Pacific NW People...Mt. Baker or Snoqualmie or ??

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BJaffke	Pacific NW People...Mt. Baker or Snoqualmie or ??		Lead	[-]
Posts: 42 01/22/12 15:12:13	Tags : None Alright, I'm moving out to Seattle in July, and I'm already looking at the mountain resorts and such for snowboarding next season. What is the best place within reasonable driving distance of Seattle? Mt. Baker? Snoqualmie? Or, something else? I've been reading up on both here, and can't seem to be persuaded either way. Baker seems to have more skiiable acres...Snoqualmie has the higher vertical and better backcountry, and both seem to have good snow. What do you guys think?
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Harry		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 486 01/22/12 16:13:16	Snoqualmie is closer and also has Alpental , and Hyak, as well as Snoqualmie Pass skiing. Mt. Baker is a long ways from Seattle. You might also consider Crystal Mountain, which is the highest ski resort near Seattle and it has a lot of good runs. Snoqualmie does have a terrain park for Snowboarders that my sons like, whereas Crystal is more for skiers, though a lot of snowboarders frequent it as well.
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Posts: 784 01/23/12 11:44:44	Most of my buddies around the Seattle area that buy a season pass prefer Stevens Pass. It has great backcountry, several high speed quads, and a great range of terrain. It's a little further than Snoqualmie, but much closer than Baker or Crystal.
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waterlover	snoqualmie...	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 14 01/25/12 19:19:47	My best friend is stationed in Ft. Lewis and has shown me pictures and spoken often about how much she loves Snoqualmie. I would recommend you check it out. I visited her in the summer, not the winter so I can't comment on the snowboarding part. Good luck, it is really beautiful up there.
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manville	Seattle Area Ski	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 17 02/08/12 00:13:09	Although I have not been to many of the places in WA I hear Crystal is the best Juston Manville Going Big
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dmandave		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 37 02/21/12 16:27:20	Mt Baker gets massive amounts of snow and is a excellent destination, but it's a few hours from Seattle. I'd highly recommend Alpental and Steven's Pass for their accessibility; and the backcountry around Crystal is pretty phenomenal as well.
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lkuracina		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 465 03/23/12 19:35:30	It is intereting on how the locals are passionate about their hills. A lot of people complain about Snoqualmie. It is the easiest access but it has the lowest elevation of all of the hills. When the weather is right, you can find all sorts of great skiing there. However, because of the lower elevation you can have snow & rain in the same day. Snoqualmie is about 1 hour from Seattle, as such it can get crowded. Steven's Pass is a little bigger, the base elevation is the top elevation at Snoqualmie. So when it's raining at Snoqualmie it might not be at Steven's. I don't think that Steven's has a higher number of difficult runs (especially compared to Alpental). Steven's Pass is about 1 hour 15-30 minutes from Seattle. The road to Steven's is not as friendly and the parking lots fill up fast. Crystal is the biggest of the resorts and probably has the most selection of all kinds of runs. It's about 2 hours from Seattle. It has less crowds. Unfortunately Mt.Baker is the most difficult to get to. I know some people that claim that they can get to Whistler in not much more time. Baker is a great resort (they over 1000 inches one season).
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