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Mt Baker Ski Area
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11 reviews for Mt Baker Ski Area
Inhaling snow flakes as I breathe deep...exhale a puff of steam
Drop into powder...
(heeeeey...lets cross the sea, and get some culture)
Float...
(reeeeeeed wine with every meal, and absinthe after dinner)
Carve to the right
(we look good, side by side)
Float...
(walking back to the hotel)
Carve to the left
(we got something to eat and to drink...)
Float...
(2 star hotel...hotel)
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I love to Wake and Baker on most weekends through the winter. No where else get this much snow! They still have over 200" in April!!! The Snowboard resort averages over 650" a season!
Still the cheapest place to ride in WA, not the largest or the highest, but by far the most snow of any resort anywhere.
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I guess the others have never been to another ski area that actually cares about the customers and the employees. I used to think that "family owned" areas were so much better because they care about the customers and the workers----well Mt. Baker Ski Area proves this one wrong.
Yes they have a lot of snow and pretty good terrain but its very small and only looks big because of the mountains that surround it. There are only two main parts to the area.
The amount of snow is nice but they have clearly proved that they are understaffed and cant handle a real dump let alone consecutive storms in a good year--- I mean come on people when they close chairs 1 and 6 on a pow day then there is really only 1 chair to ride---ok there are two 5 and 8 but they go to the same place. The area is so shell shocked that a few people died two years ago from tree wells that now they close half mountain at the first sign of danger (lots of snow).
Baker used to be fairly reasonably priced and uncrowded but thats a thing of the past. Now on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning the whole area is tracked out by 11am and the backcountry is tracked out by 11 the next morning....LAME.
And the $8 burgers that taste worse than a old shoe---i shouldn't have even gone there.
Put some money into expanding the terrain and not putting slow speed quads on the bunny hills! Oh yeah and the $50 early season discount for a pass----great deal---yeah right. I just wished Stevens was closer.
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Mt. Baker does rule.
Boarding, skiing, or being on those gay little skate things - awesome.
For it's size, the terrain is impressive and varied.
They do receive an insane amount of powder days, owing to the fact that weather blows down the Straight of Juan de Fuca and smacks straight into Mt. Baker.
It's a great mountain in all aspects, and for those more familiar with Tahoe - Alpine Meadows would be it's twin sister, but Mt. Baker is the naughty one.
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Last time I went it was my first time on skis... I managed to fall, flip over, slid halfway down the slope and my pants got pushed to my thighs, causing me to go butt-first. When I finally stopped and got up, I realized that some woman had been videotaping her kids and I had managed to fall and slide in front of all of them.
Good times!
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The problem with Mt.Baker is that it is between mountains like Blackcomb and Bachelor. Even Stevens blows it away. I haven't skied or snowboarded in years. The last time I went to Baker I saw this creature on skis. It weighed about 260 pounds and it pulled a full 360 off a jump. I am not saying this was some kind of Yeti or Abominable snowman but I saw it drive away in a silver Toyota Tundra.
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There is just this warm fuzzy place in my heart for resorts that are off the beaten path. Mt. Baker certainly fits the bill. On a clear day from Bellingham you can see the summit in all its snowy glory. After a brief 50 minute ride to the slopes you are treated to nice tree runs, little canyons, decent expert terrain and lots of intermediate. I spent some days up there this week and I think a crowd is considered the 8 people hanging out in the bar at the end of the day. All day passes for the growed ups are $32. Check the site for trail map and all else. You will see many riders here with Avy gear and tranceivers at the ready as there is numerous backcountry access points. A word of caution. Always check the Avy forecast and go with people who know.
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Baker rules. The snow is always great, the lines are never too long, and the price is right. I don't know of too many lodges where the food is superb- but hey they have a kick ass beer selection- including local boundary bay's "cabin fever", that is worth four stars alone! I will say- this mountain isn't the most ideal for beginners, but for all others- it's great. I think this is the best mountain in Washington, bar-none.
let me just start off by saying the mt Baker ski patrol, particularly a guy named Adam, rocks. We were snowboarding all around the resort when one of my more inexperienced friends managed to get stuck on a run, lose her board in the process, and ended up sitting on the side of a steep part of the mountain. Ski patrol saved her sorry ass, and Adam, the rock star that he is, went back up for a second time and found her board lodged in a thicket of trees. OK, so there may be other schmancier resorts with pretty lodges, super deluxe high speed quad chairs with leg rests and ski patrols with matching sparkly k2 outfits and gear, but if you want great snow, minimal crowds, and a view of glaciers and mountains as far as the eye can see, go to baker. Plus, a life could be saved!
Baker's a sweet area especially when the snow is good-which is 99% of the season there. They have the world record for snowfall of over 1000 inches during the winter of 1999. If you go up skiing/boarding and look at the lift towers you can see a white line with a '99 painted next to it. These represent the depth of the snow during the record-breaking winter of 1999. They have a great variety of terrain and runs for all experience levels. Lots of back country space too. Their lodge and facilities are great as well. You can even rent your gear up there at the rental shop. Very nice staff as well but expect to pay around $45 for a lift ticket. They also have one of the country's few intersecting chairlifts where one chairlift passes over another at a 90 degree angle. Cool beans!
It will never escape my mind.... a place who chose to use an infrastructure where two DOUBLE chairs with a few meters of variance from start to finish became part of a ski area. Also, although the area can boast such HIGH annual snowfall....well, they sure as hell need it.... It's not like you can do much other than trash your shit-skis you wanted to burn the last end-of-season anyhow unless they have a huge base. The lay-out must have involved a few too many chemicals on the part of the engineers. Although Shuk/Baker/Table Mtn and such are grand places....when last fiddling around the place.....i had most fun actually being on the actual peaks of Shuks/Baker/etc...... It used to be a cool place to go in the early 90's when prices were cheap, a small-minded, enjoyable atmosphere and open until early May..... but yeah, that was when it was cheap, the little lodge had good cheap food, and there was not much but a few Canucks and such
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