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Dodge Ridge Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of California in USA. The resort is in the town of Pinecrest, CA.

We recently ranked all of California's ski resorts, so you can see where Dodge Ridge stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Dodge Ridge is a part of the INDY Ski Pass system. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all of the slopes that are also a part of the group.

Dodge Ridge is a part of the Powder Alliance pass network. This pass allows you to buy a season ticket at your home slope, then be able to use it to ski up to three free days at the rest of the participating resorts.

Lodging Options

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

Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Dodge Ridge has a total of 67 ski trails, which are serviced by 12 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 852 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 345 hectares, 1.3 square miles, or 3.4 square kilometers.

Dodge Ridge's slopes see on average 385 inches (9.8 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 32 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
67
Ski Lift
Lifts
12
Skier
Skiable Acres
852(3 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
385"(978 cm)

Dodge Ridge Ski Resort Elevation

Dodge Ridge Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 8,200 feet, or 2,499 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 6,600 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,600 feet (488 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

The summit of 8,200 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
8,200'(2,499 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
1,600'(488 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
6,600'(2,012 m)

Dodge Ridge Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
54.1out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Dodge Ridge 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 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.
 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.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Dodge Ridge has 852 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Dodge Ridge is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 20% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 80%.
Green Circle
Beginner
20%(170 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.

Blue Square
Intermediate
40%(341 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%.

Black Diamond
Expert
40%(341 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 Dodge Ridge Ski Resort good for beginners?

Dodge Ridge 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 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Dodge Ridge Ski Resort Location

Dodge Ridge Ski Resort is located in the state of California, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Pinecrest, CA.

Address:
Pinecrest, CA 95364 USA
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Website:
dodgeridge.com

GPS Coordinates:
38.18000, -119.95000

Getting to Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Dodge Ridge Ski Resort), its coordinates of 38.18000, -119.95000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Pinecrest, CA 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 Dodge Ridge Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Reno–Tahoe International AirportRNOReno, NV92 mi
Sacramento International AirportSMFSacramento, CA96 mi
Norman Y. Mineta San José International AirportSJCSan Jose, CA122 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 Dodge Ridge.

NameCodeCityDistance
Sacramento Mather AirportMHRSacramento, CA77 mi
Fresno Yosemite International AirportFATFresno, CA98 mi
Monterey Peninsula AirportMRYMonterey, CA151 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Dodge Ridge 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 Dodge Ridge Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
KirkwoodKirkwood, CA9,800 ft68%35 mi
Sierra-at-TahoeSouth Lake Tahoe, CA8,852 ft53%44 mi
HeavenlySouth Lake Tahoe, CA10,067 ft73%52 mi
June MountainJune Lake, CA10,090 ft68%55 mi
Mammoth MountainMammoth Lakes, CA11,053 ft70%62 mi
HomewoodHomewood, CA7,880 ft58%63 mi
Granlibakken TahoeTahoe City, CA6,350 ft15%68 mi
Palisades Tahoe - Alpine MeadowsAlpine Meadows, CA8,637 ft53%70 mi
Palisades Tahoe - Palisades MountainOlympic Valley, CA9,050 ft62%71 mi
Palisades TahoeOlympic Valley, CA9,050 ft62%71 mi
NorthstarTruckee, CA8,610 ft58%76 mi
Sugar BowlTruckee, CA8,383 ft53%78 mi
Mount RoseReno, NV9,700 ft60%80 mi
Donner Ski RanchNorden, CA7,781 ft38%81 mi
BorealSoda Springs, CA7,700 ft30%82 mi
Soda SpringsSoda Springs, CA7,300 ft31%82 mi
Tahoe DonnerTruckee, CA7,350 ft26%83 mi
Big Bear MountainBig Bear Lake, CA8,805 ft50%88 mi

Dodge Ridge Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation8,200 ft
Base Elevation6,600 ft
Vertical Drop1,600 ft
Trails67
(20% Beginner,  40% Intermediate,  40% Expert)
Lifts12
Skiable Acres852
Avg. Annual Snowfall385 inches
Dodge Ridge Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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