Winter Recreation Areas & Snow Destinations
Browse primary mountain basins, lake-effect snow country, and groomed trail destinations. Each location aggregates physical measurement stations, elevation facts, and forecast telemetry.
Keweenaw Peninsula Snow Country
The legendary 300-inch Lake Superior snowbelt stretching from Houghton to Copper Harbor.
Extending 50 miles into the heart of Lake Superior, the Keweenaw Peninsula is the snowiest destination in the Midwest. Famous for deep un-gr...
Munising & Pictured Rocks Recreation Area
Dense Lake Superior lake-effect snow corridors and ice-curtain backcountry canyons.
Gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and the Alger County groomed trail network. Munising catches intense north-wind squalls, provid...
Berthoud Pass Backcountry Basin
Historic 11,300-ft Continental Divide touring mecca for ski mountaineers and splitboarders.
Positioned atop Highway 40 between Empire and Winter Park, Berthoud Pass offers direct roadside access to high alpine bowls, tree glades, an...
Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area
55,000 acres of managed mountain snowmobile corridors and backcountry ski bowls.
Spanning the Sawatch and Gore Range passes along I-70, the Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area (VPWRA) features designated motorized riding bow...
Steamboat & Rabbit Ears Pass
Endless rolling high-country meadows and world-famous Steamboat champagne powder.
Sitting above Steamboat Springs along the Continental Divide at 9,400 ft, Rabbit Ears Pass is one of the Rocky Mountains' greatest multi-use...
Little & Big Cottonwood Canyons
The epicenter of the Wasatch Range and Utah's 'Greatest Snow on Earth'.
Rising steeply east of Salt Lake City, Little Cottonwood Canyon and Big Cottonwood Canyon receive enormous orographic lake-effect snowfalls ...
Togwotee Pass & Continental Divide Basin
The global capital of Rocky Mountain mountain snowmobiling and high-country bowls.
Located at 9,600+ ft along the Continental Divide east of Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons, Togwotee Pass provides over 600 miles of groome...
Tug Hill Snowbelt & Montague Plateau
The most intense lake-effect snowfall factory in the Eastern United States.
Rising 1,800+ ft east of Lake Ontario, the Tug Hill Plateau captures massive lake-effect snow bands that regularly dump 300 to 400+ inches i...
Eagle River & Vilas County Northwoods
The Snowmobile Capital of the World and heart of the Wisconsin Northwoods.
Vilas County and Eagle River manage over 600 miles of scenic pine and hardwood forest trails groomed with industrial snowcats. Dense tree ca...
Cable & Hayward Birkie Trail Corridor
Home to the world-renowned American Birkebeiner cross-country ski trail system.
Featuring over 100km of purpose-built skate and classic Nordic tracks winding through the rolling glacial moraines of the Chequamegon Nation...
Mount Baker & Shuksan Backcountry
World-record maritime snowpack depths and grand alpine backcountry touring.
Nestled in the North Cascades of Washington, the Heather Meadows and Mount Baker backcountry area holds the world record for seasonal snowfa...