Trollhaugen
Trollhaugen is a ski area located in the state of Wisconsin in USA. The resort is in the town of Dresser, WI.
We recently ranked all of Wisconsin's ski resorts, so you can see where Trollhaugen stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Trollhaugen 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.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Trollhaugen around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Trollhaugen Terrain Overview
Trollhaugen has a total of 24 ski trails, which are serviced by 8 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Trollhaugen is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 86 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 35 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.3 square kilometers.
Trollhaugen's slopes see on average 55 inches (1.4 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
24
Lifts
8
Skiable Acres
86(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
55"(140 cm)
Trollhaugen Elevation
Trollhaugen has a summit elevation of 1,200 feet, or 366 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 940 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 260 feet (79 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Trollhaugen has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,200'(366 m)
Vertical Drop
260'(79 m)
Base Elevation
940'(286 m)
Trollhaugen Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
32.9out 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
Trollhaugen has 86 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Trollhaugen is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 29% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 71%.
Beginner
29%(25 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
43%(37 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
28%(24 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 Trollhaugen good for beginners?
Trollhaugen 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 71% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Trollhaugen Location
Trollhaugen is located in the state of Wisconsin, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Dresser, WI.
Address:
Dresser, WI 54009 USA
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Website:
trollhaugen.com
GPS Coordinates:
43.79000, -88.79000
Getting to Trollhaugen
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Trollhaugen), its coordinates of 43.79000, -88.79000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Dresser, WI 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 Trollhaugen.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | MKE | Milwaukee, WI | 73 mi |
| O'Hare International Airport | ORD | Chicago, IL | 133 mi |
| Midway International Airport | MDW | Chicago, IL | 148 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 Trollhaugen.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dane County Regional Truax Field | MSN | Madison, WI | 53 mi |
| Austin Straubel International Airport | GRB | Green Bay, WI | 58 mi |
| Chicago Rockford International Airport | RFD | Chicago/Rockford, IL | 111 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Trollhaugen, 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 Trollhaugen.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | Wausau, WI | 1,924 ft | 39% | 0 mi |
| Highlands of Olympia | Ripon, WI | 1,001 ft | 23% | 0 mi |
| Little Switzerland | Slinger, WI | 1,269 ft | 30% | 0 mi |
| Tyrol Basin | Ripon, WI | 1,160 ft | 37% | 0 mi |
| Wilmot Mountain | Wilmot, WI | 1,030 ft | 37% | 0 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | Portage, WI | 1,280 ft | 37% | 42 mi |
| Devil's Head | Merrimac, WI | 995 ft | 36% | 49 mi |
| Sunburst | Madison, WI | 1,100 ft | 42% | 49 mi |
| Standing Rocks | Stevens Point, WI | 1,220 ft | 31% | 54 mi |
| Christmas Mountain | Wisconsin Dells, WI | 1,250 ft | 26% | 55 mi |
| Hidden Valley | Maribel, WI | 1,460 ft | 32% | 61 mi |
| Alpine Valley | Elkhorn, WI | 1,040 ft | 32% | 75 mi |
| The Rock Snowpark | Janesville, WI | 290 ft | 36% | 82 mi |
| Grand Geneva | Lake Geneva, WI | 1,086 ft | 33% | 84 mi |
| Christie Mountain | Bruce, WI | 1,650 ft | 34% | 98 mi |
| Nordic Mountain | Mountain, WI | 1,137 ft | 40% | 98 mi |
Trollhaugen Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,200 ft |
| Base Elevation | 940 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 260 ft |
| Trails | 24 (29% Beginner, 43% Intermediate, 28% Expert) |
| Lifts | 8 |
| Skiable Acres | 86 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 55 inches |