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Holiday Valley

Holiday Valley

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Holiday Valley Snow Totals
Holiday Valley skiing by month:
Holiday Valley
By Month

Core Strengths

Holiday Valley
Travel Ease
68.1
Snow Volume
44.8
Overall
41.2
Overall
Overall PAF Score

Overall
Rank

175

Rank in
Region

22

Rank in
State

4

Holiday Valley Snow Quality Across Full Winter
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Holiday Valley Snowfall Last 10 Days (inches)

Powder
Forecast

Powder Forecast
ZRANKINGS EXCLUSIVE
Tuesday
Day
0"
Night
0"
Wednesday
Day
0"
Night
0"
Thursday
Day
0"
Night
0"
Friday
Day
0"
Night
0"
Saturday
Day
0"
Night
0"
True Snow: 180" per year
Snow Quality Rank

169

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Dump Potential Rank

127

Holiday Valley is ranked No. 127 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Historical Powder Odds
Daily Lottery

% of days with more than 6" of snow

8.0%

Extended Stay

% of months with more than 90" of snow

1.0%

Drought Threat

% of months with less than 30" of snow

50.0%

*Special thanks to Tony Crocker and Bestsnow.net.

Dump Potential Rank

127

Holiday Valley is ranked No. 127 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Snow
Quality
Rank

169

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Total Snow Score

This score accounts for total snow quantity, its moisture content, the resort's latitude, elevation, and its slope aspects, which affect total snow preservation.

Comparables

Holiday Valley

Trail Breakdown

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Vertical Drop

750 ft

2250 ft
Base Elevation: 1500 ft

Slope Aspects

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A Few Words On The Snow

If you're waiting for a powder day at Holiday Valley, then you might have a long wait. Only 8.0% of winter days see more than 6 inches of snowfall, which means, on average, you'll have to spend 10 days or more mining the slopes at Holiday Valley to score that one great day. It could be worse, however. You could be muskie fishing.

Skiing at Holiday Valley is about getting outside, ripping up the slope, eating chili dogs and getting in as much vertical as you can. It's not about big dumps. And that's okay. This place is about honing your skills for that trip to Snowbird or Alaska. With only 1.0% of months at Holiday Valley getting more than 90 inches of snow, this isn't the place to set up your powderhound shack.

Drought Potential

The snow at Holiday Valley can disappear often enough that you may want to pack extra snow beads when taking a trip here. A good number of months, 50.0% to be exact, see less than 30 inches of snow. If you're banking on snow and you're boarding a plane for a week at Holiday Valley, you should temper your expectations. This is a place where winter drought can grab hold of the weather pattern for long periods, as 50.0% of the winter months here see less than 30 inches of snow.

Getting to Holiday Valley, if you're flying in

From the airport in Buffalo, NY to the mountain, skiers face a trek that's less than an hour and easy. Just 57 minutes and you're cranking into your boots.