About Mt. Bachelor Ski Area

Mt. Bachelor Ski Area

Only 20 minutes from Bend and Sunriver, Mt. Bachelor, a 9,065-foot volcanic cone, offers world-class skiing and snowboarding from November well into the spring. In the summers, the resort offers summer bike parks and, new for 2020, a zipline adventure. 

Famous for its deep powder and surfy terrain, the mountain annually plays host to Olympic hopefuls and international competitions. Not only is Mt. Bachelor a great place for expert skiers and riders to get that burn, it is also a fantastic place to learn a snow sport or take the family for an exciting day out. 

Mt. Bachelor recently expanded the learning terrain in the Sunrise Lodge base area with the addition of one new chairlift in addition to the existing Carrousel chair, plus two covered conveyor carpets. The resort is offering free and easy rides up the new 70-foot covered carpet conveyor lift open seven days a week. In addition the resort introduced the Woodward Terrain park, a network of featured terrain park zones all around the mountain. 

With 4,300 acres of terrain served by a network of eleven lifts, eight of which are high-speed quads (including the recently-added Cloudchaser lift), there’s room for every interest and ability. In addition to the world-renowned downhill skiing and snowboarding; snowshoeing tours, sled dog rides and Nordic skiing are all offered on site.

In the summertime, the resort offers lift served access to more than a dozen miles of downhill oriented bike trails and, new for 2020, the Northwest’s steepest, fastest, and highest-elevation zipline adventure. Also on tap are scenic chairlift rides, sunset dinner, disc golf and more. 

Located on Cascade Lakes Hwy, 22 miles southwest of Bend

Reviews & Ratings

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.3/5 TripAdvisor Traveler Rating based on 706 reviews

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  • TripAdvisor Rating
    September 9, 2025
    Fred H

    Best Ski area in the USA

    Our favorite place to go skiing. it is very expensive, but it such a beautiful mountain. We try to do a week trip every year.

  • TripAdvisor Rating
    July 22, 2025
    Balletgirljen97068

    First Time Ziplining

    The zip tour experience was excellent from start to finish. We had 3 excellent guides who helped to keep us safe and excited for our adventure. While it was a little nerve-wrecking to get hooked up on the platforms, once on the line, it was a fun and thrilling experience. You can control your own speed as you go. The views from each line were unmatched.

  • TripAdvisor Rating
    July 6, 2025
    Cruiser33574317959

    Great views and fun for out of town teens!

    Four stars due to the wait time at each section of the ride. Choose am or early afternoon on warm days. Shorts and a hoodie worked well. Being bottled water.

  • TripAdvisor Rating
    April 17, 2025
    Sennet C

    Great skiing, friendly staff, WTF management - Terrible camping

    The mountain is 4 stars. The resort is 2.5. The camping used to be great, but some jack_ss decided that running snow moving equipment from 1 am to 6 am every day from Sunday to Thursday was a good idea and it put a real damper on this rating. There was hardly any snow, we were camping in spring and our (2) families were hard pressed to get a decent night's sleep for the entirety of our stay. I have worked at several resorts and in the parking lot of a few, so I have the utmost respect and appreciation for the front line folks that are doing their respective jobs. IDKWTF management is doing. I know that they were trying to prep for their big festival weekend, but every aspect of what was going on was totally inconsiderate of the many campers that were staying there and an utter waste of resources. Scraping the sidewalls of the snow bank right in front of the camping area at 3 am is the most dickish of moves. When you book your camping, you agree to their cancellation/no show policy (which, by the word, seems like they take very seriously). It's a f'n joke. We found out that you can pay for a site for a week or a month and never show, but as long as you "check in" (tell them that you will show sometime between day 1 and day 7) they don't GAF. Our discovery was made when I attempted to get our camp closer to our family friends who were also camping during the same time. This was our third spring break at the resort and will be the last that we camp there. In years past, we spoke to the camp host and they'd be able to make a few adjustments to accommodate (which has always been very much appreciated). I wouldn't normally take this much effort to write a review, but the way this all unfolded was a slap in the face. I was told by multiple hosts, guest services and the parking manager that all the powered sites were booked solid for the entirety of our stay (we had successfully booked 3 nights powered and another without), yet every single night there were 4-5 vacant powered sites that included the site next to the family that we were camping with and attempting to get moved next to. Every single day: "Nope, every powered site is booked out." Every following morning: multiple vacancies in powered sites It was extremely disappointing. Our family RV's to many different resorts. This was the most obnoxiously unnecessary use of snow moving equipment I have ever experienced. What makes it worse is that I've done that job and know, first hand, how dumb it is to waste the level of resources wasted to move a few inches of snow while 40? campsites are TRYING TO SLEEP. I've been camping when FEET of snow fell and the machines usually came through between 4-5 am. This bullsht started at 1 am, every f'n night. Apparently, there's an abundance of diesel to accompany the absence of brain cells. It sucks, too, because we've had lots of fun in years past.

  • TripAdvisor Rating
    April 7, 2025
    Sarah M

    Always a Great Mountain!

    There certainly was plenty of snow! We have skied for a week at Mt Bachelor several different years. There was talk this year the owners were putting it up for sale. However, I recently read that they have decided not to sell. I'm glad. It is one of the few large ski resorts left that hasn't been destroyed by the corporate ski industry. It's a great ski mountain. Yes, they need to put some serious money into the repair/replacement of a couple of their problematic lifts. And their lodges are basic and/or tired. But, it's a great mountain. If you seriously like to ski and aren't just trying to impress people with 'being seen', go and enjoy!

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Snow Report

  • Status

    Open

  • 24HR

    0"

  • BASE

    0"

More information about Mt. Bachelor Ski Area

  • Average Annual Snow Base

    150 - 200 inches

  • Average Annual Snowfall

    462 inches

  • Base Lodge Elevation

    6,300 feet

  • Beginner Runs

    15%

  • Bottom Lift Elevation

    6,300 feet

  • Expert Runs

    20%

  • Intermediate Runs

    35%

  • Maximum Run Length

    4 miles

  • Number of Runs

    101

  • Top Lift Elevation

    9,065 feet

  • Total Lifts

    11

  • Vertical Drop

    3,365 feet