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Windy Ridge at Mission Ridge Ski Area

Expert · 1550 m long with 125 m of vertical, averaging 5° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
1550 mlength
125 mvertical
2021 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Windy Ridge 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 Ridge

Lifts that reach the top: Chair 3 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Wenatchee Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chair 1
  2. Ski Mimi (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ride Chair 3
  5. Ski Windy Ridge (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Windy Ridge/Microwave Traverse, Windy 2, Skookum. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 3 (4 min), Wenatchee Express (4 min), Chair 1 (6 min).

See Windy Ridge 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.