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Cross-country ski trails in California

15 venues, 321 km of trail

California has 15 groomed cross-country ski venues on XC Index, with 321 km of trail mapped between them. The largest trail systems are Royal Gorge Cross Country near Soda Springs (108.6 km), Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Center near Truckee (69.4 km) and Bear Valley Adventure Company near Bear Valley (42.4 km). The biggest clusters are around Lake Tahoe (6), Mammoth Lakes (6) and Mount Shasta (2).

California cross-country ski conditions

0 of 15 venues have snow on the ground; 14 have snow in the forecast for the next four days. The snowiest:

VenueOn the groundNext 4 daysLatest report
Kirkwood XC Ski AreaKirkwood0 in11.6 in—
Royal Gorge Cross CountrySoda Springs0 in11.3 in—
Tamarack Cross-Country Ski CenterMammoth Lakes0 in8.3 in—
Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski CenterTruckee0 in8.2 in—
Bear Valley Adventure CompanyBear Valley0 in7.8 in—
Tahoe Cross Country Ski AreaTahoe City0 in7.7 in—
Nordic trails near Mount ShastaMount Shasta0 in6 in—
California State ParksTahoma0 in4.1 in—
Eddys ViewMount Shasta0 in3.7 in—
China Peak Mountain ResortLakeshore0 in2.6 in—

1 venue here posts condition reports we track. Most recent: Rim Nordic (Mar 1, 2026).

Updated Nov 10, 13:00 UTC. An Open-Meteo model estimate, not a grooming report.

A typical Nov 10

There is usually no snow on the ground at any venue here on Nov 10. That is the median of the last 10 winters in NOAA’s SNODAS snow analysis; the map’s Typical layer shows it everywhere.

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