Weekend-only Pinecrest tubing with on-site, first-come 2-hour tickets at $30, a 42-inch line for solo riders and a play area for smaller kids.
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2-hour tickets for $30; first-come, first-served; purchased on site
Rough cost for a family of four: about $120.00 at the posted starting rate, before rentals, food, or parking. Many parks sell tubing by the hour or by a fixed session rather than a full-day pass — check the note above for exactly what that price buys.
This Pinecrest listing covers the Leland Snow Play area associated with Dodge Ridge, where the record describes a conveyor lift, a River Otters Run snow play area and weekend tubing. It is the kind of local Sierra hill that runs on weather and walk-up sales rather than online booking.
Height rules are unusually clear in the record. Riders 42 inches and taller can go independently, riders 36 to 42 inches go with a parent, and children under 36 inches are limited to snow play. Two-hour tickets are listed at $30, sold on site, first come first served. Prices change, so confirm before you go.
One caution: our information for this park comes from search results, and the record lists no official website, so treat details as a starting point. Call or check the resort before driving to Pinecrest, especially since operation depends on the weather. The tubing reservations guide explains why first-come hills can sell out on busy weekends.
Two larger resorts sit within reach. Bear Valley Mountain Resort is about 20 miles away with four lanes, and Kirkwood is about 39 miles.
Saturdays and Sundays, weather permitting. Tickets are first come, first served and bought on site, so arriving early is safer.
One 2-hour ticket per rider
Skip it if you need to book ahead or need weekday hours: the record lists Saturday and Sunday only, with tickets sold on site. The park's details come from search results, so verify first.
Bear Valley is about 20 miles straight-line with four lanes and Kirkwood about 39 miles with weekend and holiday tubing, both worth checking if this hill is closed.
The record lists 42 inches and up for independent riders, 36 to 42 inches with a parent, and under 36 inches for snow play only.
The record lists 2-hour tickets at $30, purchased on site. Check current rates.
The record says tickets are first come, first served and purchased on site.
Current-season dates had not been published when we last checked. It has run: Sat-Sun (weather permitting). Check with the park before driving out — tubing seasons shift with the weather.
Tubing starts at $30 per person. 2-hour tickets for $30; first-come, first-served; purchased on site
Minimum height is 36 inches.
We track 21 tubing hills in California. At $30 a head this one sits above the state median of $20, undercutting 3 of the 10 paid parks we track here.
One caveat worth repeating: this park had not published its current-season dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 21 parks we track in California had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as a prior season's until the park confirms it.
Checked September 2026.