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Sunday, October 29, 2000
RESORTS: Places to go, things to see
To find out when the following ski sites open, call the resorts or check their Web sites.
Ski resources
Northwest Avalanche Center Hotline: (206) 526-6677.
Cascade Ski Report: (206) 634-0200.
Washington State highway and pass conditions: (888) SNO-INFO.
Olympia Ski Club: (360) 754-0912.
WASHINGTON
Crystal Mountain
- Location: 84 miles from Olympia off state Route 410, just outside the northeast portion of Mount Rainier National Park.
- Size: 2,300 acres, including 1,000 acres of backcountry.
- Terrain: 7,012-foot top elevation, 3,100 foot-vertical.
- Lifts: 10, including two high-speed six-person lifts, two high speed quads, two triples, three doubles and a surface lift, serving 50 runs.
- Nights: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (mid-December to mid-March.)
- What's new?: A high-speed detachable quad to Green Valley.
- Cost: $40 adult all-day; $35 ages 11 to 17 all-day; $10 seniors all-day. Under 10 free with paid adult.
-Season passes: $895 adult, $695 midweek, $795 youth, $195 seniors, $5 under 10.
-Lodging: Alta Crystal Resort, (800) 277-6475; Crystal Mountain Hotels, (888) SKI-6400; Crystal Mountain Lodging Suites, (888) ON-THE-MT.
- Information: (360) 663-2265. Snowline: (888) SKI-6199.
- Web site: www.skicrystal.com
Stevens Pass
- Location: Summit of Stevens Pass on U.S. Highway 2, 78 miles northeast of Seattle.
- Size: 1,125 acres.
- Terrain: 5,800-foot top elevation, 1,800-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: 10, serving 37 major runs.
- Cross-country: 25 kilometers of groomed trails.
- Nights: Until 10 p.m. through mid-March.
- Cost: $41 adults all-day; $26 ages 7 to 12 all-day; $29 ages 62 to 69 all-day; $5 ages 6 and under and 70 and over all-day.
-Season passes: $750 adults (19 and older), $535 youth (13-18), $440 children (7-12), $460 seniors (62-69), $35 ages 6 and under and 70 and over. Family rates available.
-Lodging: SkyRiver Inn in Skykomish (16 miles from the mountain), (360) 677-2261; the Bush House Country Inn in Index (32 miles) (360) 793-2312; or stay in Leavenworth, Wenatchee or Lake Chelan.
- Information: (206) 812-4510. Snowline: (206) 634-1645.
- Web site: www.stevenspass.com
Summit at Snoqualmie
- Location: 45 miles east of Seattle off Interstate 90.
- Size: 1,916 acres at four diverse and separate areas.
- Terrain: Alpental at the Summit, 5,400-foot top elevation, 2,200-foot vertical drop; Summit Central, 3,900-foot top elevation, 1,040-foot vertical drop; Summit West, 3,900-foot top elevation, 900-foot vertical drop; Summit East, 3,700-foot top elevation, 1,100-foot vertical.
- Lifts: 20 chairs, two Magic Carpets and two rope tows, serving 65 major runs.
- Cross-country: 50 kilometers of groomed trails.
- Nights: 4 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Resort closes at 5 p.m. on Sundays.
- Cost: $37 adult weekends and holidays all-day; $24 ages 7 to 12 and 62 to 69 weekends and holidays; $7 ages 6 and under and 70 and older all day.
-Lodging: Summit Inn, (800) 557-7829
- Information: (425) 434-7669 or (888) 804-6404. Snowline: (206) 236-1600.
- Web site: www.summit-at-snoqualmie.com
White Pass
- Location: About 90 miles from Olympia off U.S. Highway 12, southeast of Mount Rainier National Park.
- Size: 635 acres.
- Terrain: 6,000-foot top elevation, 1,500-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Four chairs and a surface lift, serving 32 runs.
- Cross-country: 18 kilometers of groomed trails.
- Nights: Lasts for a month, starting around Christmas.
