About Mad River Mountain

Mad River Mountain is Ohio's largest ski resort, located only a short drive from Columbus, Dayton, and Lima in Zanesfield, OH. The resort opened in 1962 and will begin the 50th season of operations this season.

Over the years the facility has grown from a small day resort into the 144-acre winter playground that it is today. The sheer size of the resort allows us to provide programs and terrain not found at other Midwest resorts. With family-friendly programs for all ages and an award winning instructional staff, Mad River Mountain is your destination for fun this winter.

For skiing and snowboarding you will find six chair and six surface lifts accessing 24 slopes and trails, including 2 progressive terrain parks, Momentum and Capital Park. You can also experience everyone’s favorite new way to enjoy the snow at the Avalanche Tubing Park. Featuring 10 newly extended chutes, each 1000 feet long, and serviced by two conveyor lifts to zip you and your tube to the top, Avalanche Tubing Park equals no-skills-required fun.

Along with the most expansive skiable terrain in Ohio, Mad River Mountain is home to the state’s largest snow making system. Our 133 fan guns have the ability to pump over 7000 gallons of water per minute to cover 100% of our terrain. Wax your skis, grab your family and friends, and head to the highest point in the state for fun all winter long. 

Mad River Mountain's season runs December through March, and as always we can't make snow or keep it around unless we have some help from Mother Nature so we are dependent on weather. 

NEW and Improved at MRM for 2011-12

• Cost-effective Family Season Pass Product
• Larger, Expanded Tubing Park Lodge
• Longer Tubing Chutes- Now Pushing 1000 feet in length! 
• New Carpet and Flooring in our Base Lodge 
• An additional Race Course (offering different courses and opening up terrain)
• Newly designed park features and builds
• New & more skis, snowboards and boots in our rental fleet
• An added, rentable conference room
• The addition of Full Day Adventure Place program (includes lunch!)
• More convenient lesson times in Ski School
• 50th Anniversary Learn To Ski and Ride Package
• 50th Anniversary Car Load Tubing Special
• Mad River Mountain Race League (Wednesdays, Sat, Sun, & Junior Events)
• Decade Weekends honoring some of the most memorable eras from the past 50 seasons

FACILITY FEATURES

• 144 Ski-able acres
• Ohio's largest snowmaking system!
• 1,460-foot mountain elevation
• 300-foot vertical drop
• 6 Chair Lifts, 3 Hand Tows, 2 Rope Tows & 3 Carpet Lifts
• 2 Lodges offering food services in each
• The Loft Bar with Pizzeria & Sub Station 
• Indoor/Outdoor Picnic Areas
• Ski & Snowboard School Learning Center
• National Ski Patrol
• Ski/Snowboard Retail Shop offering logowear, accessories, and more.
• Avalanche Tubing Park
• Over 8 Acres of beginner learning terrain (the largest in Ohio)

Mad River Mountain Resort has 24 slopes and trails ranging in skill level and difficulty:

• Easiest Trails:
  Discovery Beginner Area, Fanny Hill Beginner Area, Summit Trail, Sundowner Family Comfort Zone, Valley View
• More Difficult Trails: Lower Mad River, Regulator, Upper Sidewinder, Lower Sidewinder, Short Cut, Twister, Eagles Nest, Deer Run
• Most Difficult : Drop Out, Peril, Sugar Bush, Cross-Cut, Upper Mad River Run, The Chute
• Experts Only Trails: Chute Glade, Sidewinder Glade
• Terrain Parks: Momentum and Capital Park

Did you know that Mad River Mountain is only one 11 ski and snowboard areas owned and operated by Peak Resorts, Inc.?

The eleven Peak Resort properties are located in 6 states! Check them out on your next trip there! 

• Snow Creek (Westin, MO)
• Hidden Valley (Wildwood, MO)
• Paoli Peaks (Paoli, IN)
• Boston Mills & Brandywine (Peninsula, OH)
• Jack Frost and Big Boulder (Blakeslee, PA)
• Crotched Mountain (Bennington, NH)
• Attitash (Bartlett, NH)
• Mount Snow (West Dover, VT)
• Wildcat (Pinkham Notch, NH)