Heavenly Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Heavenly Mountain Resort is a ski area in Kingsbury, Nevada, the United States. Its 141 mapped downhill runs add up to 85 km, which ranks it #21 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.9% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 603 m long.

Slopes at Heavenly Mountain Resort

About 8% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 64% intermediate and 28% advanced or expert, which makes Heavenly Mountain Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 26 lifts: 18 chairlifts, 3 funiculars, 2 magic carpets, 1 gondola, 1 rope tow, 1 cable car. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,024 m up to 3,036 m, a vertical drop of 1,012 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Heavenly Mountain Resort

The nearest airport is Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 47 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 1 min by car; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 64 km away. Nearby ski areas include Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort (27.2 km), Homewood Mountain Resort, Homewood Ski Area (34.7 km) and Kirkwood Mountain Resort (41.2 km), which together add 118 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.