Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
1998–3068 m
Vertical drop
1,070 m
Pistes advertised
4,800 acres
Pistes mapped on OSM
94.7 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
21 · 67% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
$239
Passes
Epic
Avg snowfall (mid)
14.4 m / season
Nearest airport
RNO · 75 min
Snow & weather
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The last three winters at 2533 m
Avg snowfall / season
14.4 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
33
Snowy days
61
Avg temp at base
0.2°
Average snowfall by month · best: Mar
Nov
126
Dec
296
Jan
287
Feb
315
Mar
369
Apr
51
By season: 2022/23: 21.5 m · 54 powder days2023/24: 10.6 m · 22 powder days2024/25: 11.3 m · 22 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Dec
296 cm
~2.7 min
~5.1 min
Jan
287 cm
~3.2 min
~9.1 min
Feb
315 cm
~3.8 min
~7.1 min
Mar
369 cm
~4 min
~7.6 min
SWEET SPOT
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Nov 21. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~7 min, worst 16 min.
Weekend: locals are out
Simulate:
🚡 Aerial Tramway
Cable car · 650 p/h · 1,146 m
16 minpredicted
🪑 World Cup
Chairlift · 340 m
14 minpredicted
🪑 First Ride
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,800 p/h · 362 m
13 minpredicted
🪑 Gunbarrel Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,600 p/h · 1,039 m
8 minpredicted
🪑 Groove
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,550 p/h · 377 m
8 minpredicted
🪑 Patsy's
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,800 p/h · 365 m
8 minpredicted
🪑 Tamarack Express
Chairlift · 6-seater · 907 m
8 minpredicted
🪑 Boulder
Chairlift · 888 m
7 minpredicted
🪑 Canyon Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,600 p/h · 1,157 m
7 minpredicted
🪑 Dipper Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,525 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Galaxy
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,800 p/h · 1,671 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Stagecoach Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,747 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Powderbowl Express
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,400 p/h · 693 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 North Bowl Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,509 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Big Easy
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,440 p/h · 275 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Mott Canyon
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,000 p/h · 770 m
5 minpredicted
🚠 Heavenly Gondola
Gondola · 8-seater · 2,800 p/h · 3,710 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Olympic Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,043 m
5 minpredicted
🚞 Skier Express
Funicular · 178 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Sky Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,345 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Comet Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,142 m
4 minpredicted
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ under 2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 7-11 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.
Where to sleep 48 places mapped · 2 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Bootfitters
Shops other skiers recommend for boot fitting (custom footbeds, shell work, liners). Go on your first day: painful boots end more trips than bad snow.
Nearest major airport: RNO, about 75 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Heavenly Mountain Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located on the California–Nevada border in southeastern Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It opened as "Heavenly Valley" 71 years ago on December 15, 1955, and now has 97 runs and 30 lifts spread between four base facilities in both states. The resort has 4,800 acres within its permit area, with approximately 33% currently developed for skiing, boasting the highest elevation of the Lake Tahoe area resorts at 10,067 feet (3,068 m) above sea level, with a maximum lift-served elevation of 10,040 feet (3,060 m). Wikipedia