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Ski Apache Ski Resort

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Ski Apache Snow Totals
Upcoming Snow Potential
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This is Less Than Average for Ski Apache
Ski Apache skiing by month:
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Core Strengths

Ski Apache
Snow Quality
52.3
Overall
47.3
Snow Volume
36.9
Overall
Overall PAF Score

Overall
Rank

151

Rank in
Region

68

Rank in
State

6

This resort is often compared with:

Taos
Angel Fire
Ski Santa Fe
Ski Apache Snow Quality Across Full Winter
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Ski Apache Snowfall Last 10 Days (inches)

Powder
Forecast

Powder Forecast
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True Snow: 185" per year
Snow Quality Rank

114

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Dump Potential Rank

173

Ski Apache Ski Resort is ranked No. 173 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Historical Powder Odds
Daily Lottery

% of days with more than 6" of snow

7.0%

Extended Stay

% of months with more than 90" of snow

1.0%

Drought Threat

% of months with less than 30" of snow

45.0%

*Special thanks to Tony Crocker and Bestsnow.net.

Dump Potential Rank

173

Ski Apache Ski Resort is ranked No. 173 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Snow
Quality
Rank

114

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Total Snow Score

This score accounts for total snow quantity, its moisture content, the resort's latitude, elevation, and its slope aspects, which affect total snow preservation.

Comparables

Ski Apache Ski Resort

Trail Breakdown

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Vertical Drop

1900 ft

11500 ft
Base Elevation: 9600 ft

Slope Aspects

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The Skiing at Ski Apache

Apache is in the Southwest.

A Few Words On The Snow

If you're waiting for a powder day at Ski Apache Ski Resort, then you might have a long wait. Only 7.0% of winter days see more than 6 inches of snowfall, which means, on average, you'll have to spend 10 days or more mining the slopes at Ski Apache Ski Resort to score that one great day. It could be worse, however. You could be muskie fishing.

Skiing at Ski Apache Ski Resort is about getting outside, ripping up the slope, eating chili dogs and getting in as much vertical as you can. It's not about big dumps. And that's okay. This place is about honing your skills for that trip to Snowbird or Alaska. With only 1.0% of months at Ski Apache Ski Resort getting more than 90 inches of snow, this isn't the place to set up your powderhound shack.

Drought Potential

If you're banking on snow and you're boarding a plane for a week at Ski Apache Ski Resort, you should temper your expectations. This is a place where winter drought can grab hold of the weather pattern for long periods, as 45.0% of the winter months here see less than 30 inches of snow.

Getting to Ski Apache Ski Resort, if you're flying in

If you have to get on a plane and still spend more than three hours, in this case a full 205 minutes to get to Ski Apache Ski Resort, the payoff has to be big. We're here, hoping you get that bounty. Here's to snow at Ski Apache Ski Resort, and lots of it; may your gamble pay off!