Yosemite Skiing

Back to Yosemite National ParkYosemite Skiing: Badger Pass

Yosemite's Badger Pass Ski Area (tel. 209/372-8430; www.yosemitepark.com) is usually open from Thanksgiving to Easter Sunday, weather permitting. This small resort, located 22 miles from Yosemite Valley, was established in 1935. There are 10 runs, rated 35% beginner, 50% intermediate, and 15% advanced; with a vertical drop of 800 feet from the highest point of 8,000 feet. There are five lifts -- one triple chair, three double chairs, and a cable tow. Full-day adult lift tickets cost $35, and full-day lift tickets for kids 12 and under are $18; half-day tickets are $25 and $15, respectively.

The ski area has several casual restaurants, a ski shop, ski repairs, a day lodge, lockers, and an excellent ski school, thanks to "Ski Ambassador" Nic Fiore, a Yosemite ski legend who arrived in the park in 1947 to ski for a season and never left. Fiore became director of the ski school in 1956, and park officials credit Fiore with making Badger Pass what it is today -- a family-oriented ski area where generations have learned the art of skiing.

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