Mt. Hood Meadows
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Oregon in USA. The resort is in the town of Mount Hood, OR.
We recently ranked all of Oregon's ski resorts, so you can see where Mt. Hood Meadows stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Mt. Hood Meadows 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 Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Mt. Hood Meadows's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mt. Hood Meadows around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mt. Hood Meadows Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Mt. Hood Meadows has a total of 85 ski trails, which are serviced by 11 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 2,150 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 870 hectares, 3.4 square miles, or 8.7 square kilometers.
Mt. Hood Meadows's slopes see on average 430 inches (10.9 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 35 feet every year!
Total Runs
85
Lifts
11
Skiable Acres
2,150(9 km2)
Annual Snowfall
430"(1,092 cm)
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort Elevation
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 7,300 feet, or 2,225 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,523 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 2,777 feet (846 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mt. Hood Meadows'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
7,300'(2,225 m)
Vertical Drop
2,777'(846 m)
Base Elevation
4,523'(1,379 m)
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
65.6out 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
Mt. Hood Meadows has 2,150 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Mt. Hood Meadows's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 50% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 35% as expert.
Beginner
15%(323 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
50%(1,075 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
35%(753 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 Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort good for beginners?
Mt. Hood Meadows is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 65% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort Location
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort is located in the state of Oregon, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Mount Hood, OR.
Address:
Mount Hood, OR 97041 USA
View on Google Maps
Website:
skihood.com
GPS Coordinates:
45.33000, -121.66000
Getting to Mt. Hood Meadows Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort), its coordinates of 45.33000, -121.66000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Mount Hood, OR 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 Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland International Airport | PDX | Portland, OR | 49 mi |
| Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | SEA | Seattle, WA | 150 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 Mt. Hood Meadows.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Field | RDM | Redmond, OR | 78 mi |
| Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field | YKM | Yakima, WA | 101 mi |
| Eugene Airport (Mahlon Sweet Field) | EUG | Eugene, OR | 113 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mt. Hood Meadows 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 Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Hood Skibowl | Mount Hood Parkdale, OR | 5,100 ft | 53% | 3 mi |
| Cooper Spur | Mount Hood Parkdale, OR | 4,350 ft | 28% | 4 mi |
| Summit Pass | Government Camp, OR | 4,300 ft | 9% | 5 mi |
| Timberline Lodge | Government Camp, OR | 8,540 ft | 77% | 14 mi |
| White Pass | Naches, WA | 6,550 ft | 51% | 91 mi |
| Mt. Bachelor | Bend, OR | 9,065 ft | 82% | 93 mi |
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 7,300 ft |
| Base Elevation | 4,523 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 2,777 ft |
| Trails | 85 (15% Beginner, 50% Intermediate, 35% Expert) |
| Lifts | 11 |
| Skiable Acres | 2,150 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 430 inches |