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Ski Access

Nearby operating downhill ski areas score higher, weighted by distance, lift/run scale, vertical drop, and combined skiable vertical.

Scale0-100

Higher values rank better for this score.

How It's Calculated

The latest published score is normalized to a 0-100 scale. The method below explains what the score rewards, with technical source metadata available for audit.

Scoring Method

How the ranking is built

Ski Access rewards places close to operating downhill ski areas, especially larger ski areas with more lifts, runs, and vertical.

  1. 1

    Each nearby ski area contributes quality score / 100 times an exponential distance decay.

  2. 2

    Only the top contributing ski areas are included, up to the configured maximum.

  3. 3

    The summed raw presence is scaled to 0-100 with a cap.

Technical details
Score TypeMaster Score

Read from the current master score table for this criterion.

Ranking BasisSingle Score

The top 10 below ignore your blended relocation weights and sort only by Ski Access.

No source details available for this score.

What This Score Means

Ski Access rewards places close to operating downhill ski areas, especially larger ski areas with more lifts, runs, and vertical.

Statistics Feeding This Score

  • Nearby ski-area count

    Operating downhill ski areas within the scoring radius.

    Source: OpenSkiMap and OpenStreetMap ski-area data
  • Nearest and best ski areas

    Names, distances, and quality scores for the nearest and strongest contributing ski areas.

    Source: OpenSkiMap and OpenStreetMap ski-area data
  • Ski-area quality

    Derived from run count, lift count, run length, vertical drop, and combined skiable vertical.

    Source: Derived from OpenSkiMap/OpenStreetMap statistics
  • Distance decay

    Each ski area's contribution declines exponentially with distance from the place.

    Source: Derived from place and ski-area coordinates

Source Data

Source: OpenSkiMap and OpenStreetMap ski-area dataOperating U.S. downhill ski areas with mapped runs, lifts, and elevation statistics.
Source: Places location coordinatesLatitude and longitude stored for each place and used for Haversine distance and proximity calculations.

Known Limits

  • Ski Access measures mapped ski infrastructure, not snowfall quality, pass prices, crowds, traffic, road closures, or current conditions.
  • OpenStreetMap coverage and ski-area metadata completeness can vary by place.
  • The score uses straight-line distance, not drive time.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by Ski Access.

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