Snow Trails
The hill whose pages we could read in full: hours, lift and tubing prices, a first-timer package and its snowmaking figures, all in its own words.
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Ohio’s ski hills
This page sets the four Ohio ski areas’ own figures next to each other. Where a page we read gives no figure, the cell says so. We don’t rank them.
No snow report here. We don’t know what any hill is doing today, and nothing on this page tells you whether to drive. Hours, lifts, lanes and snow are the operator’s to report: follow the link to its own page first. Why we work this way.
Mad River Mountain
The statistics the operator prints, its tubing park claim, the drive times it lists from Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati and Toledo, and what its hours page said when we read it.
Boston Mills and Brandywine
One website and one set of statistics for two hills: both addresses, what the operator says about tickets across the two, the Polar Blast tubing park and the lesson rules for children.
Alpine Valley
Its statistics and directions in the operator’s words, what its hours page said when we read it, and why we list no tubing there.
How do the four compare, by their own figures?
| Hill | Vertical drop | Skiable acres | Trails | Lifts | Terrain parks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Trails | Vertical Drop: 301 feet | No acreage on its facts page | Trails: 21; elsewhere bringing total Trails to 19, with three glade ski areas, plus Five Terrain Parks | 4 triple, 2 double, 2 Rope Tows, 2 Ski Conveyor Carpets, and Tubing Conveyor Carpet | Terrain Parks: 5 |
| Mad River Mountain | Longest Vertical Drop 300 ft (80 m) | Skiable Terrain 144 Acres | Trails 16 | Lifts 9 | Terrain Parks 3 |
| Boston Mills and Brandywine (combined) | Longest Vertical Drop 264 ft (80 m) | Skiable Terrain 88 Acres | Trails 18 | Lifts 15 | Terrain Parks 3 |
| Alpine Valley | No vertical figure; it prints Highest Elevation 1,500 ft (457 m)and Base Elevation 1,260 ft (384 m) | Skiable Terrain 72 Acres | Trails 9 | Lifts 5 | Terrain Parks 1 |
Sources: Snow Trails, Ski area facts; Snow Trails, Quality Snow Standard; Mad River Mountain, Mountain info; Boston Mills Brandywine, Mountain info; Alpine Valley, Mountain info.
How much of each hill is for beginners?
Each operator splits its terrain three ways. The bars are drawn from the percentages in the quoted line, so they are only as exact as that line.
Snow Trails
beginner intermediate advanced, drawn from the operator’s line: Beginner 20% Intermediate 60% Advanced: 20%
(snowtrails.com, read November 11, 2026)
Mad River Mountain
beginner intermediate advanced, drawn from the operator’s line: Beginner Terrain 46% Intermediate Terrain 38% Advanced Terrain 16%
(skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026)
Boston Mills and Brandywine
beginner intermediate advanced, drawn from the operator’s line: Beginner Terrain 27% Intermediate Terrain 27% Advanced Terrain 46%
(bmbw.com, read November 11, 2026)
Alpine Valley
beginner intermediate advanced, drawn from the operator’s line: Beginner Terrain 22% Intermediate Terrain 45% Advanced Terrain 33%
(alpinevalleyohio.com, read November 11, 2026)
Where do the operators’ own pages disagree?
Snow Trails: how many trails?
Its facts page says Trails: 21
(snowtrails.com, read November 11, 2026) Its snowmaking page describes two recent additions as bringing total Trails to 19, with three glade ski areas, plus Five Terrain Parks
(snowtrails.com, read November 11, 2026) We show both and pick neither.
Mad River Mountain: feet and meters
Its statistics line reads Longest Vertical Drop 300 ft (80 m)
(skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026) The two figures in that line don’t match each other: 300 feet is about 91 meters by our arithmetic. We don’t know which the operator means.
Three claims about tubing
Mad River Mountain: Largest Tube Park in Ohio
(skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026). Snow Trails: a third carpet lift utilized for the Snow Tubing Park with the "Longest Tubing Lanes in Ohio."
(snowtrails.com, read November 11, 2026) Boston Mills Brandywine: Get ready for the best snow tubing in Ohio, at Brandywine!
(bmbw.com, read November 11, 2026) Those are three operators describing their own parks. The lane lengths each one prints are on the snow tubing page.
Mad River Mountain’s tubing page: OHIO'S LARGEST TUBING PARK
(skimadriver.com, read in a browser November 11, 2026).
Read in a web browser on November 11, 2026; do not rely on it after December 26, 2026.
Boston Mills Brandywine’s Polar Blast page: NORTHEAST OHIO'S LARGEST TUBING PARK!
(bmbw.com, read in a browser November 11, 2026)
Read in a web browser on November 11, 2026; do not rely on it after December 26, 2026.
Each is an operator’s claim about its own park. We haven’t measured either.
Two claims about size
Mad River Mountain: The resort has the most expansive skiable terrain in the state of Ohio.
(skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026) Snow Trails prints no acreage on its facts page, so the claim can’t be set against a Snow Trails figure here.
Do they all have night skiing?
All four say so on the pages we read. Snow Trails: All 100% lighted
(snowtrails.com, read November 11, 2026). Mad River Mountain: At Mad River you can ski into the night under our bright lights for a unique skiing experience!
(skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026) Boston Mills Brandywine: At BMBW you can ski into the night under our bright lights for a unique skiing experience!
(bmbw.com, read November 11, 2026) Alpine Valley: At Alpine Valley you can ski into the night under our bright lights for a unique skiing experience!
(alpinevalleyohio.com, read November 11, 2026) Boston Mills Brandywine’s night-skiing page answered our reader with a waiting room, and we have no night hours to quote from any of the three Vail Resorts hills.
Is that every ski hill in Ohio?
It is every lift-served area we found that publishes tickets for the public on its own website. A private club hill, or a small tow run by a park district, could exist without appearing here. If you know of one with an official page, tell us.