-What's new? One new chairlift and platter lift replacing rope tow.
- Cost: $34 adult weekends and holidays; $22 ages 7 to 12 and 65 to 72 weekends and holidays.
- Season passes: $610 adults, $405 juniors and seniors.
- Lodging: Village Inn Condominiums, (509) 672-3131.
- Information: (509) 672-3100.
- Web site: www.skiwhitepass.com
Hurricane Ridge
- Location: 18 miles south of Port Angeles in the Olympic National Park. Open on weekends and holidays.
- Size: About 25 acres.
- Terrain: 5,400-foot top elevation, 625 foot-vertical drop.
- Lifts: Two rope tows and a poma lift.
- Cross-country: Readily available in Olympic National Park.
- What's new?: Ticket trailer and bag storage area.
- Cost: $12, all lifts for members. $18, all lifts for non-members.
- Lodging: Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, (877) I-LOVE-PA
- Information: (360) 417-4555. Road conditions: (360) 452-0339. - Web site: www.hurricaneridge.net
Mission Ridge
- Location: 12 miles from Wenatchee on Squilchuck Road.
- Size: 2,000 acres.
- Terrain: 6,740-foot top elevation, 2,200-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Four chairs and two rope tows, serving 35 major runs.
- Cross Country: Squilchuck Snowpark is four miles away, at the end of Squilchuck Road.
- Cost: $34 adult weekends all-day; $19 ages 62 to 69 weekends all-day; $6 ages 70 and older weekends and weekdays all-day.
- Lodging: Wenatchee (800) 57-APPLE or Leavenworth (509) 548-5807.
- Information: (509) 663-6543 or (888) 75-RIDGE. Snowline: (509) 663-3200. - Web site: www.missionridge.com
Mount Baker
- Location: 56 miles east of Bellingham off state Route 542.
- Size: 1,000 acres.
- Terrain: 5,050-foot top elevation, 1,500-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Eight, serving 38 major runs.
- What's new?: New halfpipe and expanded backcountry and snow safety seminars.
-Cross-country: 4 kilometers, plus backcountry trails.
- Cost: $33 adult weekends and holidays, $25.50 ages 7 to 15 and 60 to 69 weekends and holidays.
- Lodging: Nearest accommodations in Glacier, 17 miles from the resort.- Information: (360) 734-6771: Snowline: (360) 671-0211. - Web site: www.mtbakerskiarea.com
North Cascade Heli Skiing
- Location: Freestone Inn in Mazama in the Methow Valley on state Route 20, 15 miles northwest of Winthrop.
- Size: Access to 300,000 acres in the Okanogan National Forest.
- Terrain: 1,500 to 4,000 feet.
- Lifts: Helicopters, serving wide-open backcountry terrain.
- Cross-country: Available.
-Cost: $575 per person a day; $2055 per person for a three-night stay at the resort.
- Information: (800) 494-HELI or (509) 996-3272- Web site: www.heli-ski.com
Ski Bluewood
- Location: In the Blue Mountains, 22 miles south of Dayton off U.S. Highway 12.
- Size: 350 acres.
- Terrain: 5,670-foot top elevation, 1,125-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Three, serving 23 major runs.
- Cross-country: None.
- Cost: $27 adult all-day; $23 student all-day; $20 grades 1 through 8 and ages 65 and older.
- Lodging: Dayton Chamber of Commerce, (509) 382-4825.
- Information: (509) 382-4725. Snowline: (509) 382-2877. -Web site: www.bluewood.com
49 Degrees North
- Location: 42 miles north of Spokane off U.S. Highway 395.
- Size: 1,265 acres.
- Terrain: 5,774-foot top elevation, 1,850-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Four doubles (new surface lift for beginners), serving 40 major runs.
- Cross-country: 10 kilometers.
- Nights: Off and on throughout the season.
- Cost: $32 adult weekends and holidays; $25 ages 65 and older weekends and holidays; $24 ages 7 to 15 weekends and holidays.
