Powder Ridge ski area, Connecticut - Skiing and Snowboarding

Powder Ridge ski area, Connecticut

Powder Ridge is closed for season due to pending sale. says jm.

Powder Ridge boasts less than average snow every ski season. Powder Ridge is a petite ski hill in possession of a petite elevation difference when you compare it to other ski areas in the region. The 500 foot vertical drop is naturally not that much to brag about, but Powder Ridge has so many other fine attributes. The skiable area being 88 acres, it's more of a petite style ski mountain. No other ski area for 25 miles has a higher elevation difference.

    This ski area has a much lower than average fraction of demanding ski trails and a much higher than average fraction of green and blue ski runs. There are brilliant comfortable hotels here, but you'd better book previous to going as these hotels fill up quickly.
The 5 great ski lifts here make for a peaceful ride up the mountain. This ski area has a modest assortment of ski runs and enough good ski lifts to serve them all. The 5 feet of snow that falls here per winter is not enormously high, but it's reasonable. This ski area has 19 ski trails, and they are cool to ski on. The skiing and the snowboarding in Connecticut is a tremendous thing to do through the snow season. This is a great location for everybody with loads of green and blue runs for beginners. A magnificent workout

and a chance to spend some time in the great outdoors will make you happy you came. When this segment of Connecticut is blanketed in fluffy snow; it is so pretty for snowboarding or skiing. You may be into skiing or snowboarding, or both, doesn't matter, in this general region, you'll run into a lot of ski resorts. Loads of skiers from Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford like to ski here.

Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.502006
Longitude: -72.737172

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QUICK STATS
Elevation drop: 500 feet
Expert and advanced runs: 25 %
Intermediate runs: 50 %
Beginner runs: 25 %
Runs: 19
Lifts: 5
Annual snowfall: 5 feet
Skiing Area: 88 acres
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Ski Areas Near Powder Ridge ski area:

Mount Southington, Connecticut , 14 miles away
   425 vertical feet
   14 runs - 7 lifts
   33% Expert & Adv.
   33% Intermediate
   34% Beginner

Ski Sundown, Connecticut , 25 miles away
   625 vertical feet
   15 runs - 4 lifts
   25% Expert & Adv.
   25% Intermediate
   50% Beginner

Woodbury, Connecticut , 36 miles away
   300 vertical feet
   18 runs - 4 lifts
   35% Expert & Adv.
   35% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Blandford, Massachusetts , 38 miles away
   465 vertical feet
   26 runs - 5 lifts
   10% Expert & Adv.
   50% Intermediate
   40% Beginner

Mohawk Mountain, Connecticut , 44 miles away
   640 vertical feet
   23 runs - 6 lifts
   20% Expert & Adv.
   60% Intermediate
   20% Beginner

Otis Ridge, Massachusetts , 44 miles away
   400 vertical feet
   11 runs - 5 lifts
   30% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Ski Butternut, Massachusetts , 53 miles away
   1000 vertical feet
   22 runs - 10 lifts
   20% Expert & Adv.
   60% Intermediate
   20% Beginner

Thunder Ridge, New York , 58 miles away
   500 vertical feet
   30 runs - 4 lifts
   20% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   40% Beginner

Berkshire East, Massachusetts , 59 miles away
   1180 vertical feet
   45 runs - 5 lifts
   25% Expert & Adv.
   61% Intermediate
   36% Beginner

Bousquet, Massachusetts , 60 miles away
   750 vertical feet
   10 runs - 5 lifts
   40% Expert & Adv.
   30% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Whitewater Near Powder Ridge ski area:

Hammonasset River, Middlesex/ New Haven County , 13 miles away, Class I-II - 2 miles long (Summer Hill Road to Green Hill Road)

Roaring Brook River, Hartford County , 14 miles away, Class III-IV - 3 miles long (Cold Brook Road to Route 17)

Farmington River - Collinsville, Hartford County , 18 miles away, Class II - 3.5 miles long (Collinsville to Unionville)

Trails Near Powder Ridge ski area:

Washington Trail, Middlesex , 2 miles away

Mattabesset Trail, Middlesex , 3 miles away

Mattabesset Trail, New Haven , 5 miles away

National Parks Near Powder Ridge ski area:

Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue - NY , 39 miles away

Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, Putnam - CT , 64 miles away

Golf Courses Near Powder Ridge ski area:

Indian Springs Golf Club, Middlefield , 1 miles away

Hunter Memorial Golf Course, Meriden , 3 miles away

Miner Hills Golf Course & Driving Range, Middletown , 4 miles away