page_title: Badger Pass Ski Area
section_title: Badger Pass today
hierarchical_section_title: Badger Pass Ski Area / Badger Pass today
caption_attribution_description: English: Yosemite cross-country trail marker on cross-county skiing trip to Dewey point.
context_page_description: Badger Pass Ski Area is a small ski area located within Yosemite National Park. Badger Pass is one of only three lift serviced ski areas operating in a US National Park. It is situated five miles south-southeast of the Chinquapin intersection of Wawona Road with Glacier Point Road in the southern area of Yosemite National Park. Glacier Point Road provides the access to this ski area. During high snow level and/or ski season, Glacier Point road terminates at Badger Pass Ski Resort. Under these conditions, the remainder of Glacier Point Road is used for cross-country skiing access to Glacier Point and other destinations in the high country.
context_section_description: Today, the Badger Pass Ski Area provides a public venue for both downhill and snowboarding activities.  It is operated for the National Park Service by the current concessionaire, Aramark. One of the major features of the area is the restored Badger Pass Day Lodge, which houses the Snowflake Room. From this pub visitors can view the 10 down-hill runs and the 5 lifts. The Lodge no longer has overnight accommodations and is for day use only.
  Food concessions and an activities desk are located on the lower level of the lodge. Several ski schools, catering to both beginners and advanced skiers, operate on the slopes.
  In addition, cross-country skiing is available for those visitors interested in a back country experience. With instructors and guides available, Yosemite provides 22 miles (35 km) of groomed cross-country track and 90 miles (145 km) marked trails. For the cross-country skier there are more than 9 miles (14 km) of skiing lanes.  These are located along a groomed portion of Glacier Point road. Equipment for cross-country skiing can be rented by the day from the ski rental department on the bottom floor of the lodge. 
  It is a 21-mile (34 km) round-trip from Badger Pass to Glacier Point. The views of Half Dome in winter are spectacular. The National Park Service, in conjunction with The Yosemite Association, provides webcams of the vistas along this route. A guided ski trip on intermediate groomed terrain leads to the Glacier Point Ski Hut. This overnight trip affords snow-covered vistas of Half Dome and Vernal Falls from Glacier Point.
  Badger Pass hosts the annual Yosemite Nordic Holiday, a series of cross-country races held every February.
caption: Trail marker describing the Dewey Point cross-country ski trail
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