Alpine Valley

Alpine Valley is a ski resort located in Ohio. It features a variety of terrain parks for skiers and snowboarders of all skill levels, as well as a range of runs for all ability levels. The resort receives an average of around 120 inches of snowfall each year, which allows for a long ski season from mid-December to mid-March. Alpine Valley also offers night skiing on select days during the ski season.

Season Passes

Alpine Valley is a part of the Epic Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one season pass, and ski at most of the Vail owned and operated slopes with it throughout the year. There are a handful of types of Epic lift ticket passes available, ranging from 3-7 days, to season-long.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Alpine Valley around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Alpine Valley Terrain Overview

Alpine Valley has a total of 11 ski trails, which are serviced by 6 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Alpine Valley is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 72 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 29 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.3 square kilometers.

Alpine Valley's slopes see on average 121 inches (3.7 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 10 feet every year!

Total Runs
11

Lifts
6

Skiable Acres
72(0 km²)

Annual Snowfall
121"(3,688 cm)

Alpine Valley Elevation

Alpine Valley has a summit elevation of 1,500 feet, or 457 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,260 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 240 feet (73 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Alpine Valley has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.

Summit Elevation
1,500'(457 m)

Vertical Drop
240'(73 m)

Base Elevation
1,260'(384 m)

Alpine Valley Difficulty Level

Difficulty Score^™
32.3out of 100

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Alpine Valley can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 67% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Alpine Valley has 72 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Beginner
33%(24 acres)

Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.

Intermediate
34%(24 acres)

Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.

Expert
33%(24 acres)

Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.

Is Alpine Valley good for beginners?

Alpine Valley can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 67% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Alpine Valley Location

Alpine Valley is located in the state of Ohio, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of West Liberty, OH.

Getting to Alpine Valley

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Alpine Valley), its coordinates of 40.31000, -83.68000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of West Liberty, OH to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Alpine Valley.

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Alpine Valley.

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Alpine Valley, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Alpine Valley.

Alpine Valley Mountain Stats