straps required for Norway and Palivacinni lifts only.)
CO Steamboat Springs   Lift Access
CO Aspen  Lift Access
CO Snowmass  Lift Access
CO Sunlight  Lift Access
CO Echo Mt.  Lift Access
CO Eldora  Lift Access
CO Winter Park/Mary Jane  Lift Access
CO Ruby Hill Railyard (Denver Parks and Rec)  Open, no lifts there...

OK well , that's all I can think of for now...
-Hami

[ben418]

please will you update your resort list steven.

[lakesidesnowskates]

my bad, updating now

[lakesidesnowskates]

and updated - 9/12/10

[Alan]

Steamboat, CO is gondola only. 

Don't go there unless you either only like crappy terrain via the gondola or like arguing with power tripping cowboy liftys on powder days who wont let you ride and will happily show you their snowskate policy document which does say gondola only.  weak.  If you're in steamboat, hike the backcountry zones at fish creek instead. good lines up there.

[Alan]

oh and heres the ones i know for sure in minnesota (MN), no clue about the others here I usually just poach em all...

Spirit Mt. - Lift Access
Buck Hill - Tow Rope access only

[Ralston]

Lake Tahoe Lift Access

heavenly
kirkwood
sierra at tahoe
diamond peak
homewood
donner snowskate ranch
boreal
kingvale
northstar (gondola only)

[chiller]

silver mountain in Idaho is now lift access with strap. Schweitzer is still access with strap but the great escape quad you can ride without a strap. I know WTF, but the great escape does foot traffic to the top so its the only chair that the insurance allows us to ride without the strap, confused yet?

[danlast]

telluride will let you on any lift...but on the old fixed grip chairs you gotta strap it to your foot.