Alpine Valley Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Ohio in USA. The resort is in the town of West Liberty, OH.
Alpine Valley is a part of the Epic Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at most of the Vail owned slopes with it throughout the year. There are a handful of different types of Epic passes available, ranging from 3-7 days, to season-long.
Alpine Valley Lodging:
Alpine Valley Ski Resort 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 square miles, or 0 square kilometers.
Total Runs
11
Lifts
6
Skiable Acres
72(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Alpine Valley Ski Resort Elevation
Alpine Valley Ski Resort 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 Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
32.4out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiiable Area 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.
Alpine Valley is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 33% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 67%.
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 Ski Resort 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 Ski Resort Location
Alpine Valley Ski Resort is located in the state of Ohio, USA. This ski area is nearby the town of West Liberty, OH.
Address:
West Liberty, OH 43357 USA
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Website:
alpinevalleyohio.com/
GPS Coordinates:
40.31000, -83.68000
Getting to Alpine Valley Ski Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Alpine Valley Ski Resort), 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 Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Glenn Columbus International Airport | CMH | Columbus, OH | 47 mi |
| Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | CVG | Cincinnati / Covington, KY | 102 mi |
| Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | CLE | Cleveland, OH | 122 mi |
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.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| James M Cox Dayton International Airport | DAY | Dayton, OH | 40 mi |
| Rickenbacker International Airport | LCK | Columbus, OH | 52 mi |
| Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport | TOL | Toledo, OH | 88 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Alpine Valley Ski Resort, 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 Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad River | Springfield, OH | 1,460 ft | 40% | 31 mi |
| Boston Mills Brandywine | Peninsula, OH | 660 ft | 39% | 42 mi |
| Snow Trails | Mansfield, OH | 1,475 ft | 31% | 66 mi |
Alpine Valley Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,500 ft |
| Base Elevation | 1,260 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 240 ft |
| Trails | 11 (33% Beginner, 34% Intermediate, 33% Expert) |
| Lifts | 6 |
| Skiable Acres | 72 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | N/A inches |