Lower Tyee at Mission Ridge Ski Area
Advanced · 195 m long with 80 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 25° at its steepest, facing NE.
25°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
195 mlength
80 mvertical
1805 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Lower Tyee is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Lower Tyee
Lifts that reach the top: Chair 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Wenatchee Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Chair 1
- Ski Mimi (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Chair 3
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Kiwa (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Lower Tyee (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Tumwater. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 3 (2 min), Wenatchee Express (3 min), Chair 1 (5 min).
See Lower Tyee on the 3D mapAll runs at Mission Ridge Ski AreaMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.