Bluewood Ski Area

Ski Bluewood, formerly known as "Bluewood Ski Area," is an alpine ski area in southeastern Washington, United States. Located in Columbia County, at the northern end of the Blue Mountains in the Umatilla National Forest, the elevation at the base area is 4,545 feet (1,385 m) above sea level, with a summit of 5,670 feet (1,728 m) for a vertical drop of 1,125 feet (343 m). The northward-facing slopes are about four miles (7 km) north of the Oregon border and 50 miles (80 km) west of Idaho, part of the headwaters of the Touchet River, the main tributary of the Walla Walla River. The only surface access to the base area of the mountain is through Dayton, 22 miles (35 km) to the northwest and nearly 3,000 feet (910 m) below on North Touchet...