Soldier Mountain, Idaho Throws In the Towel on Season

Southern Idaho ski area, Soldier Mountain, has officially closed for the 2025/26 season.

The ski area announced the early closure in a social media post on Saturday, March 8, 2026, and cited weather and poor ski conditions.

Ultimately, the mountain decided to close due to safety concerns stemming from a lack of seasonal snowfall.

“Like many of you, we’ve been hoping for winter to finally arrive and allow us to open more terrain and build momentum for the season. Unfortunately, the conditions simply haven’t improved enough to safely continue operations,” read the post. “We’re incredibly grateful for the support, patience, and encouragement we’ve received from this community. Soldier Mountain exists because of people like you, and that support means more to us than you know.”

The full post can be seen below.

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Soldier Mountain offers lift-accessed, in-bounds skiing via three lifts and 35 trails over 1,150 acres of terrain. The ski area also has 2,000 acres of backcountry terrain, accessible by snowcat or ski touring. The post stated that the ski area would discontinue all winter activities for the remainder of the season; however, the mountain’s website and comments on the post clarify that cat skiing is still available.

Soldier’s early closure comes as another hit in a historically dry and warm winter. The ski area has received only 52″ of snow since October 1 and is at 14% of its average snowpack for the season. After opening on January 10, 2026, the ski area limited lift access to only Saturdays and Sundays to preserve snowpack on January 20, and subsequently paused backcountry operations on January 28 due to low snow.

On average, Soldier Mountain gets 300″ of annual seasonal snowfall. Drought.gov also shows that 88.05% of Camas County is experiencing a moderate drought, with 11.95% experiencing Abnormally Dry conditions.

Not all of Idaho has had quite as rough a winter, although it’s been far from average.

Just last week, Pomerelle saw 36″ of snow overnight, and Pebble Creek racked up 12″ overnight in the same storm.

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