California · United States · ski area
Donner Ski Ranch ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Donner Ski Ranch is a ski area in California, United States with 18 km of mapped downhill runs and 8 lifts, between 2,145 m and 2,363 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 18 km
- Lifts
- 8
- Top elevation
- 2,363 m
- Vertical drop
- 218 m
- Nearest airport
- TKF · 17 km
Slopes by difficulty
47 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 6 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
Donner Ski Ranch is a ski area in California, the United States. Its 47 mapped downhill runs add up to 18 km, which ranks it #154 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 386 m long.
Slopes at Donner Ski Ranch
About 35% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 40% intermediate and 25% advanced or expert, which makes Donner Ski Ranch a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 8 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,145 m up to 2,363 m, a vertical drop of 218 m — typical of a local ski hill. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Donner Ski Ranch
The nearest airport is Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 17 km away in a straight line — roughly 22 minutes by car; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 53 km away. Nearby ski areas include Boreal Mountain Resort (14.0 km), Sugar Bowl Resort (38.7 km), Christmas Tree Homesites and Soda Springs (6.9 km), which together add 68 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Donner Ski Ranch
- 1 TKF17 kmstraight line
- 2Reno Tahoe International AirportRNO53 kmstraight lineReno, United States
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- 3Sacramento International AirportSMF129 kmstraight lineSacramento, United States
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- 4 SCK177 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Donner Ski Ranch
- 1 kmBoreal Mountain Resort14 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,346 m
- 2 kmSugar Bowl Resort39 km of slopes · 12 lifts · up to 2,550 m
- 2 kmChristmas Tree Homesitesup to 2,317 m
- 4 kmSoda Springs6.9 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 2,227 m
- 7 kmTahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area8.7 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 2,219 m
- 7 kmTahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area5 lifts · up to 2,219 m
- 10 kmKingvaleSmall ski area
- 16 kmPalisades Tahoe Olympic Valley67 km of slopes · 27 lifts · up to 2,663 m
- 19 kmNorthstar at Tahoe Resort83 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 2,625 m
- 20 kmPalisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows38 km of slopes · 17 lifts · up to 2,588 m
- 24 kmGranlibakken Ski Resort0.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,997 m
- 31 kmHomewood Ski Area35 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,402 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.