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Holiday Valley ski resort

The short answer

Holiday Valley has about 31 km of mapped runs and 13 lifts, with skiing from about 467 m up to 708 m (2,323 ft), a vertical drop of 241 m. By mapped runs it is number 91 of the 131 United States ski areas in our list. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bradford Regional (BFD), about 51 km away in a straight line.

Holiday Valley: runs from 467 m to 708 m, a vertical drop of 241 m500600700Top of the highest mapped run: 708 m (2,323 ft)Top 708 m · 2,323 ftBase 467 m · 1,532 ft241 mvertical drop
Illustrative profile. Top and base are the highest and lowest mapped runs (OpenStreetMap via OpenSkiMap).

Ski area facts

Top elevation
708 m2,323 ft
Vertical drop
241 m791 ft
Mapped runs
31 km78 runs
Lifts
13mostly chairlifts

Runs by difficulty

Run length by difficulty: Easy 39% (12.1 km), Intermediate 35% (10.9 km), Advanced 25% (7.8 km)Easy: 12.1 km, 30 runs (39%)39%EasyIntermediate: 10.9 km, 23 runs (35%)35%IntermediateAdvanced: 7.8 km, 25 runs (25%)25%Advanced

About 39% of the mapped run length is novice or easy, 35% intermediate and 25% advanced or harder. Difficulty follows OpenStreetMap’s international scale (in Europe, easy ≈ blue, intermediate ≈ red, advanced ≈ black).

DifficultyRunsLength
Easy3012.1 km
Intermediate2310.9 km
Advanced257.8 km

Lifts

13 mapped lifts, most of them chairlifts.

Lift typeCount
Chairlifts11
Rope tows1
Magic carpets1

Piste map

For the current official piste map, open the resort’s website. You can also explore every mapped run and lift on OpenSkiMap’s interactive map.

Nearest airports

Airports with scheduled flights, by straight-line distance (road distance is longer).

AirportCityStraight-line distance
Bradford Regional (BFD)Bradford51 km
Buffalo Niagara (BUF)Buffalo76 km
Niagara Falls (IAG)Niagara Falls97 km
Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester (ROC)Rochester126 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the elevation of Holiday Valley?

The highest mapped run starts at about 708 m (2,323 ft) and the lowest ends at about 467 m (1,532 ft), a vertical of 241 m (791 ft).

How many km of ski runs does Holiday Valley have?

OpenStreetMap maps about 31 km of downhill runs and 13 lifts. The resort’s own figure may differ because it measures runs differently.

What is the nearest airport to Holiday Valley?

Bradford Regional (BFD) is the closest airport with scheduled flights, about 51 km away in a straight line.

Where can I see the Holiday Valley piste map?

Use the resort’s official website for the current piste map, or view the mapped runs and lifts on OpenSkiMap.

Ski area data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), processed by OpenSkiMap; airports from OurAirports. Retrieved . Elevations are those of the highest and lowest mapped runs; run lengths are measured from the map and can differ from the resort’s published figures. Check the official website before you book.