The Indie 50

This is a list of 50 independently-owned ski areas we have or want to visit.  We will write them up as we visit them in the future, and will chip away at the ones from our past.  But there's more than 50 ski areas on your list, you say.  Pffff!  By the time we get around to 50, some will inevitably have joined the borg, while others will have been snuffed out, so there.

Why?  Here's why: Fight, or go ski?

  1. Mt. Shasta, CA
  2. Mt Baker, WA
  3. Mt. Ashland, OR
  4. Bogus, ID
  5. Taos, NM
  6. Mt. Bohemia, UP
  7. Mad River Glen, VT
  8. Bluewood, WA
  9. 49* N, WA
  10. Silver Mt., ID
  11. Kelly Canyon, ID
  12. Willamette Pass, OR
  13. Brianhead, UT
  14. Saddleback, ME
  15. Jay Peak, NEK
  16. Burke Mt., NEK
  17. Bretton Woods, NH
  18. Ski Cooper, CO
  19. Monarch, CO
  20. Loveland, CO
  21. Buck Hill (summer toothbrush), MN
  22. Welch Village, MN
  23. Cairngorm, Scotland
  24. Smuggs, VT
  25. Lost Trail, MT/ID
  26. Whitefish, MT
  27. White Pass, WA
  28. Sunrise Park, AZ
  29. Mt. Baldy, CA
  30. Terry Peak, SD
  31. Sugar Mt., NC
  32. Whiteface, NY
  33. Lookout, MT/ID
  34. Catamount, NY/MA
  35. Lake Louise, AB
  36. Soldier Mt., ID
  37. Pebble Creek, ID
  38. Pomerelle, ID
  39. Beaver Mt., UT
  40. Tamarack, ID
  41. Brundage, ID
  42. Magic Mountain, ID
  43. Warner Canyon, OR
  44. Lutsen Mts., MN
  45. Bear Valley, CA
  46. Snow King, WY
  47. Great Bear, SD
  48. Bromont, QC
  49. Owl’s Head, QC
  50. Mt. Washington, BC
  51. Panorama, BC
  52. Nordic Valley, UT
  53. Mt. Spokane, WA
  54. Magic Mountain, VT
  55. Ski Bowl, OR
  56. Hoodoo, OR
  57. Blacktail, MT
  58. Antelope Butte, WY
  59. Cherry Peak, UT
  60. Mt. Abram, ME
  61. Cannon, NH
  62. Black Mountain, ME
  63. Black Mountain, NH
  64. Bridger Bowl, MT
  65. Discovery, MT
  66. Eaglecrest, AK
  67. Red Lodge, MT
  68. Titus Moutain, NY
  69. Whiteface, NY
  70. Riksgransen, SE
  71. Mont Orford, QC
  72. Yawgoons, RI
  73. Mont Sutton, QC
  74. Little Ski Hill, ID