Chester Ski Area (The Pinnacle)
Chester, Vermont · opened 1930lost 1973
By the Year Pictures History Chester Ski Area, also known as the Pinnacle, began in the late 1930's near the town center and near the Fullerton Inn. The area had a 1500' tow and a 1300' tow, at least until World War II. The Fullerton Inn and or the Chester Outing Club operated the area for much of its life. Other activities were present in town or at the area, including skating and tobogganing.
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Night skiing
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Snowfall by season
No reported season totals for this area yet.
The 2026-27 season
Modeled snowfall, season to date (ERA5)
No daily weather for this season.
Terrain open, from published snow reports
No snow reports captured for 2026-27. Historical reports come from Internet Archive snapshots of the resort's snow-report page (
neski wayback).Season history
No seasons computed yet.
Reported snowfall, snow days and base depths come from OnTheSnow's season history or the resort's own reports. Opening and closing dates are the first and last archived snow report showing terrain open (* = projected). Modeled snowfall is ERA5 reanalysis at the resort's coordinates and is not comparable to the reported column.
Terrain
0 trails · 0 mi mappedNo trails mapped yet. OpenStreetMap coverage is collected with
neski osm.Trails colored by rating; lifts dashed red. Geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors.
Lifts
0 mapped · 0 mi of cableNo lifts mapped yet.
Lift ticket prices
No ticket prices captured yet. Price collection reads the resort's ticket page and its Internet Archive history.
Nearby ski areas
Magic Mountain
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9.6 mi
Okemo Mountain Resort
VT · 2,200 ft vertical
11.4 mi
Arrowhead Recreation Area
NH
14.8 mi
Ascutney Outdoors
VT
15.3 mi
Bromley Mountain
VT · 1,334 ft vertical
17.5 mi
Stratton Mountain Resort
VT · 2,003 ft vertical
18.8 mi
Straight-line distance between the areas' map coordinates. Compare with the closest two.
Where these numbers come from
No attribute observations recorded yet.