Mt. Waterman
Angeles National Forest (San Gabriel Mountains) · near La Cañada / Los Angeles · Los Angeles / SoCal
Skiing & Snowboarding
At a glance
- Pass
- independent
- Vertical
- 1030
- Size
- 350 acres
- Season
- Operates only when natural snow allows — can be a few weekends or a full winter · No snowmaking
What is here
- Best for
- LA Proximity · Old-School Character · Tree Skiing · Value
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Skiing & Snowboarding detail
- Nickname
- LA's Closest, Natural-Snow-Only Throwback
- Summit
- 8038
- Lifts
- 3
- Avg snowfall
- Natural snow only — season entirely weather-dependent
- Night skiing
- No
- Terrain park
- No
- Ski school
- Yes
- On mountain lodging
- No
- Signature runs
- The natural-snow tree runs
- Intl tip
- Mt. Waterman is on the Angeles Crest Highway (Hwy 2), one of LA's great mountain drives, in the San Gabriel Mountains. Always check whether it's operating before heading up — it runs on natural snow only. The same range holds excellent summer hiking and the Mt. Wilson Observatory.
The guide
Mt. Waterman is the closest ski area to Los Angeles — just an hour from downtown in the Angeles National Forest — and one of th…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mt. Waterman — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.339, -117.937