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Windy 5 at Mission Ridge Ski Area

Expert · 216 m long with 89 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 35° at its steepest, facing N.

35°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
216 mlength
89 mvertical
2025 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Windy 5 is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Windy 5

Lifts that reach the top: Wenatchee Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 18 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chair 1
  2. Ski Mimi (easy)
  3. Ride Wenatchee Express
  4. Ski Tumwater (advanced)
  5. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  6. Ski Windy Ridge/Microwave Traverse (advanced)
  7. Ski Windy 5 (expert)
See Windy 5 on the 3D mapAll runs at Mission Ridge Ski Area
Measured 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.