Mission Ridge Ski Area
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Mission Ridge Ski Area is a ski area in the western United States, located near Wenatchee, Washington. On the leeward east slope of the Cascade Range, its base elevation is at Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level with the peak at Script error: No such module "convert"., yielding a vertical drop of Script error: No such module "convert".. Mission Ridge receives an average snowfall of Script error: No such module "convert". per year, with over 300 sunny days, and its slopes face primarily northeast.
Alpine skiing
Mission Ridge has six lifts providing access to Script error: No such module "convert". of terrain:
- One High speed detachable quad, with bubbles[1]
- Three fixed grip double chairlifts
- Two rope tows
Mission Ridge has a relatively small terrain park, called the B-24 terrain park.
The ski area has had night skiing and snowmaking since 1978,[2] and expanded the snowmaking capacity in 2005.[1]
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Base facilities
The Hampton Lodge at the base of the mountain includes a restaurant, bar, shop, and rental center. Additionally, facilities in the base area include lesson centers and first aid operations.
History
The name "Mission Ridge" was selected in June 1964,[3] and it began operations Template:Years or months ago in the fall of 1966 with two chairlifts[4] in the Squilchuck Basin, where a Walla WallaTemplate:En dashbased B-24 Liberator bomber crashed on September 30, 1944.[5][6] Two more lifts were constructed in 1970 and 1972. A wing section of the B-24 plane was removed from the mountain and taken down to the lodge in 1985; it was hauled back up the mountain in October 1992, and mounted on steel poles above "Bomber Bowl."[6]
Bill Johnson, the gold medalist in downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics, trained at the Mission Ridge Ski Academy as a teenager.[7] In 2005, the new Liberator Express replaced Chair 2, and then in 2020, the Wenatchee Express bubble lift replaced Liberator Express.
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External links
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- Ski Map.org – trail maps – Mission Ridge ski area
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