Snow Valley Ski Resort
Snow Valley Ski Resort is a ski area located in the province of Ontario in Canada. The resort is in the town of Minesing, ON.
We recently ranked all of Ontario's ski resorts, so you can see where Snow Valley Ski Resort stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Snow Valley Ski Resort 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 Snow Valley Ski Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Snow Valley Ski Resort's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Snow Valley Ski Resort around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Snow Valley Ski Resort Terrain Overview
Snow Valley Ski Resort has a total of 20 ski trails, which are serviced by 8 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Snow Valley Ski Resort is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 85 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 34 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.3 square kilometers.
Snow Valley Ski Resort's slopes see on average 130 inches (3.3 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 10 feet every year!
Total Runs
20
Lifts
8
Skiable Acres
85(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
130"(330 cm)
Snow Valley Ski Resort Elevation
Snow Valley Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 1,053 feet, or 321 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 774 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 279 feet (85 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Snow Valley Ski Resort has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,053'(321 m)
Vertical Drop
279'(85 m)
Base Elevation
774'(236 m)
Snow Valley Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
29.5out 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
Snow Valley Ski Resort has 85 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Since Snow Valley Ski Resort is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area, it has 45% of its trails are rated as "beginner-level". 25% trails are rated as intermediate.
Beginner
45%(38 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
25%(21 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%(26 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 Snow Valley Ski Resort good for beginners?
Snow Valley Ski Resort 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. 45% of its trails are rated as "beginner".
Snow Valley Ski Resort Location
Snow Valley Ski Resort is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of Minesing, ON.
Address:
Minesing, ON L0L 1Y3 Canada
View on Google Maps
Website:
skisnowvalley.com/explore/report
GPS Coordinates:
44.41100, -79.79200
Getting to Snow Valley Ski Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Snow Valley Ski Resort), its coordinates of 44.41100, -79.79200 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Minesing, ON 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 Snow Valley Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lester B. Pearson International Airport | YYZ | Toronto, ON | 83 km |
| Buffalo Niagara International Airport | BUF | Buffalo, NY | 184 km |
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 Snow Valley Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport | YTZ | Toronto, ON | 93 km |
| Waterloo Airport | YKF | Kitchener, ON | 116 km |
| John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport | YHM | Hamilton, ON | 138 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Snow Valley 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 Snow Valley Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Resort | Barrie, ON | 1,332 ft | 37% | 18 km |
| Mount St. Louis Moonstone | Coldwater, ON | 1,252 ft | 29% | 26 km |
| Mansfield Ski Club | Mansfield, ON | 1,227 ft | 41% | 32 km |
| Blue Mountain | The Blue Mountains, ON | 1,482 ft | 46% | 43 km |
| Hockley Valley Resort | Mono, ON | 1,387 ft | 46% | 52 km |
| Uplands Ski Centre | Thornhill, ON | 656 ft | 13% | 71 km |
| Skyloft Ski Resort | Uxbridge, ON | 1,330 ft | 34% | 71 km |
| Lakeridge Resort | Uxbridge, ON | 1,213 ft | 23% | 72 km |
| Dagmar Resort | Uxbridge, ON | 653 ft | 18% | 73 km |
| Mount Chinguacousy | Brampton, ON | 777 ft | 13% | 76 km |
| Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre | North York, ON | 633 ft | 22% | 79 km |
| Centennial Park Ski & Snowboard Centre | Etobicoke, ON | 557 ft | 18% | 85 km |
| Devil's Elbow Ski Area | Bethany, ON | 0 ft | 29% | 99 km |
| Glen Eden | Milton, ON | 1,049 ft | 13% | 101 km |
| Brimacombe | Orono, ON | 1,020 ft | 23% | 106 km |
| Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Area | Huntsville, ON | 1,276 ft | 21% | 117 km |
| Chicopee | Kitchener, ON | 1,213 ft | 33% | 119 km |
| Sir Sam's Ski Area | Eagle Lake, ON | 1,450 ft | 42% | 131 km |
| Sugarloaf | Carrabassett Valley, ME | 4,237 ft | 67% | 150 km |
Snow Valley Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,053 ft |
| Base Elevation | 774 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 279 ft |
| Trails | 20 (45% Beginner, 25% Intermediate, 30% Expert) |
| Lifts | 8 |
| Skiable Acres | 85 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 130 inches |