General Chat / ...did somone say mt baker?

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first time up this season



Right after a turn on the road, you see an amazing view of Chair 5!


The snazzy new signs located around the ski area!


The top of Chair 8 from the top of Chair 5.


Looking down at Chair 5's terrain.


Looking up at Chair 5's terrain.


Looking at Chair 4 with Mt. Shuksan in the background.


Chair 3 with mt. Herman in the background.

skiiiiinnnggg.!!!!!

That forth screen is gorgeous.

Nice job on getting out for some early season! I'm starting Thursday night making snow at Loon Mountain in NH, my local mountain. We sure need it out here, we've barely had 2 inches of natural so far this season!

One of these days, I need to get up there. Have not skied in 20 years though so it could be very interesting

Nice report!

James

Thanks Pacifi!
Only 2 inches of natural? We probably have 100 for the season..lol.
Thanks RCTNW!

Night skiing at Stevens Pass! (1/20/13)

Trail map from Skimap.org:


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Stevens Pass is a ski area located at the heart of one of Washington's Cascade mountain passes. Stevens is 1,125 acres which is only 125 acres more than my home mountain, Mt. Baker. The ski resort doesn't get a ton of snow, but they still get an impressive average of 450 inches a year. There is a backside of the ski area, but it is closed at night since it isn't lighted. Most of the blue runs are lit and all of the green runs are lit. None of the black diamond runs are lit though. 6 out of 10 lifts are open for night skiing including the resort's two high-spreed quad lifts; Hogsback Express and Skyline Express. Other lifts that are open are two doubles; Brooks and Kehr's Chair (Big Chief) and two triples: Daisy and Tye MIll. The snow conditions on the lit runs was meh as the surface was ice and there were bumps everywhere. Overall, I think Mt. Baker has more challenging green and blue runs compared to the ones at Stevens.

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I apologize for the bad picture quality. My camera doesn't take good night photos. D:


The resort's three lodges. Tye Creek lodge on the left, Granite Peaks lodge in the middle, and Pacific Crest on the right.


Most of the lit area looking from Showcase off of Kehr's Chair.


Daisy, the beginner lift. (Yes, those chairs are pink.)


Hogsback Express's lower station. Skyline Express's station is almost identical.


Looking up Hogwild which is a run off of Hogsback Express.

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Enjoy!

AMAZING day at Baker last sunday. 13 inches new and it was snowing all day. the sun even came out for a while.


greatest place on earth.


early morning turns on North Face.


omg sooo good. Pan Face mid morning. LOOK AT THAT CROWD!


who said its never sunny in washington?


2nd to last run of the day on Lower Canuck's.

enjoy!

Oh my God. I am jelly. This is a freakin' winter wonderland. So beautiful.

what's a mount baker

got 3 more pics woo.


im so hardcore guys. nothing like marked runs in extreme danger zones haha.


once again, look how crowded the slopes in the background are!


it was almost lunch time when i took this and look how many tracks there was!

enjoy

#Bros

^He'll probably make that his desktop background now. lolz

Is this considered a 5 star ski/snowboard area in america?

No

So I live in Seattle (moved here in September)...never been skiing before. Where should I go?

^The Summit at Snoqualmie

This looks amazing! Or in Louis' words:
"The Snow...SOOOOO GOOD!"



I really wanna post some of my skiing pics now.

#SNOWFLOW

#Macclesnowflow