West Mountain Ski Area

About

Since 1961, Queensbury-NY-based West Mountain is conveniently located only 3 miles off exit 18 off I-87, 40 minutes north of Albany, NY. We offer skiing, tubing, ski and snowboard lessons, West Mountain Racing (club and academy alpine race teams), awesome terrain parks, a state-of-the-art cafeteria in the main lodge, a beautiful restaurant and bar upstairs in the main lodge, a full bar and food items at the Northwest Lodge and and more! Our West Mountain Sports Shop (located across the courtyard from our Main Lodge) offers quality ski and snowboard rentals, mountain bike rentals (summer only), tuning/DIN adjusting and retail items.

With stunning views of the Hudson River and the Adirondacks, West Mountain has been the perfect setting for your families’ winter outing for over 60 years. Currently there are 30 trails and over 126 acres, ranging from easy, gentle learning slopes to challenging, expert terrain. These days natural snowfall is anything but guaranteed. Thankfully with a dedicated snowmaking and grooming crew, we are able stay ahead of the curve during these challenging Northeast Winters, covering 80% of the terrain in snowmaking. 

During the spring, summer and fall, West Mountain offers a beautiful 5 acre Aerial Adventure Park at the summit, downhill and cross-country mountain biking and hiking trails and scenic chairlift tours. West Mountain hosts several wonderful events such as our Fall Festival weekends in October, Music on the Mountain in July, Mountaintop weddings, weekly Summer day camps for kids age 6-15, and new in 2023, Summer Farmer's Market Sundays. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram. For details on everything offered at West Mountain, visit www.westmountain.com