Mount Timothy Ski Area
Mount Timothy Ski Area is a ski area located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. The resort is in the town of Lac la Hache, BC.
We recently ranked all of British Columbia's ski resorts, so you can see where Mount Timothy Ski Area stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Mount Timothy Ski Area 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 Mount Timothy Ski Area. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Mount Timothy Ski Area's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mount Timothy Ski Area around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mount Timothy Ski Area Terrain Overview
Mount Timothy Ski Area has a total of 35 ski trails, which are serviced by 3 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 500 acres, Mount Timothy Ski Area has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 202 hectares, 0.8 square miles, or 2.0 square kilometers.
Mount Timothy Ski Area's slopes see on average 80 inches (2.0 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
35
Lifts
3
Skiable Acres
500(2 km2)
Annual Snowfall
80"(203 cm)
Mount Timothy Ski Area Elevation
Mount Timothy Ski Area has a summit elevation of 5,427 feet, or 1,654 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,410 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,017 feet (310 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mount Timothy Ski Area'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
5,427'(1,654 m)
Vertical Drop
1,017'(310 m)
Base Elevation
4,410'(1,344 m)
Mount Timothy Ski Area Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
40.2out 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
Mount Timothy Ski Area has 500 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Mount Timothy Ski Area is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 49% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 51%.
Beginner
49%(245 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
11%(55 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
40%(200 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 Mount Timothy Ski Area good for beginners?
Mount Timothy Ski Area 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 51% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Mount Timothy Ski Area Location
Mount Timothy Ski Area is located in the province of British Columbia, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of Lac la Hache, BC.
Address:
Lac la Hache, BC V0K Canada
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Website:
skitimothy.com
GPS Coordinates:
51.91500, -121.25200
Getting to Mount Timothy Ski Area
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mount Timothy Ski Area), its coordinates of 51.91500, -121.25200 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Lac la Hache, BC 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 Mount Timothy Ski Area.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Lake Airport | YWL | Williams Lake, BC | 62 km |
| Kamloops Airport | YKA | Kamloops, BC | 146 km |
| Quesnel Airport | YQZ | Quesnel, BC | 150 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mount Timothy Ski Area, 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 Mount Timothy Ski Area.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Ski Hill | Clearwater, BC | 4,100 ft | 27% | 90 km |
| Troll Ski | Quesnel, BC | 5,000 ft | 46% | 136 km |
| Sun Peaks | Sun Peaks, BC | 7,060 ft | 67% | 148 km |
| Harper Mountain | Kamloops, BC | 5,000 ft | 45% | 153 km |
Mount Timothy Ski Area Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 5,427 ft |
| Base Elevation | 4,410 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 1,017 ft |
| Trails | 35 (49% Beginner, 11% Intermediate, 40% Expert) |
| Lifts | 3 |
| Skiable Acres | 500 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 80 inches |