- Lodging: Chewelah Chamber of Commerce, (877) 243-9352
- Information: (509) 935-6649. Snowline: (509) 880-9208. - Web site: www.ski49n.com
Loup Loup Ski Bowl
- Location: Off state Route 20 between Okanogan and Twisp.
- Size: 550 acres
- Terrain: 1,240 feet.
- Lifts: Three: quad chair, poma lift and a rope tow, serving 13 runs.
- What's new?: A fixed grip quad chairlift.
- Cross-country: 25 kilometers of groomed trails, five minutes from 50 more kilometers.
- Cost: $28 adult weekends; $23 ages 21 and under weekends; $18 ages 6 to 12 weekends; Ages 70 and older ski free.
- Nights: For parties and special events.
- Information: (509) 826-2720.
Mount Spokane
- Location: In Mount Spokane State Park, 23 miles north of Spokane.
- Size: 1,483 acres.
- Terrain: 5,883-foot top elevation, 2,065-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: 5 double chairs.
- Nights: Until 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.
- Cost: $29 adult weekends; $26 ages 16 to 20 and 61 to 69 weekends; $23 ages 7 to 15 weekends.
- Lodging: Spokane Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, (509) 624-1341.
- Information: (509) 238-2220 Snowline: (509) 443-1397.
- Web site: www.mtspokane.com
Sitzmark Lifts
- Location: About 17 miles northeast of Tonasket off U.S. Highway 97.
- Size: 80 acres.
- Terrain: 4,950-foot top elevation, 650-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Double chairlift and rope tow, serving 19 runs.
- Cost: $20 adult weekends, $17 ages 7 to 12 and 65 to 74; Kids 6 and under and 75 and older are free.
- Lodging: Omak Visitor Information Center, (800) 225-6625.
- Information: (509) 486-2700 or (509) 485-3323.
Cascade Powder Cats
-Location: Backcountry skiing in the greater Stampede Pass area, about 10 miles east of Snoqualmie Pass.
-Size: 12,000 acres on U.S. Forest Service and private lands.
-Terrain: Boasts 10,000 vertical feet of drop during 6 to 15 runs a day.
-Lifts: Access via snowcats.
-Cost: $195 per person. Group rates available.
-Lodging: Snoqualmie Summit Inn, (800) 577-STAY.
-Information: (877) SKI-CATS. -Web site: www.cascadepowdercats.com
OREGON
Mount Bachelor
- Location: 22 miles southwest of Bend off Cascade Lakes Highway.
- Size: 3,686 acres.
- Terrain: 9,065-foot top elevation, 3,365-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: 10, including seven high-speed quads, serving 70 runs.
- Cross-country: 56 kilometers of groomed trail.
- New features: A $32 college student lift ticket.
- Cost: $43 adult all-day; $32 senior all-day; $22 ages 7 to 12 all-day.
-Lodging: Information Mount Bachelor Travel, (800) 987-9968.
- Information: (800) 829-2442. Snowline: (541) 382-7888.
- Web site: www.mtbachelor.com
Hoodoo Ski Area
- Location: At the summit of Santiam Pass, 42 miles west of Bend and 82 miles southeast of Salem via U.S. Highway 20.
- Size: 806 acres.
- Terrain: 5,703-foot top elevation, 1,035-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Five, serving 32 runs. Closed Wednesdays.
- Cross-country: 7.5 kilometer groomed track and 8.3 kilometer Skyliner trail groomed weekends and holidays.
- Nights: Until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, from Dec. 19 to mid-March.
- Cost: $29 adult weekends all-day; $22 seniors and juniors weekends all-day.
- Lodging: Cold Springs Resort in Camp Sherman (541) 595-6271; Metolius River Lodge in Camp Sherman (800) 595-6290; Best Western Ponderosa Lodge in Sisters (541) 549-1234.
- Information: (541) 822-3799. Snowline: (541) 822-3337.
-Web site: www.hoodoo.com
Willamette Pass
-Location: 70 miles southeast of Eugene at Milepost 62 off state Route 58.
