Mad River Mountain
Mad River Mountain is a ski area located in the state of Ohio in USA. The resort is in the town of Springfield, OH.
Season Passes
Mad River Mountain is a part of the Epic Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one season pass, and ski at most of the Vail owned and operated slopes with it throughout the year. There are a handful of types of Epic lift ticket passes available, ranging from 3-7 days, to season-long.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mad River Mountain around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mad River Mountain Terrain Overview
Mad River Mountain has a total of 20 ski trails, which are serviced by 12 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Mad River Mountain is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 144 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 58 hectares, 0.2 square miles, or 0.6 square kilometers.
Mad River Mountain's slopes see on average 36 inches (0.9 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
20
Lifts
12
Skiable Acres
144(1 km2)
Annual Snowfall
36"(91 cm)
Mad River Mountain Elevation
Mad River Mountain has a summit elevation of 1,460 feet, or 445 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,160 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 300 feet (91 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mad River Mountain has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,460'(445 m)
Vertical Drop
300'(91 m)
Base Elevation
1,160'(354 m)
Mad River Mountain Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
41.8out 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
Mad River Mountain has 144 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Mad River Mountain is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 22% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 78%.
Beginner
22%(32 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
34%(49 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
44%(63 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 Mad River Mountain good for beginners?
Mad River Mountain 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 78% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Mad River Mountain Location
Mad River Mountain is located in the state of Ohio, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Springfield, OH.
Address:
Springfield, OH 45506 USA
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Website:
skimadriver.com
GPS Coordinates:
39.91000, -83.93000
Getting to Mad River Mountain
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mad River Mountain), its coordinates of 39.91000, -83.93000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Springfield, OH 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 Mad River Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Glenn Columbus International Airport | CMH | Columbus, OH | 55 mi |
| Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | CVG | Cincinnati / Covington, KY | 71 mi |
| Indianapolis International Airport | IND | Indianapolis, IN | 126 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 Mad River Mountain.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| James M Cox Dayton International Airport | DAY | Dayton, OH | 15 mi |
| Rickenbacker International Airport | LCK | Columbus, OH | 54 mi |
| Fort Wayne International Airport | FWA | Fort Wayne, IN | 99 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mad River Mountain, 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 Mad River Mountain.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Valley | West Liberty, OH | 1,500 ft | 34% | 31 mi |
| Snow Trails | Mansfield, OH | 1,475 ft | 32% | 91 mi |
Mad River Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,460 ft |
| Base Elevation | 1,160 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 300 ft |
| Trails | 20 (22% Beginner, 34% Intermediate, 44% Expert) |
| Lifts | 12 |
| Skiable Acres | 144 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 36 inches |