Mission Ridge receives an average snowfall of 200 inches (16.7 ft; 5.1 m) per year, with over 300 sunny days, and its slopes face primarily northeast.

[1] The Hampton Lodge at the base of the mountain includes a restaurant, bar, shop, and rental center.

Additionally, facilities in the base area include lesson centers and first aid operations.

The name "Mission Ridge" was selected in June 1964,[3] and it began operations 59 years ago in the fall of 1966 with two chairlifts[4] in the Squilchuck Basin, where a Walla Walla–based B-24 Liberator bomber crashed on September 30, 1944.

"[6] Bill Johnson, the gold medalist in downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics, trained at the Mission Ridge Ski Academy as a teenager.