- Size: 550 acres.
- Terrain: 6,683-foot top elevation, 1,563-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Five, serving 29 runs. Also a tubing hill.
- Cross-country: Full Nordic center, with 20 kilometers of groomed track.
- Nights: Until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
- Cost: $31 adult weekends all-day; $20 ages 6 to 10 weekends all-day; $15.50 ages 70 and older weekends all-day.
- Lodging: Crescent Lake Lodge & Resort (541) 433-2505; Odell Lake Lodge (541) 433-2540; Crescent Creek Cottages (541) 433-2324; Willamette Pass Inn & RV (541) 433-2211.
- Information: (541) 687-ULLR. Snowline: (541) 345-SNOW.
- Web site: www.willamettepass.com
Mt. Hood Meadows
- Location: 67 miles east of Portland via Interstate 84 and U.S. Highway 26.
- Size: 2,150 acres.
- Terrain: 7,300-foot top elevation, 2,777-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: 11, including four high-speed quads, serving 87 runs.
- Cross-country: 15 kilometers of groomed track.
- Nights: Until 10 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.
- Cost: $43 adults for 8 and 9-hour shifts; $25 juniors and seniors all-day.
- Lodging: Meadows Lodging Reservation Service, (800) SKI-HOOD.
- Information: (800) SKI-HOOD. Snow line: (503) 227-SNOW.
- Web site: www.skihood.com
Timberline Ski Area
- Location: 60 miles east of Portland and six miles north of Government Camp off U.S. Highway 26.
- Size: More than 1,000 acres.
- Terrain: 8,540-foot top elevation, 3,590-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Six, including four high-speed quads, serving 30 runs.
- Cross-country: None, though telemark skiing is OK on downhill trails.
- Nights: Fridays and Saturdays starting around Christmas.
- What's new?: Two high-speed quads replace the Blossom and Victoria Station chairlifts, which are now known as Blossom Express and Molly's Express.
- Cost: $37 all-day adults; $21 ages 7 to 12; $17 all-day beginner chair.
-Lodging: Timberline Lodge, (800) 547-1406.
- Information: (503) 231-7979. Snowline (503) 222-2211.
- Web site: www.timberlinelodge.com
Cooper Spur
- Location: 26 miles south of Hood River and 25 miles around the mountain from Government Camp, off state Route 35.
- Size: 100 developed acres.
- Terrain: 4,500-foot top elevation, 500-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Two surface tows, serving 10 runs. Snow shoeing and tubing.
- Cross-country: 10 kilometers as well as the Mount Hood National Forest's Tilly Jane trail system, which begins nearby.
- Nights: Until 9 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays.
- Cost: $15 adults weekends all-day; $10 for juniors and seniors weekends all-day.
-Lodging: Inn at Cooper Spur, (541) 352-6692.
- Information: (541) 352-7803.
- Web site: www.cooperspur.com
Mt. Hood Skibowl
- Location: 53 miles east of Portland off U.S. Highway 26.
- Size: 960 acres.
- Terrain: 5,026-foot top elevation, 1,500-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Four double chairlifts, serving 65 runs. Inner tube hill with tow.
- Cross Country: Nothing onsite. Trillium Lake, 2 miles east of Government Camp and White River, east of U.S. Highway 26 and U.S. Highway 35 junction.
- Nights: America's largest evening ski area. Open until 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, until 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
- Cost: $30 adult weekends; $25 adult midweek; $17 adult nights; $18 ages 12 and under and 65 and older weekends all-day.
-Lodging: Mount Hood Inn, (503)272-3205; Falcon's Crest Inn, (503) 272-3403; Huckleberry Inn, (503) 272-3325.
- Information: (503) 272-3206 or (503) 222-2695.
- Web site: www.skibowl.com
Summit Ski Area
- Location: On Mount Hood, 54 miles southeast of Portland off U.S. Highway 26 at the east end of Government Camp.
- Size: 100 acres.
