Mission Ridge
Mission Ridge Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Washington in USA. The resort is in the town of Wenatchee, WA.
We recently ranked all of Washington's ski resorts, so you can see where Mission Ridge stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Mission Ridge 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.
Mission Ridge is a part of the Powder Alliance pass network. This pass allows you to buy a season ticket at your home slope, then be able to use it to ski up to three free days at the rest of the participating resorts.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mission Ridge around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mission Ridge Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Mission Ridge has a total of 36 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 2,000 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 809 hectares, 3.1 square miles, or 8.1 square kilometers.
Mission Ridge's slopes see on average 200 inches (5.1 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 16 feet every year!
Total Runs
36
Lifts
7
Skiable Acres
2,000(8 km2)
Annual Snowfall
200"(508 cm)
Mission Ridge Ski Resort Elevation
Mission Ridge Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 6,820 feet, or 2,079 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,570 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 2,250 feet (686 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mission Ridge'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
6,820'(2,079 m)
Vertical Drop
2,250'(686 m)
Base Elevation
4,570'(1,393 m)
Mission Ridge Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
59.5out 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
Mission Ridge has 2,000 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Mission Ridge's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 60% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 30% as expert.
Beginner
10%(200 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
60%(1,200 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
30%(600 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 Mission Ridge Ski Resort good for beginners?
Mission Ridge is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 70% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.
Mission Ridge Ski Resort Location
Mission Ridge Ski Resort is located in the state of Washington, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Wenatchee, WA.
Address:
Wenatchee, WA 98801 USA
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Website:
missionridge.com
GPS Coordinates:
47.34000, -120.47000
Getting to Mission Ridge Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mission Ridge Ski Resort), its coordinates of 47.34000, -120.47000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Wenatchee, 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 Mission Ridge Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | SEA | Seattle, WA | 86 mi |
| Portland International Airport | PDX | Portland, OR | 158 mi |
| Vancouver International Airport | YVR | Vancouver, BC | 179 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 Mission Ridge.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field | YKM | Yakima, WA | 53 mi |
| Boeing Field King County International Airport | BFI | Seattle, WA | 87 mi |
| Snohomish County (Paine Field) Airport | PAE | Everett, WA | 93 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mission Ridge 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 Mission Ridge Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Mountain | East Wenatchee, WA | 3,800 ft | 39% | 22 mi |
| Ski Bluewood | Dayton, WA | 5,670 ft | 43% | 31 mi |
| Stevens Pass | Leavenworth, WA | 5,845 ft | 56% | 40 mi |
| The Summit at Snoqualmie | Snoqualmie Pass, WA | 5,420 ft | 68% | 45 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | Enumclaw, WA | 7,012 ft | 65% | 57 mi |
| White Pass | Naches, WA | 6,550 ft | 51% | 65 mi |
| Loup Loup Ski Bowl | Okanogan, WA | 5,280 ft | 55% | 74 mi |
Mission Ridge Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 6,820 ft |
| Base Elevation | 4,570 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 2,250 ft |
| Trails | 36 (10% Beginner, 60% Intermediate, 30% Expert) |
| Lifts | 7 |
| Skiable Acres | 2,000 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 200 inches |