Sacramento, CA · Within 6 hours
Ski resorts near Sacramento
22 resorts · Sorted by drive time
How this list is built
Drive times start from downtown Sacramento (38.58° N, 121.49° W). Sacramento has no cached road routes yet, so every time is marked ≈ and estimated from straight-line distance at 60 mph with a 1.2 road factor. Expect real drives to be longer in mountain traffic. Opening status comes from each resort's own report when it is fresh, otherwise from its announced or projected season dates. Snow is the NOHRSC 24 h analysis (Measured) and only appears while a resort is running. Data loaded Sep 27, 03:49 UTC, refreshed every 10 minutes.
Under 2 hours
15 resorts- ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Kirkwood Mountain Resort
CAEpicOpens Dec 4 · in 68 days2,000 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Sierra-at-Tahoe
CAIkonOpens Dec 26 · in 90 days · projected2,212 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Bear Valley Mountain Resort
CAIndyOpens Nov 27 · in 61 days · projected1,900 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Alpine Meadows
CAIkonOff-season · Check resort for opening date - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Soda Springs Mountain Resort
CAIndep.Opens Dec 18 · in 82 days · projected652 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Homewood Mountain Resort
CAIndep.Opens Dec 26 · in 90 days · projected1,651 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Sugar Bowl Resort
CAMCOpens Dec 4 · in 68 days · projected1,500 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Palisades Tahoe
CAIkonOpens Nov 25 · in 59 days2,850 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Boreal Mountain Resort
CAIndep.Opens Nov 27 · in 61 days · projected500 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 35 minestimated
Donner Ski Ranch
CAIndyOpens Dec 11 · in 75 days · projected751 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 40 minestimated
Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area
CAIndep.Opens Dec 12 · in 76 days · projected600 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 45 minestimated
Heavenly Mountain Resort
CAEpicOpens Nov 20 · in 54 days3,812 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 45 minestimated
Dodge Ridge
CAIndyOpens Dec 26 · in 90 days · projected1,600 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 45 minestimated
Northstar California
CAEpicOpens Nov 20 · in 54 days2,280 ft vertical - ≈ 1 h 55 minestimated
Diamond Peak
NVIndep.Opens Dec 3 · in 67 days · projected1,840 ft vertical
2 to 4 hours
6 resorts- ≈ 2 hestimated
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
NVIndep.Opens Nov 20 · in 54 days · projected1,800 ft vertical - ≈ 2 h 20 minestimated
Badger Pass Ski Area (Yosemite)
CAIndep.Opens Dec 26 · in 90 days · projected600 ft vertical - ≈ 2 h 50 minestimated
June Mountain
CAIkonOpens Dec 19 · in 83 days2,545 ft vertical - ≈ 3 hestimated
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
CAIkonOpens Nov 13 · in 47 days3,100 ft vertical - ≈ 3 h 10 minestimated
China Peak Mountain Resort
CAIndyOpens Nov 27 · in 61 days · projected1,700 ft vertical - ≈ 3 h 50 minestimated
Mt. Shasta Ski Park
CAIndyOpens ~Dec 15 · in 79 days2,036 ft vertical
4 to 6 hours
1 resort≈ Estimated from straight-line distance; the resort page and the map upgrade a tapped resort to an exact route.
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