Pleasant Mountain
Overview
A 378-meter vertical drop rising off a base elevation of just 160 meters gives Pleasant Mountain, near Bridgton in western Maine, a steeper profile on paper than its modest 538-meter summit suggests. Five lifts handle the terrain: four chairlifts and a magic carpet, feeding 41 mapped runs across 14.91 kilometers of trail. Intermediate skiing dominates the mix at 8.89 kilometers, nearly 60 percent of the total, with 3.52 kilometers rated advanced and 2.51 kilometers easy, a distribution that leans the mountain toward skiers already past the fundamentals.
The resort’s own promotional materials cite 86 years of operation, which puts its founding somewhere around the late 1930s, and the lift fleet has kept pace with age rather than sitting still: the Summit Express chairlift carried its first public riders on December 21, 2024, the newest addition to the mountain’s infrastructure. Night skiing is a bigger part of the identity here than the daytime terrain alone would suggest, with 20 trails lit after dark and a marketing claim to the most night skiing anywhere in New England; a separate season pass sold specifically for unlimited night access, priced at $275, underlines how central that program is to the business.
Boyne Resorts owns and runs Pleasant Mountain, placing it in the same portfolio as several other regional ski areas across New England and the Pacific Northwest. Geographically, the resort sits in an unusual cross-border catchment: Portland’s Jetport is the nearest airport at 60.8 kilometers, but among the three closest listed cities, only Manchester, New Hampshire (128 kilometers) and Lowell, Massachusetts (162.6 kilometers) are stateside, while Sherbrooke, Quebec sits just beyond them at 172.6 kilometers.
For a mountain this size, the combination of a steep vertical-to-base ratio, an active night-skiing program, and a recently upgraded lift fleet suggests a resort investing to stay competitive with larger regional destinations rather than coasting on its age. The absence of any listed multi-resort pass partnership means visitors buy access directly through Pleasant Mountain rather than bundling it with an outside product, which keeps pricing and crowd levels tied more tightly to the mountain’s own decisions than to a broader network’s demand.
Pleasant Mountain also carries a Wikidata identifier, Q7491557, though no standalone Wikipedia article accompanies it, a gap common among smaller regional ski areas. Spread across 41 runs and 14.91 kilometers, the average trail works out to roughly 360 meters, a modest length fitting a mountain built for repeat laps rather than long descents.
Boyne’s portfolio also includes Three Summits at Snoqualmie Pass in Washington, a considerably larger complex by lift count, suggesting Pleasant Mountain fills a more regional, community-scale role within that ownership group. For a Maine mountain within reach of three U.S. states and one Canadian province, that scale, paired with genuine night-skiing depth, is its clearest point of differentiation against bigger New England destinations.
Key stats
Official website — Last checked 2026-09-14
Lifts by type
| Type | Count |
|---|---|
| chair lift | 4 |
| magic carpet | 1 |
Runs by difficulty
| Difficulty | Distance |
|---|---|
| easy | 2.51 km |
| advanced | 3.52 km |
| intermediate | 8.89 km |
Maps
View official Pleasant Mountain trail map (page) →
Run & lift overview
Pleasant Mountain: 41 runs, 5 lifts. Drawn from OpenStreetMap run and lift data — not the official Pleasant Mountain trail map. © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenSkiMap (ODbL).
Typical conditions by month
Monthly conditions data for Pleasant Mountain is not yet available.
Lift tickets & passes
Pleasant Mountain has no multi-resort pass affiliations on record.
Getting there
Nearest airports
- Portland International Jetport (PWM) — 60.8 km straight-line
- Augusta State Airport (AUG) — 86.8 km straight-line
- Portsmouth International Airport at Pease (PSM) — 108.2 km straight-line
Nearest cities
- Manchester, New Hampshire — 128 km straight-line
- Lowell, Massachusetts — 162.6 km straight-line
- Sherbrooke, Quebec — 172.6 km straight-line
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Where to stay
A dedicated lodging guide for Pleasant Mountain is not yet available.
Nearby resorts
- Cranmore Mountain Resort — 23 km straight-line, 343.1 m vertical
- Black Mountain — 31 km straight-line, 309.8 m vertical
- Attitash Mountain Resort — 33 km straight-line, 505.2 m vertical
- Mount Abram — 37 km straight-line, 316.2 m vertical
- Wildcat Mountain — 40 km straight-line, 617.6 m vertical
FAQ
- How tall is Pleasant Mountain's ski area?
- The vertical drop is 378 meters, unusually steep for a base elevation of only 160 meters, topping out at 538 meters. That ratio of drop to base height is steeper on paper than several mountains with taller summits but shallower starting elevations.
- How old is Pleasant Mountain?
- The resort's own materials mark 86 years of operation as of this writing, placing its origins in the late 1930s, making it one of the older continuously run ski areas in Maine. The mountain also carries its own Wikidata identifier (Q7491557), though it doesn't yet have a standalone Wikipedia article in the dataset used here.
- What's new at Pleasant Mountain?
- The Summit Express chairlift opened to the public on December 21, 2024, the resort's newest piece of lift infrastructure and part of a modernization of its lift fleet. It joins four other lifts already in operation, including a magic carpet for the learner slope.
- Does Pleasant Mountain have night skiing?
- Yes, with 20 lit trails and a claim to the most night skiing in New England, plus a dedicated unlimited night-skiing season pass priced separately from the standard pass at $275. That's a substantial share of the resort's 41 total runs available after dark.
- How many runs does Pleasant Mountain have, and what's the difficulty split?
- 41 mapped runs cover 14.91 kilometers, with intermediate terrain dominant at 8.89 kilometers, advanced trails at 3.52 kilometers, and easy runs making up 2.51 kilometers. On average, that works out to roughly 360 meters of trail per run, a modest average length consistent with a compact vertical drop.
- Who owns Pleasant Mountain?
- Boyne Resorts operates the mountain, the same company behind several other New England and Pacific Northwest ski areas, including Three Summits at Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. That common ownership can bring shared season-pass products across otherwise independently branded mountains.
- What's the nearest airport to Pleasant Mountain?
- Portland International Jetport, 60.8 kilometers away, is closest, followed by Augusta State Airport at 86.8 kilometers and Portsmouth International in New Hampshire at 108.2 kilometers. All three fall within roughly a 50-kilometer band of each other despite sitting in two different states.
- What cities are closest to Pleasant Mountain?
- Manchester, New Hampshire (population around 110,229) is the nearest listed city at 128 kilometers, followed by Lowell, Massachusetts at 162.6 kilometers and, notably, Sherbrooke, Quebec, across the Canadian border at 172.6 kilometers. None of the three nearest cities sit in Maine itself, reflecting how western Maine borders both New Hampshire and Quebec. The resort also publishes its own trail map online, and the area is separately catalogued on SkiMap.org for skiers who want an independent, third-party view of the lift and run layout.
Data sources
Last verified: 2026-09-17
Base facts from OpenSkiMap (ODbL), OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata (CC0), OurAirports (public domain) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). See /data-sources/.