Powder Ridge Mountain Park

Middlefield, Connecticut · opened 1959
1,000 ft2,000 ft3,000 ft4,000 ft550 ft summit0 ft base550 ft vertical
Skiable acres
80
Trails
20
Lifts
8
mapped in OSM
Longest run
—
Snowmaking
—
Avg snowfall
60in
resort-reported
Night skiing
—
Uphill capacity
—/hr

Snowfall by season

reported average 18"
Season totals as reported by the resort (via OnTheSnow and archived snow reports).
Modeled snowfall since 1991 (ERA5 reanalysis)
A weather model at 41.502, -72.737, not a snow stake: it runs well below the resort's own totals (about 0.5x here). Useful for year-to-year comparison, not for absolute depth.
Modeled average by month

The 2000-01 season

Modeled snowfall, season to date (ERA5)
Terrain open, from published snow reports
No snow reports captured for 2000-01. Historical reports come from Internet Archive snapshots of the resort's snow-report page (neski wayback).

Season history

SeasonOpenedClosedDaysAvg terrain openPeak trailsReported snowfallSnow daysAvg baseMax baseModeled snowfallWinter mean °FReports
2026-27Dec 19, 2026*Mar 14, 2027*——————————
2025-26—————————37"30—
2024-25—————————20"32.5—
2023-24—————0"015"24"16"36.37
2022-23—————0"018"24"24"36.4—
2021-22—————8"334"48"27"34.3—
2020-21—————8"324"36"39"33.2—
2019-20—————0"024"24"18"35.9—
2018-19—————16"218"20"31"32—
2017-18—————46"631"36"48"32—
2016-17—————49"622"30"38"33.5—
2015-16—————20"420"30"23"37.7—
2014-15————030"716"24"51"27.42
2013-14————0————44"28.71
2012-13—————————56"32.9—
2011-12—————————18"38.2—
2010-11—————————48"29.7—
2009-10—————————33"33.1—
2008-09—————————33"30.9—
2007-08—————————27"33.3—
2006-07—————————15"33.4—
2005-06—————————29"33.4—
2004-05—————————50"30—
2003-04—————————32"30.1—
2002-03—————————51"28.3—
2001-02—————————14"37.4—
2000-01—————————41"29.7—
1999-00—————————18"33.4—
1998-99—————————25"34.3—
1997-98—————————20"35.6—
1996-97—————————34"34.4—
1995-96—————————61"28.7—
1994-95—————————13"34.5—
1993-94—————————55"27.9—
1992-93—————————44"30.8—
1991-92—————————16"32.9—

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

16 trails · 3 mi mapped
Mapped trails by difficulty
Easier31%More difficult25%Most difficult13%Terrain park31%
Count of OpenStreetMap trail segments.
TrailRatingLengthNotes
Lower 747 TrailEasier762 ft
Mini CrossEasier594 ft
Mini CrossEasier820 ft
Mini FieldEasier741 ft
Moonshine CrossingEasier969 ft
Jug RunMore difficult1,293 ft
Lower MiddlefieldMore difficult835 ft
Upper 747 TrailMore difficult1,617 ft
Upper MiddlefieldMore difficult1,495 ft
Dragon's BackMost difficult1,617 ft
ViperMost difficult874 ft
Jib ParkTerrain park255 ftpark
PipeTerrain park454 ftpark
Shredwood ForestTerrain park1,577 ftglades, park
The ChuteTerrain park466 ftpark
The FestivalTerrain park1,449 ftpark
Trails colored by rating; lifts dashed red. Geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Lifts

8 mapped · 1.74 mi of cable
LiftTypeSeatsCapacity /hrLengthBuiltManufacturerStatus
747 LiftChairlift——2,508 ft——operating
Middlefield LiftChairlift——2,490 ft——operating
Festival LiftChairlift2—2,429 ft——operating
Mini Field LiftChairlift——709 ft——operating
Tubing LiftCarpet——419 ft——operating
Tubing lift 2Carpet——358 ft——operating
Wonder CarpetCarpet——220 ft——operating
Riglet CarpetCarpet——78 ft——operating

Lift ticket prices

No ticket prices captured yet. Price collection reads the resort's ticket page and its Internet Archive history.

Nearby ski areas

Straight-line distance between the areas' map coordinates. Compare with the closest two.

Where these numbers come from

AttributeValueSourceObserved
avg annual snowfall in60 inwikipediaSep 26, 2026
skiable acres80 acrewikipediaSep 26, 2026
trail count20 wikipediaSep 26, 2026
vertical drop ft550 ftwikipediaSep 26, 2026