Little Ski Hill
Little Ski Hill is a ski area located in the state of Idaho in USA. The resort is in the town of McCall, ID.
We recently ranked all of Idaho's ski resorts, so you can see where Little Ski Hill stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Little Ski Hill 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 Little Ski Hill. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Little Ski Hill's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Little Ski Hill around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Little Ski Hill Terrain Overview
Little Ski Hill has a total of 5 ski trails, which are serviced by 1 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Little Ski Hill is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 40 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 16 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.2 square kilometers.
Total Runs
5
Lifts
1
Skiable Acres
40(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Little Ski Hill Elevation
Little Ski Hill has a summit elevation of 5,700 feet, or 1,737 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 5,295 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 405 feet (123 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Little Ski Hill'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
5,700'(1,737 m)
Vertical Drop
405'(123 m)
Base Elevation
5,295'(1,614 m)
Little Ski Hill Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
29.5out 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
Little Ski Hill has 40 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Since Little Ski Hill is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area, it has 35% of its trails are rated as "beginner-level". 45% trails are rated as intermediate.
Beginner
35%(14 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
45%(18 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
20%(8 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 Little Ski Hill good for beginners?
Little Ski Hill is a very beginner-friendly course. In fact, it is one of the easiest ski slopes in all of North America, ranking in the bottom 10% of overall difficulty. 35% of its trails are rated as "beginner".
Little Ski Hill Location
Little Ski Hill is located in the state of Idaho, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of McCall, ID.
Address:
McCall, ID 83638 USA
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Website:
payettelakesskiclub.org/little-ski-hill
GPS Coordinates:
44.93000, -116.16000
Getting to Little Ski Hill
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Little Ski Hill), its coordinates of 44.93000, -116.16000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of McCall, ID 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 Little Ski Hill.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise Airport | BOI | Boise, ID | 94 mi |
| Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport | LWS | Lewiston, ID | 108 mi |
| Walla Walla Regional Airport | ALW | Walla Walla, WA | 131 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Little Ski Hill, 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 Little Ski Hill.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brundage Mountain | New Meadows, ID | 7,640 ft | 45% | 9 mi |
| Tamarack Resort | Tamarak, ID | 7,700 ft | 65% | 11 mi |
| Soldier Mountain | Stanley, ID | 7,150 ft | 41% | 55 mi |
| Snowhaven | Grangeville, ID | 5,600 ft | 10% | 65 mi |
| Cottonwood Butte | Cottonwood, ID | 5,565 ft | 45% | 79 mi |
| Bogus Basin | Boise, ID | 7,590 ft | 60% | 81 mi |
Little Ski Hill Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 5,700 ft |
| Base Elevation | 5,295 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 405 ft |
| Trails | 5 (35% Beginner, 45% Intermediate, 20% Expert) |
| Lifts | 1 |
| Skiable Acres | 40 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | N/A inches |