49 Degrees North
49 Degrees North Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Washington in USA. The resort is in the town of Chewelah, WA.
We recently ranked all of Washington's ski resorts, so you can see where 49 Degrees North stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
49 Degrees North 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.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at 49 Degrees North around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
49 Degrees North Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
49 Degrees North has a total of 89 ski trails, which are serviced by 7 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 2,325 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 941 hectares, 3.6 square miles, or 9.4 square kilometers.
49 Degrees North's slopes see on average 288 inches (7.3 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 24 feet every year!
Total Runs
89
Lifts
7
Skiable Acres
2,325(9 km2)
Annual Snowfall
288"(732 cm)
49 Degrees North Ski Resort Elevation
49 Degrees North Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 5,774 feet, or 1,760 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 3,923 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,851 feet (564 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
49 Degrees North's summit elevation is higher than average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are much higher than this one (some stretch to 12,000 feet!), but it is not small by any stretch of the imagination.
Summit Elevation
5,774'(1,760 m)
Vertical Drop
1,851'(564 m)
Base Elevation
3,923'(1,196 m)
49 Degrees North Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
50.6out 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.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
49 Degrees North has 2,325 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
49 Degrees North is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 29% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 71%.
Beginner
29%(674 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
40%(930 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
31%(721 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 49 Degrees North Ski Resort good for beginners?
49 Degrees North 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 71% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
49 Degrees North Ski Resort Location
49 Degrees North Ski Resort is located in the state of Washington, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Chewelah, WA.
Address:
Chewelah, WA 99109 USA
View on Google Maps
Website:
ski49n.com
GPS Coordinates:
48.30100, -117.56000
Getting to 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (49 Degrees North Ski Resort), its coordinates of 48.30100, -117.56000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Chewelah, WA 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 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 49 Degrees North.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane International Airport | GEG | Spokane, WA | 47 mi |
| Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport | YCG | Castlegar, BC | 69 mi |
| Pullman Moscow Regional Airport | PUW | Pullman/Moscow, WA | 110 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to 49 Degrees North 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 49 Degrees North Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Valley | Colville, WA | 3,900 ft | 50% | 29 mi |
| Mt. Spokane | Mead, WA | 5,889 ft | 51% | 33 mi |
| Schweitzer Mountain | Sandpoint, ID | 6,400 ft | 69% | 45 mi |
| RED Mountain | Rossland, BC | 6,807 ft | 72% | 56 mi |
| Silver Mountain | Kellogg, ID | 6,300 ft | 60% | 59 mi |
| Salmo Ski Hill | Salmo, BC | 3,100 ft | 34% | 62 mi |
| Phoenix Mountain Ski Area | Grand Forks, BC | 4,652 ft | 38% | 72 mi |
| Turner Mountain | Libby, MT | 5,952 ft | 70% | 75 mi |
| Whitewater | Nelson, BC | 6,709 ft | 69% | 80 mi |
| Baldy Mountain Resort | Oliver, BC | 6,965 ft | 37% | 96 mi |
| Loup Loup Ski Bowl | Okanogan, WA | 5,280 ft | 55% | 99 mi |
49 Degrees North Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 5,774 ft |
| Base Elevation | 3,923 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,851 ft |
| Trails | 89 (29% Beginner, 40% Intermediate, 31% Expert) |
| Lifts | 7 |
| Skiable Acres | 2,325 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 288 inches |