Minnesota · United States · ski area
Welch Village ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Welch Village is a ski area in Minnesota, United States with 14 km of mapped downhill runs and 10 lifts, between 216 m and 314 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 14 km
- Lifts
- 10
- Top elevation
- 314 m
- Vertical drop
- 98 m
- Nearest airport
- MSP · 53 km
Slopes by difficulty
54 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap, 14 km with snowmaking. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 8 Chairlifts
- 1 Rope tows
- 1 Magic carpets
Welch Village is a ski area in Minnesota, the United States. Its 54 mapped downhill runs add up to 14 km, which ranks it #186 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 266 m long.
Slopes at Welch Village
About 32% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 21% intermediate and 46% advanced or expert, which makes Welch Village best suited to confident and advanced skiers. 14.4 km (100%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 10 lifts: 8 chairlifts, 1 rope tow, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 216 m up to 314 m, a vertical drop of 98 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Welch Village
The nearest airport is Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP), about 53 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 9 min by car; Rochester International Airport (RST) is 74 km away. Nearby ski areas include Lake Byllesby Regional Park, Spring Lake Park Reserve, Lone Rock Trail and Whitetail Woods Regional Park, which together add 14 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Welch Village
- 1Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldMSP53 kmstraight lineMinneapolis, United States
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- 2 RST74 kmstraight line
- 3 EAU104 kmstraight line
- 4 LSE139 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Welch Village
- 18 kmLake Byllesby Regional Parkup to 264 m
- 28 kmSpring Lake Park Reserveup to 270 m
- 30 kmLone Rock Trailup to 299 m
- 32 kmWhitetail Woods Regional Parkup to 302 m
- 34 kmAfton Alps14 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 310 m
- 34 kmAfton State Parkup to 305 m
- 38 kmSteeplechase Ski & Snowboard3.9 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 339 m
- 42 kmLebanon Hills Regional Parkup to 330 m
- 47 kmBattle Creek Regional Park Eastup to 307 m
- 48 kmBuck Hill2.9 km of slopes · 12 lifts · up to 367 m
- 48 kmBattle Creek Regional Parkup to 301 m
- 49 kmLake Elmo Nordic Center Trailsup to 289 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.