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10 hills in Washington, most of them run by the state

Sledding Hills in Washington: Every One an Agency Names

Every hill below was named for sledding by the Washington agency that runs it, on a page linked beside it. What it costs, whether it runs tubing, a tow or lights, and the agency's own words.

10
Hills a public agency names
in 5 towns
The state
Most of them named by
0 local, 6 state, 4 national forest
0
That print no charge
Sno-Park Permit may be needed to park
0 / 0 / 0
Tubing, tow or lights
6 publish hours, 10 a conditions page
The answer

Whose website to open first in Washington

Washington has 10 hills that a public agency has named for sledding in writing. Of those, 6 are run by the state, 4 by a national forest.

  • State park or forest: 6
  • National forest: 4
  • Washington is one of the states where the park system itself does most of the naming, so the state park pages are the ones worth opening first.
  • Every Washington hill below prints a charge or a parking fee of some kind.
  • Washington sells a Sno-Park Permit, and where one is required it is a parking permit rather than a charge for the hill.
  • The season runs on the state sells and honours the Sno-Park permit across this window, and each Sno-Park posts its own grooming season and daily condition report.

Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission publishes its own list

Sledding Hill
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
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Grouped by who named it

All 10 Washington hills

Each card opens with the agency’s own words, because that sentence is the reason the hill is on the page. Everything under it is an attribute the same agency published on the same page. Where an agency adds guidance of its own, it is quoted whole and nothing is added to it.

Named by the state6 hills

Hyak Sledding Hill

State park

Hyak Sno-Park. Hyak Sno-Park. Run by Lake Easton State Park, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Sledding Hill
Hyak Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required, and this is a Special Fee Area requiring the Special Groomed Trail permit8:00 a.m. - Duskthe park posts the sledding hill as open or closed in its grooming report, and says the hill opens once staff have installed what it calls the safety components

Permit: Sno-Park Permit required

Lake Easton State Park, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission publishes this with the hill: “Hill conditions could change and closure can begin at any time.”

Conditions from the agency · Hyak Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Lake Wenatchee South Lot sled hill

State park

Lake Wenatchee Sno-Park, Lake Wenatchee State Park. Leavenworth. Run by Lake Wenatchee State Park, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

The South Lot features a 150' sled hill and approximately 8.5 miles of non-motorized trails for snowshoeing, cross country skiing.
Lake Wenatchee Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required, and this is a Special Fee Area requiring the Special Groomed Trail permit8 a.m. - Dusk

Permit: Sno-Park Permit required

Lake Wenatchee State Park, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission publishes this with the hill: “South Lot: Heated bathrooms, warming hut, sled hill, groomed cross country ski & snowshoe trails, permit kiosk, overnight camping allowed ($20 per night with valid sno-park permit)”

Conditions from the agency · Lake Wenatchee Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Fields Spring snowplay area

State park

Fields Spring Sno-Park, Fields Spring State Park. Anatone. Run by Fields Spring State Park, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Fields Spring Sno-park is located in the Inland Northeast/Southeast region. This Sno-park features a snowplay area, and 6 miles of trails for snowshoeing, cross country skiing and other winter recreation activities.
Fields Spring Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required8:00 AM - Dusk

Permit: Sno-Park Permit required

Conditions from the agency · Fields Spring Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Lake Easton snowplay area

State park

Lake Easton Sno-Park, Lake Easton State Park. Easton. Run by Lake Easton State Park, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Lake Easton Sno-park is located in the Blewett/I90 region, at Lake Easton State Park. This Sno-park features a snowplay area, and both motorized snowmobiling trails and non-motorized trails for cross country skiing, snowshoeing and more.
Lake Easton Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required, and this is a Special Fee Area requiring the Special Groomed Trail permit

Permit: Sno-Park Permit required

Conditions from the agency · Lake Easton Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Mt. Spokane Sno-Park snow play area

State park

Mt. Spokane Sno-Park, Mount Spokane State Park. Mead. Run by Mt. Spokane State Park, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Snow Play
Mt. Spokane Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required, and this is a Special Fee Area requiring the Special Groomed Trail permit7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Permit: Sno-Park Permit required

Conditions from the agency · Mt. Spokane Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Stemilt Sno-Park snow play area

State recreation area

Stemilt Sno-Park. Wenatchee. Run by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) North Central Area

Snow Play
Stemilt Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required8:00 a.m. - Dusk

Permit: Sno-Park Permit required

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) North Central Area publishes this with the hill: “Limited Parking”

Conditions from the agency · Stemilt Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Named by a national forest4 hills

Gold Creek snowplay area

National forest

Gold Creek Sno-Park. Gold Creek Sno-Park. Run by Cle Elum Ranger District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Gold Creek Sno-park is located in the Blewett/I90 region. This Sno-park features a snowplay area, 1.7 miles of snowshoeing trails, and 23 miles of motorized snowmobiling trails.
Gold Creek Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required

Permit: Sno-Park Permit required

Conditions from the agency · Gold Creek Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Asahel Curtis snowplay area

National forest

Asahel Curtis Sno-Park. Asahel Curtis Sno-Park. Run by Snoqualmie Ranger District, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

This Sno-park features snowshoeing opportunities, as well as a snowplay area.
Asahel Curtis Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required8:00 a.m. - Dusk

Permit: Sno-Park Permit required

Snoqualmie Ranger District, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest publishes this with the hill: “No overnight parking allowed.”

Conditions from the agency · Asahel Curtis Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Cabin Creek Sno-Park snow play area

National forest

Cabin Creek Sno-Park. Cabin Creek Sno-Park. Run by Cle Elum Ranger District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Snow Play
Cabin Creek Sno-Park, Washington State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Sno-Park Permit required, plus the Special Groomed sticker

Visitors to this area will need a Special Groomed sticker in addition to their Seasonal Sno-Park Permit.

Conditions from the agency · Cabin Creek Sno-Park, Washington State Parks

Cost and parking

What sledding costs in Washington

Every Washington hill below prints a charge or a parking fee of some kind. Nationally 140 of the 202 hills print no charge at all, and the ones that do are nearly always the two things that cost an agency money to run: a tubing operation that rents the tube, and a tow that carries you back up.

Washington sells a Sno-Park Permit, and where one is required it is a parking permit rather than a charge for the hill. That distinction matters at the gate: the permit is sold for the plowed lot rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require one and still publish that the sledding itself is free.

A yellow road grader with tyre chains clearing deep snow from a forest car park beside a small concrete restroom building carrying a green permit required sign, under a low grey sky with heavily laden conifers behind
What a winter parking permit buys. Nineteen states sell one, and on almost every hill that needs it the money is for the lot being graded here rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require a permit and still print that the sledding itself is free. The sign on the building is the whole transaction, and it is posted at the entrance rather than at the hill. “Plowing the Sno-Park on OR 58”, OregonDOT, CC BY 2.0

Washington sledding questions

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Sledding hills in other states

Washington first snow datesWhen the first measurable snow has historically arrived, which is when a hill starts to be worth the drive.Washington snowpackHow much snow is actually on the ground right now, from the automated stations that measure it.Washington plow trackerWhether the road to the hill has been plowed, from the state that plows it.Washington cross country skiingThe groomed trail systems, which is what most state agencies publish instead of sledding.

Washington read September 23, 2026 from the agency pages linked beside each hill. Hours, fees and winter parking permit prices are set season by season and a hill opens on snow rather than on a date, so the agency page linked beside each one is the thing that governs on the day. Every state is on the sledding hills hub.