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Snowhaven

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Snowhaven is a ski area located in the state of Idaho in USA. The resort is in the town of Grangeville, ID.

We recently ranked all of Idaho's ski resorts, so you can see where Snowhaven stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Snowhaven 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 Snowhaven. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Snowhaven's website.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Snowhaven around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Snowhaven Terrain Overview

Snowhaven has a total of 9 ski trails, which are serviced by 2 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Snowhaven 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.

Snowhaven's slopes see on average 60 inches (1.8 meters) of snowfall a year.

Trails
Total Runs
9
Ski Lift
Lifts
2
Skier
Skiable Acres
40(0 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
60"(1,829 cm)

Snowhaven Elevation

Snowhaven has a summit elevation of 5,600 feet, or 1,707 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 5,200 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 400 feet (122 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Snowhaven'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.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
5,600'(1,707 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
400'(122 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
5,200'(1,585 m)

Snowhaven Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
9.9out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Snowhaven is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area. It is in fact one of the easiest ski slopes in all of North America, ranking in the bottom 10% of overall difficulty. This is due to it having 75% of its trails are rated as "beginner", and a vertical drop of only 400 feet.

 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

Snowhaven has 40 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Since Snowhaven is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area, it has 75% of its trails are rated as "beginner-level". 25% trails are rated as intermediate.
Green Circle
Beginner
75%(30 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.

Blue Square
Intermediate
25%(10 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%.

Black Diamond
Expert
0%(0 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 Snowhaven good for beginners?

Snowhaven 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. 75% of its trails are rated as "beginner".

Snowhaven Location

Snowhaven is located in the state of Idaho, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Grangeville, ID.

Address:
Grangeville, ID 83530 USA
View on Google Maps

Website:
grangeville.us/snowhaven-ski-and-tubing-hill

GPS Coordinates:
45.87000, -116.09000

Getting to Snowhaven

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Snowhaven), its coordinates of 45.87000, -116.09000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Grangeville, 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 Snowhaven.

NameCodeCityDistance
Lewiston Nez Perce County AirportLWSLewiston, ID56 mi
Pullman Moscow Regional AirportPUWPullman/Moscow, WA78 mi
Walla Walla Regional AirportALWWalla Walla, WA107 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Snowhaven, 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 Snowhaven.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Cottonwood ButteCottonwood, ID5,730 ft45%22 mi
BrundageNew Meadows, ID7,640 ft44%57 mi
Little Ski HillMcCall, ID5,700 ft28%65 mi
TamarackTamarak, ID7,700 ft66%65 mi
Soldier MountainStanley, ID7,150 ft39%94 mi

Snowhaven Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation5,600 ft
Base Elevation5,200 ft
Vertical Drop400 ft
Trails9
(75% Beginner,  25% Intermediate,  0% Expert)
Lifts2
Skiable Acres40
Avg. Annual Snowfall60 inches
Snowhaven Mountain Stats
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