Ski Regions

Explore ski mountains by region, from the Northeast to the Alps and Japan.

North America

• Northeast - 97 mountains

  Northeast is FirstChair's biggest region by far - 97 resorts across New England and New York, from big-name destinations like Stowe, Killington...

• Rockies - 80 mountains

  Rockies is FirstChair's second-biggest region at 80 mountains, and it's where most passes' marquee names live: Vail, Park City, Breckenridge, and...

• Midwest - 64 mountains

  Midwest covers 64 mountains across Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas - modest vertical by national standards, but a serious ski culture...

• Canada - 60 mountains

  Canada spans 60 mountains on FirstChair, concentrated in British Columbia and Alberta with pockets in Ontario and Quebec. Whistler Blackcomb is the...

• Western - 51 mountains

  Western covers 51 mountains across California, Oregon, Washington, and the Pacific Northwest - split out from the Rockies region here, and defined by...

• Mid-Atlantic - 34 mountains

  Mid-Atlantic covers 34 mountains across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia - shorter vertical than the big Western ranges, but a...

• Eastern - 11 mountains

  Eastern is FirstChair's upstate New York region - 11 mountains including Gore Mountain, Greek Peak, and Titus Mountain, plus smaller community hills...

International

• Japan - 44 mountains

  Japan is FirstChair's biggest region outside North America - 44 resorts, concentrated in Hokkaido and the Japanese Alps, known for some of the most...

• Austria - 18 mountains

  Austria brings 18 mountains to FirstChair, clustered in Tirol - think the Kitzbühel Alps and the SkiWelt area around Ellmau, Söll, and Scheffau, plus...

• Switzerland - 8 mountains

  Switzerland is a small but heavyweight region on FirstChair - 8 mountains, but they include Zermatt, Verbier 4Vallées, and Andermatt-Sedrun, three of...

• France - 7 mountains

  France has grown to 7 mountains on FirstChair, headlined by Chamonix Mont-Blanc, sitting beneath Europe's tallest peak and reachable via Ikon and...

• Australia - 5 mountains

  Australia counts 5 mountains on FirstChair, spread across Victoria and New South Wales's alpine region: Falls Creek, Mount Hotham, and Perisher all...

• New Zealand - 5 mountains

  New Zealand has 5 mountains on FirstChair, split between the South Island's Queenstown/Wanaka area - Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, and Mt Hutt...

• Finland - 3 mountains

  Finland arrives on FirstChair with Levi, the country's largest ski resort, set in Kittilä in Finnish Lapland above the Arctic Circle and on the Indy...

• Sweden - 2 mountains

  Sweden joins FirstChair through Stöten, the northernmost and steepest of the resorts in the Sälen region of Dalarna, near the Norwegian border and...

• Chile - 1 mountain

  Chile has exactly one mountain on FirstChair: Valle Nevado, high in the Andes outside Santiago, accessible through both Ikon and Mountain Collective...

• Czechia - 1 mountain

  Czechia has one mountain on FirstChair: Malá Úpa, a small resort in the Giant Mountains along the Czech-Polish border, accessible through Indy. It's...

• Italy - 1 mountain

  Italy has 1 entry on FirstChair, Dolomiti Superski, the sprawling network of lift-linked villages across the Dolomites, accessible through Ikon. It's...

• Norway - 1 mountain

  Norway lands on FirstChair with Stranda Ski Resort, the country's celebrated freeride mountain above the Storfjord in Møre og Romsdal, riding on the...

• Spain - 1 mountain

  Spain has one mountain on FirstChair: Baqueira/Beret, high in the Pyrenees in Catalonia's Val d'Aran region, accessible through Indy. It's Spain's...