Mission Ridge Ski Area

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The Mission Ridge Ski Area

The Mission Ridge Ski Area is a ski area in the western United States 12 mi (19 km) from Wenatchee in Chelan County in the state of Washington . At the leeward eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains its base lie on 4,570 ft (1,393 m) altitude above the sea level and the summit at 6,820 ft (2,079 m). Mission Ridge has an average snowfall of 5.1 meters per year; there are more than 300 sunny days. The slopes are mostly directed to the southeast.

Alpine skiing

Mission Ridge has six lifts that provide access to more than 2,000 acres (8 km²) and have a capacity of 4,910 people per hour:

These lifts serve 36 runs, 10% of which are classified as easy, 60% as difficult and 30% as extremely difficult. Mission Ridge has a relatively small area for snowboarding and freestyle skiing ("terrain park"), the so-called B-24 Terrain Park.

Since 1978, the ski area has had night skiing (from four in the afternoon to nine in the evening) and the provision of artificial snow , the capacity of which was expanded in 2005.

Base station

The Hampton Lodge at the valley station of the mountain includes restaurants, bars, shops and rental stations. There are also ski schools, a childcare center and a first aid station.

history

The name "Mission Ridge" was chosen in June 1964. Business began in the fall of 1966 with two chairlifts in Squilchuck Basin, where a B-24 bomber stationed at Walla Walla Regional Airport crashed on September 30, 1944. One wing of the aircraft was recovered from the mountain in 1985 and brought to the lodge; it was set up again in October 1992 on the mountain above the "Bomber Bowl".

Bill Johnson , a 1984 men's downhill Olympic gold medalist, trained at Mission Ridge Ski Academy as a teenager.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christine Pratt: Quad lift at Mission Ridge is a go for this winter . In: Ellensburg Daily Record , July 11, 2005, p. 2. 
  2. ^ Mission Ridge to add lights, snowmaking . In: Ellensburg Daily Record , May 24, 1978, p. 14. 
  3. ^ Promote Mission Ridge . In: Ellensburg Daily Record , June 12, 1964, p. 6. 
  4. ^ Mission Ridge plans expansion . In: Spokane Daily Chronicle , Mar. 14, 1967, p. 17. 
  5. ↑ Bomber crashes near Wenatchee . In: Ellensburg Daily Record , October 2, 1944, p. 1. 
  6. ↑ a b Snow comes . In: Ellensburg Daily Record , November 13, 1992, p. 13. 
  7. ↑ Jeff Halstead: Ski Mission Ridge and have it all . In: Spokesman Review , February 6, 1987, p. 12, weekend supplement. 

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Coordinates: 47 ° 18 ′  N , 120 ° 24 ′  W