- Terrain: 4,306-foot top elevation, 306-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: One double chairlift, one rope tow. Skiing available only on weekends and holidays. Tubing hill open daily.
- Cross-country: 12 kilometer groomed trail on weekends.
- Cost: $20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $13 from 1 to 4 p.m.
-Lodging: Same as Mount Hood Ski Bowl.
- Information: (503) 272-0256.
- Web site: www.summitskiarea.com
Ferguson Ridge
- Location: 10 miles southeast of state Route 82 in Joseph.
- Size: 150 acres.
- Terrain: 5,730-foot top elevation, 640-foot vertical.
- Lifts: One T-bar and one rope tow, serving five main runs and more than 15 other small runs. Open on weekends and holidays only.
- Cross-country: 13 kilometers at Salt Creek Summit Sno Park.
- Cost: $10 adults, $7 ages 12 and under.
- Information: Wallowa Outdoors (541) 426-3493.
Anthony Lakes
- Location: 19 miles west of Interstate 84 off the North Powder exit.
- Size: 300 acres.
- Terrain: 8,000-foot top elevation, 900 foot-vertical drop.
- Lifts: One triple chair and one surface tow, serving 21 runs.
- Cross-country: 13 kilometers of groomed trails.
- What's new?: Snowcat backcountry skiing.
- Cost: $28 adult all-day; $22 ages 13 to 18 and 60 to 69 all-day; $15 ages 7 to 12 all-day.
- Lodging: Baker City Visitor and Convention Bureau, (800) 523-1235; LaGrande/Union County Visitor and Convention Bureau, (800) 848-9969.
- Information: (541) 856-3277.
- Web site: www.anthonylakes.com
Mount Bailey Snowcats
- Location: 79 miles east of Roseburg, 85 miles northeast of Medford via state Routes 62, 230 and 138.
- Size: 6,000 acres.
- Terrain: 8,363-foot top elevation, 3,000-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Backcountry skiing via snow-cat in the Umpqua National Forest.
- Cost: $200 per person. Or 12 people for $2,040. Information for early and late-season discounts.
- Lodging: Diamond Lake Resort, (800) 733-7593.
- Information: (800) 446-4555.
- Web site: www.mountbailey.com
Ski Ashland
- Location: Just south of Ashland, eight miles off Interstate 5.
- Size: 200 acres.
- Terrain: 7,500-foot top elevation, 1,150-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: Four, serving 23 runs.
- Cross-country: Available on ungroomed trails outside Ski Ashland boundary.
- Nights: Until 10 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays.
- Cost: $27 adult all-day; $22 ages 9 to 17 and 65 to 69 all-day; $16 adult nights; $11 youth and senior nights. Children 8 and under and ages 70 and over are free.
-Lodging: Ashland Chamber of Commerce, (541) 482-3486.
- Information: (541) 482-2897.
- Web site: www.mtashland.com
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Whistler-Blackcomb
- Location: 75 miles north of Vancouver via provincial Route 99 or B.C. Rail.
- Size: 7,071 total acres.
- Terrain: Blackcomb; 7,494-foot top elevation, 5,280-foot vertical drop. Whistler; 7,160-foot top elevation, 5,020-foot vertical drop.
- Lifts: 33 for both mountains, with 15 high-speed lifts, serving 200 major trails, including 12 massive alpine bowls.
- Cross-country: 23 kilometers.
- Nights: Weekends on Blackcomb, more during the holidays.
- Cost: $ 42.65 U.S. off-season (Nov. 22 to Dec. 22 and Jan. 8 to Feb. 9) adults; $44.05 U.S. peak season adults; $35.66 U.S. off-season ages 13 to 18 and 65 and older; $36.36 U.S. peak season youths and seniors; $21.67 U.S. off-season ages 7 to 12; $33.43 U.S. peak season children.
- Lodging: (800) 944-7853.
- Information: (800) 766-0449.
- Web Site: www.whistler-blackcomb.com The Olympian Copyright 2000
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