Compare US Cat Skiing

Compare the US cat skiing outfits by size, amount of snowfall, and vertical of skiing and snowboarding per day and cost of snowcat skiing. This includes snowcat skiing in Colorado, California, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska. For other North America cat skiing, you can also see the compare cat skiing in BC Canada.

Cat Skiing U.S.	State	Location	Size (Acres)	Cost USD	Our Review
Pacific Crest Snowcats	CA	near Palisades Tahoe	3,000	$449
Homewood Snowcat Adventures	CA	Homewood Resort	750	$750
Monarch Cat Skiing	CO	Monarch Mountain	1,635	$575
Vail Powder Guides	CO	near Vail	4,000	$850
Purgatory Snowcat Adventures	CO	Purgatory Resort	35,000	$600
Silverton Powdercats	CO	near Silverton	6,000	$625	see ratings
Steamboat Powdercats	CO	near Steamboat	10,000	$850	Review
Chicago Ridge	CO	Ski Cooper Resort	2,600	*
CS Irwin	CO	near Crested Butte	1,000	$700
Jones Pass Guides	CO	near Winter Park	2,600	$650
Aspen Powder Tours	CO	Aspen Mountain	1,500	$675
Park City Powder Cats	UT	near Park City	15,000	$799	Review
Soldier Mountain Snowcat	ID	Soldier Mountain	2,000	$399
Brundage Cat Skiing	ID	Brundage Mountain	17,912	$450
Selkirk Powder Co.	ID	Schweitzer Mountain	4,350	$550	Review
Great Northern Powder Guides	MT	near Whitefish	20,000	$550	Review
Anthony Lakes Cat Skiing	OR	Anthony Lakes Resort	2,000	$320*
Cascade Powder Cats	WA	near Stevens Pass	1,920	$695
Chugach Powder Guides	AK	Alyeska Resort	4,000	$350
Black Ops Valdez	AK	Valdez	**	$350

The cost is per person for a single day of cat skiing for the 2022/23 season.

All the US cat skiing operators offer single day cat skiing, unlike BC cat skiing where multi-day trips staying in a backcountry lodge are the norm. Many cat skiing outfits are based at a ski resort so you can stay there if you want to do multiple days of snowcat skiing. Or there are a couple of U.S. cat skiing companies where you can stay in a yurt for a night or two to form a multi-day trip (Great Northern Powder Guides, Soldier Mountain and Cascade Powder Cats). Other anomalies from the single day cat skiing are Ski Cooper that offer just two runs and the option to add more runs, and Chugach Powder Guides which only offers cat skiing on a standby basis because it's primarily used for heli skiing back-up.

** private trips
* info not available or not applicable

Cat Skiing USA	Min Ability	Elevation (Ft)	Snowfall "	Runs/day	Vertical/Run (ft)	Daily Vertical (ft)
Pacific Crest Snowcats	*	8,000	*	8-10	1,200	12,000-14,000
Homewood Snowcat Adventures	advanced	*	*	*	1,824	*
Monarch Cat Skiing	expert	*
Vail Powder Guides	strong intermediate	12,000	400	10-12	1,000	11,000
Purgatory Snowcat Adventures	strong intermediate	14,164	300	8-10	800	10,000
Silverton Powdercats	strong intermediate	12,500	*	8-12	*	*
Steamboat Powdercats	different cats/ability	10,800	500	8-16	1,000	8,000-14,000
Chicago Ridge	*	12,850	275	*	1,500	*
CS Irwin	intermediate	12,300	450	8-10	1,000	10,000-15,000
Jones Pass	intermediate, expert	12,500	*	8-12	1,150	10,500-12,500
Aspen Powder Tours	strong intermediate	11,500	300	10	1,000	10,000
Park City Powder Cats	advanced	10,800	500	8-12	1,000	8,000-12,000
Soldier Mountain	intermediate	10,000	*	*	*	10,000-15,000
Brundage Cat Skiing	*	8,500	400	8-14	*	12,000-15,000
Selkirk Powder	intermediate	6,660	300	8-11	1,200	11,000
Great Northern Powder Guides	intermediate	6,400	307	8-10	1,000	10,000-12,000
Anthony Lakes Cat Skiing	intermediate	7,100	300	8	1,350	10,000
Cascade Powder Cats	intermediate	6,000	450	6-10	1,200	10,000
Chugach Powder Guides	advanced	*	700	6-8	1,200	10,000
Black Ops Valdez	*	*	*	6	*	*

Ability levels refer to ability off-piste not on-piste. If you cannot ride off-piste in variable snow conditions, do not attempt cat skiing.