Loup Loup Ski Bowl
Loup Loup Ski Bowl is a ski area located in the state of Washington in USA. The resort is in the town of Okanogan, WA.
We recently ranked all of Washington's ski resorts, so you can see where Loup Loup Ski Bowl stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Loup Loup Ski Bowl is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes work with Loup Loup Ski Bowl. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Loup Loup Ski Bowl's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Loup Loup Ski Bowl around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Loup Loup Ski Bowl Terrain Overview
Loup Loup Ski Bowl has a total of 10 ski trails, which are serviced by 3 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Loup Loup Ski Bowl is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 300 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 121 hectares, 0.5 square miles, or 1.2 square kilometers.
Loup Loup Ski Bowl's slopes see on average 157 inches (4.0 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 13 feet every year!
Total Runs
10
Lifts
3
Skiable Acres
300(1 km2)
Annual Snowfall
157"(399 cm)
Loup Loup Ski Bowl Elevation
Loup Loup Ski Bowl has a summit elevation of 5,280 feet, or 1,609 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,020 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,260 feet (384 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Loup Loup Ski Bowl'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
5,280'(1,609 m)
Vertical Drop
1,260'(384 m)
Base Elevation
4,020'(1,225 m)
Loup Loup Ski Bowl Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
54.7out 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
Loup Loup Ski Bowl has 300 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Loup Loup Ski Bowl 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%.
Beginner
20%(60 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
30%(90 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
50%(150 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 Loup Loup Ski Bowl good for beginners?
Loup Loup Ski Bowl 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.
Loup Loup Ski Bowl Location
Loup Loup Ski Bowl is located in the state of Washington, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Okanogan, WA.
Address:
Okanogan, WA 98840 USA
View on Google Maps
Website:
skitheloup.com
GPS Coordinates:
48.29000, -119.71000
Getting to Loup Loup Ski Bowl
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Loup Loup Ski Bowl), its coordinates of 48.29000, -119.71000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Okanogan, 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 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 Loup Loup Ski Bowl.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | SEA | Seattle, WA | 134 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 Loup Loup Ski Bowl.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penticton Airport | YYF | Penticton, BC | 81 mi |
| Spokane International Airport | GEG | Spokane, WA | 111 mi |
| Kelowna International Airport | YLW | Kelowna, BC | 116 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Loup Loup Ski Bowl, 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 Loup Loup Ski Bowl.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Mountain | East Wenatchee, WA | 3,800 ft | 39% | 53 mi |
| Ski Bluewood | Dayton, WA | 5,670 ft | 43% | 60 mi |
| Baldy Mountain Resort | Oliver, BC | 6,965 ft | 37% | 63 mi |
| Stevens Pass | Leavenworth, WA | 5,845 ft | 56% | 74 mi |
| Mission Ridge | Wenatchee, WA | 6,820 ft | 60% | 74 mi |
| Phoenix Mountain Ski Area | Grand Forks, BC | 4,652 ft | 38% | 76 mi |
| Apex Mountain | Hedley, BC | 7,187 ft | 51% | 77 mi |
| Manning Park Ski Area | Manning Park, BC | 5,868 ft | 53% | 77 mi |
Loup Loup Ski Bowl Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 5,280 ft |
| Base Elevation | 4,020 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,260 ft |
| Trails | 10 (20% Beginner, 30% Intermediate, 50% Expert) |
| Lifts | 3 |
| Skiable Acres | 300 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 157 inches |