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Perfect North Slopes. Photo: Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Perfect North Slopes

Ski resort · United States

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same

Perfect North Slopes is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
13°C
Wind
6 kn

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
14°C
Wind
8 kn

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
16°C
Wind
10 kn

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
10°C
Wind
7 kn

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
8°C
Wind
7 kn

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
5°C
Wind
3 kn

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
3°C
Wind
2 kn

Tap a day for snow, wind and the temperature. Full forecast

Forecast: next 8 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor

The resort in three facts

  • Top 259 mvillage 151 m
  • 6 km of runsevery grade
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Full forecast

every day, every number

Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

We don't know the avalanche risk here. Check Avalanche.org.

Forecast and score for each day at Perfect North Slopes
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Sun 1Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m13°Cwind, 5 knots
Mon 2Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m13°Cwind, 6 knots
Tue 3Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m14°Cwind, 8 knots
Wed 4Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m16°Cwind, 10 knots
Thu 5Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m10°Cwind, 7 knots
Fri 6Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m8°Cwind, 7 knots
Sat 7Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m5°Cwind, 3 knots
Sun 8Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m3°Cwind, 2 knots

Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

snow by month

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase151 mMid205 mTop259 mColdestat the top
Decnonenonenone0°C
Jannonenonenone-2°C
Febnonenonenone-1°C
Marnonenonenone3°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors, terrain © Mapterhorn.

Photos of Perfect North Slopes

Clyde Super Slide - Perfect North Slopes
Photo: Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Perfect North Slopes- III
Photo: Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Perfect North Slopes - IV
Photo: Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Perfect North Slopes

Village 151 m.

A ski resort with its village at 151 m and its top at 259 m. It has 6 km of runs and 14 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 114 m, from 259 m to 145 m. For beginners and families: 84% of the km of runs are green or blue (beginner to intermediate). For experts: 1 km of advanced, expert and freeride runs. Within 5 km of the village: a public pool and childcare. It is usually in season from December to April. The town to stay in is Greendale.

Perfect North Slopes is an alpine ski area in Lawrenceburg, IN. Officially outside the city limits, it is one of only two skiing areas in Indiana. It consists of seven carpet lifts and five chairlifts, as well as two tubing carpets. The area has 23 trails, ranging from five beginner level to one expert, and includes three terrain parks.

From the Wikipedia article Perfect North Slopes by Wikipedia contributors, shortened by us. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The ski area

Runs from 145 m to 259 m: 114 m of vertical. 6 km of runs and 14 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Perfect North Slopes.

Runs
Easy1.0 km
Intermediate4.1 km
Advanced1.0 km
Lifts
Chairlifts5
Drag lifts2
Magic carpets7

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area: Data from OpenSkiData / OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Skimap.org, Who's On First, © Mapterhorn.

For families

84% of the km of runs are green or blue (beginner to intermediate).

Within 5 km of the village:

  • a public pool: Greendale Pool, 4 km
  • childcare: First Adventures Preschool, 2.8 km

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The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$2,390–US$3,680 each

about US$2,390–US$3,680 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CVG, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$114–US$241
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$288–US$482
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Lift pass5 days at about US$312 a day, country averageabout US$1,330–US$1,800
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$221–US$368
Totalabout US$2,390–US$3,680

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Greendale

Closest

Greendale

8 min by car · 9 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 9 places to stay in Greendale · Booking.com

About Greendale its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 3h 45m

About 3h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → CVG, direct, then 50 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.