Soda Springs
Soda Springs (Donner Summit, off I-80) · near Soda Springs / Truckee · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Skiing & Snowboarding
At a glance
- Pass
- independent
- Vertical
- 650
- Size
- 200 acres
- Season
- Mid-December–early April · Tubing and snow play alongside skiing
What is here
- Best for
- Families with Young Kids · Tubing · Snow Play · First-Timers
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Skiing & Snowboarding detail
- Nickname
- The Family Snow-Play Original
- Summit
- 7350
- Lifts
- 5
- Avg snowfall
- 400+ inches
- Night skiing
- No
- Terrain park
- Yes
- Ski school
- Yes
- On mountain lodging
- No
- Signature runs
- Planet Kraken tubing · Beginner ski terrain
- Intl tip
- Soda Springs is off I-80 at Donner Summit, next to Boreal — the most accessible snow from Sacramento and the Bay Area, no mountain-road driving. It's the go-to for families wanting snow play and tubing alongside gentle skiing. Royal Gorge (North America's largest cross-country resort) is right here too.
The guide
Soda Springs, one of the oldest ski areas in California (operating since the 1930s), has reinvented itself as the state's famil…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Soda Springs — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.322, -120.381