Winterplace Ski Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Winterplace Ski Resort is a ski area in West Virginia, the United States. Its 27 mapped downhill runs add up to 8.9 km, which ranks it #237 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 329 m long.

Slopes at Winterplace Ski Resort

About 43% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 38% intermediate and 19% advanced or expert, which makes Winterplace Ski Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 10 lifts: 7 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 923 m up to 1,082 m, a vertical drop of 159 m — typical of a local ski hill.

Getting to Winterplace Ski Resort

The nearest airport is Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW), about 21 km away in a straight line — roughly 28 minutes by car; Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB) is 70 km away. Nearby ski areas include The Homestead Ski Area (2.3 km) and Snowshoe Mountain (31.5 km), which together add 34 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.