Getting there

GPS location: 1 Dodge Ridge Road, Pinecrest

How to get there: From San Francisco, take the Bay Bridge east for 6.4 miles to the split and Highway 580. Bear right on 580 and drive 45 miles to the split (stay left) with Interstate 205. Bear left on on I-205E and drive 14.6 miles to the merge with I-5N. Merge with I-5 (stay in right lane) and go 1 mile to the exit for Highway 120E/Manteca-Sonora. Take that exit onto Highway 120 and drive 6.3 miles to Manteca area and fork with Highway 99/120. Keep left at fork, merge on 120/99 and go 1.7 miles to exit for Highway 120. Take that exit, turn right on 120 and drive 20 miles to Oakdale and continue into town to signed, lighted intersection with Highway 108/120. Turn left on 108 (still in town) and drive 37 miles to Sonora. In Sonora, continue east on 108 and drive 25 miles into Sierra and to Pinecrest and Pinecrest Lake Road. Turn right and drive 0.4 miles to second right to Dodge Ridge Road. Turn right and go 3.5 miles to Dodge Ridge Ski Area.

Distances: 65 miles from Oakdale, 86 miles from Manteca, 121 miles from Livermore, 144 miles from Concord, 157 miles from San Jose, 160 miles from San Mateo, 163 miles from San Francisco, 173 miles from San Rafael.

Dodge Ridge Ski Bus: $10 round trip service, $25 family four-pack, from Sonora to Dodge Ridge. Reserve at (209) 532-0404, www.tuolumnecountytransit.com/skibus