White Pass
Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the lifts mapped in OpenStreetMap, surface lifts and carpets included; the resort publishes no count.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
· ·
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced + expert
White Pass publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. .
Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the summit and the base, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Trail map
2026–27 season · artist not stated
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 500 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs.
Getting there
Yakima Air Terminal (YKM) 1 h 3 min · Portland International (PDX) 2 h 45 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
Passes, rankings and every number
Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.
Passes
Indy (2 days)Indy (2 days)
Rankings
14 — #62 lift vert.14 — #62 lift vert., #117 lifts in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#123 of 341 U.S. · #3 in Washington
- Highest lift-served elevation#135 of 471 U.S. · #3 in Washington
- Base elevation#130 of 316 U.S. · #4 in Washington
- Advertised vertical drop#77 of 388 U.S. · #4 in Washington
- Lift-served vertical#62 of 304 U.S. · #4 in Washington
- Skiable acres#56 of 316 U.S. · #5 in Washington
- Named trails#129 of 347 U.S. · #5 in Washington
- Advanced + expert terrain#181 of 202 U.S. · #7 in Washington
- Beginner runs#58 of 202 U.S. · #2 in Washington
- Total lifts#117 of 479 U.S. · #4 in Washington
- Average annual snowfall#38 of 252 U.S. · #4 in Washington
- Drive from the fly-in airport#389 of 504 U.S. · #11 in Washington
- Drive from nearest major airport#361 of 504 U.S. · #11 in Washington
- Drive from closest airline airport#290 of 506 U.S. · #7 in Washington