Skip to content
parksandtripslogo
  • Travel ArticlesExpand
    • Explore the Parks
    • Ski & Snow
  • DestinationsExpand
    • National Parks
    • Ski Resorts
  • Road TripsExpand
    • National Park Road Trips
    • Winter Ski Trips
parksandtripslogo

The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort

Home / Ski Resorts / The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort

Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort is a popular ski and snowboard destination located in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state. With almost 2,000 acres of skiable terrain and a vertical drop of around 1,100 feet, Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort offers a variety of trails for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities. The resort features four terrain parks, the Central Park, the West Summit Park, the Patrol Park, and the Adventure Park, which offer a range of features and challenges for freestyle skiers and snowboarders.

Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort receives an average of around 430 inches of snowfall per season, which allows for a long ski season that typically runs from November through April. In addition to downhill skiing and snowboarding, Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort also offers cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and other winter activities. With a variety of on-mountain dining and lodging options, Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort is the perfect place to experience all that the Washington Cascades have to offer.


Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort offers night skiing, with lit up runs across three mountains.

We recently ranked all of Washington's ski resorts, so you can see where The Summit at Snoqualmie stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

The Summit at Snoqualmie is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.

Lodging Options

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

The Summit at Snoqualmie Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

The Summit at Snoqualmie has a total of 65 ski trails, which are serviced by 20 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 1,994 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 807 hectares, 3.1 square miles, or 8.1 square kilometers.

The Summit at Snoqualmie's slopes see on average 428 inches (13.0 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 35 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
65
Ski Lift
Lifts
20
Skier
Skiable Acres
1,994(8 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
428"(13,045 cm)

The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort Elevation

The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 3,865 feet, or 1,178 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 2,840 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,025 feet (312 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

The Summit at Snoqualmie's summit elevation is about average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are quite a bit higher, but also many that are much, much smaller.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
3,865'(1,178 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
1,025'(312 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
2,840'(866 m)

The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
49.7out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
The Summit at Snoqualmie can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 85% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.

 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

The Summit at Snoqualmie has 1,994 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

The Summit at Snoqualmie is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 15% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 85%.
Green Circle
Beginner
15%(299 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
40%(798 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
45%(897 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 The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort good for beginners?

The Summit at Snoqualmie 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 85% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort Location

The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort is located in the state of Washington, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Snoqualmie Pass, WA.

Address:
Snoqualmie Pass, WA 98068 USA
View on Google Maps

Website:
summiti90.com

GPS Coordinates:
47.42400, -121.41800

Getting to The Summit at Snoqualmie Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort), its coordinates of 47.42400, -121.41800 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Snoqualmie Pass, 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 The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Seattle–Tacoma International AirportSEASeattle, WA42 mi
Portland International AirportPDXPortland, OR139 mi
Vancouver International AirportYVRVancouver, BC147 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 The Summit at Snoqualmie.

NameCodeCityDistance
Boeing Field King County International AirportBFISeattle, WA42 mi
Snohomish County (Paine Field) AirportPAEEverett, WA52 mi
Yakima Air Terminal McAllister FieldYKMYakima, WA72 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to The Summit at Snoqualmie 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 The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Stevens PassLeavenworth, WA5,845 ft55%27 mi
Crystal MountainEnumclaw, WA7,012 ft63%35 mi
Ski BluewoodDayton, WA5,670 ft42%39 mi
Mission RidgeWenatchee, WA6,820 ft58%45 mi
White PassNaches, WA6,550 ft49%54 mi
Badger MountainEast Wenatchee, WA3,800 ft38%58 mi
Mt. BakerDeming, WA5,000 ft47%95 mi
Loup Loup Ski BowlOkanogan, WA5,280 ft53%99 mi

The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation3,865 ft
Base Elevation2,840 ft
Vertical Drop1,025 ft
Trails65
(15% Beginner,  40% Intermediate,  45% Expert)
Lifts20
Skiable Acres1,994
Avg. Annual Snowfall428 inches
The Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort Mountain Stats
  • Travel Articles
  • National Park Road Trips
  • Winter Ski Trips
  • Find a Ski Resort
  • Our National Parks
EPIC Ski Pass
Ski & Snow · Travel

EPIC Ski Pass Resorts: 2022-23

Vail Resorts created the EPIC ski pass in 2008. Back then, passholders only had access to 7 partner resorts, and…

IKON Ski Pass
Ski & Snow · Travel

IKON Ski Pass Details for the 2022-23 Season

The IKON ski lift ticket was created by the Alterra Mountain Company in 2018. What is the IKON Ski Season…

Canyonlands National Park
Explore the Parks · Travel

The National Parks of Utah: The Mighty 5

Utah is well known as one of the “must visit” states that national park enthusiasts need to travel to. Utah…

Powder Alliance Ski Pass
Ski & Snow · Travel

Powder Alliance Ski Pass Resorts 2022-23

The Powder Alliance is a group of ski resorts in North America that offers reciprocal benefits to season pass holders….

Parks & Trips was created to help guide those that want to travel the National Parks and ski resorts of the US and Canada. All of our travel itineraries have the exact details you'll need to create your next memorable family road trip.

About     Contact     Privacy Policy

Road Trips

  • Travel Articles
  • US National Parks
  • Canadian National Parks
  • National Park Road Trips
  • Road Trips by Region

Snow

  • Ski Articles
  • All Ski Resorts
  • Winter Ski Trips

National Parks

  • Acadia National Park
  • Arches National Park
  • Death Valley NP
  • Glacier National Park
  • Grand Canyon NP
  • Mount Rainier NP
  • Olympic National Park
  • Rocky Mountain NP
  • Yoho National Park
  • Zion National Park

Ski Resorts

  • Alta Ski Area
  • Aspen Snowmass
  • Banff Sunshine
  • Big Sky Ski Resort
  • Breckenridge
  • Heavenly Ski Resort
  • Keystone Resort
  • Mammoth Mountain
  • Palisades Tahoe
  • Vail Ski Resort

Parks & Trips makes money through affiliate partner links: If you click on a link, we may earn a commission. Our writers create all reviews, patterns, and other content to inform readers, with no influence from our advertisers. Learn more about our policies and disclosures.

© 2023 Parks & Trips, a Cagle Online Enterprises, Inc. Company

Scroll to top
  • Travel Articles
    • Explore the Parks
    • Ski & Snow
  • Destinations
    • National Parks
    • Ski Resorts
  • Road Trips
    • National Park Road Trips
    • Winter Ski Trips
Search