Maine Prairie, Minnesota · United States · ski area
Powder Ridge ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Powder Ridge is a ski area in Maine Prairie, Minnesota, United States with 3.8 km of mapped downhill runs and 6 lifts, between 354 m and 429 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 3.8 km
- Lifts
- 6
- Top elevation
- 429 m
- Vertical drop
- 75 m
- Nearest airport
- STC · 30 km
Slopes by difficulty
13 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Chairlifts
- 1 J-bars
- 1 Rope tows
- 1 Magic carpets
Powder Ridge is a ski area in Maine Prairie, Minnesota, the United States. Its 13 mapped downhill runs add up to 3.8 km, which ranks it #335 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 294 m long.
Slopes at Powder Ridge
About 37% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 39% intermediate and 24% advanced or expert, which makes Powder Ridge a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 6 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 1 j-bar, 1 rope tow, 1 magic carpet. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 354 m up to 429 m, a vertical drop of 75 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Powder Ridge
The nearest airport is Saint Cloud Regional Airport (STC), about 30 km away in a straight line — roughly 39 minutes by car; Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) is 100 km away. Nearby ski areas include Graystone Trail, Woodland Trails Regional Park, Baker Park Reserve and Carver Park Reserve.
Nearest airports to Powder Ridge
- 1 STC30 kmstraight line
- 2Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldMSP100 kmstraight lineMinneapolis, United States
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- 3 BRD119 kmstraight line
- 4 RST214 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Powder Ridge
- 26 kmGraystone Trailup to 336 m
- 56 kmWoodland Trails Regional Parkup to 334 m
- 65 kmBaker Park Reserveup to 325 m
- 70 kmCarver Park Reserveup to 317 m
- 72 kmElm Creek Park Reserveup to 284 m
- 77 kmClifton E. French Regional Parkup to 290 m
- 77 kmMinnesota Landscape Arboretumup to 315 m
- 81 kmBunker Hills Regional Parkup to 282 m
- 83 kmGlen Lake Winter Trailheadup to 295 m
- 87 kmTheodore Wirth: Loppet Trailsup to 294 m
- 89 kmChain of Lakes Ski Trailsup to 273 m
- 90 kmColumbia Ski Trailsup to 276 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.