Pacific Northwest

Skier numbers crept up 1.7 percent from last winter, but some areas fared better than others.

Skiing's increased popularity has led more resorts to charge for parking. Here's how to navigate the lots at 10 West Coast ski areas.

The expanse of the West Coast means unique microclimates at resorts. Know before you go to choose the right ski for the conditions.

The rankings are live! See where your favorite Western resorts landed in the 2023 SKI Magazine Resort Guide.

What happens when three skiers decide to ride to and ski seven volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest? A whole lot of suffering and reward.

Several state ski trade associations join forces to advocate for climate change solutions.

The Pacific Northwest remains the hottest battleground in the Epic versus Ikon rivalry.

While many ski towns and ski resorts are laying low, quietly waiting for another winter, plenty of others are turning the volume all the way up with all sorts of kickass music festivals this summer. These 10 are amongst the very best.

Our short spring corn mission was just enough to make us want more.

Hit Crystal on the right day and you will lap deep, untracked snow that keeps refilling.

Baker is a mountain for those who don’t give a $#!+ about anything other than copious amounts of snow.

Find late season pow, or at least some corn, at these resorts that haven’t closed yet.

Find your ski pass for next season—and the best deals—here.

Slopeside live music, wacky costumes, and tons of beer? Sign us up for these spring festivals.

Mt. Hood’s three ski areas are just a short drive from all those hipsters.

Visiting Seattle and need a quick fix? Read this.

Eric Pollard and his dog find freshies.

One of the Northwest’s biggest ski mountains is determined to become a destination resort. Here’s how.

Seven camps to make you a better skier.

Crappy diem? Throw on a trash brag and seize it.

Click the numbers and FYI below to explore Stevens Pass.

With few places to sleep at the hill, the ski areas of the Pacific Northwest foster a tight- knit community of skiers who believe the best slopeside accommodations roll in on four wheels.

Let’s review last year’s faceshots and white rooms from around the Western Hemisphere.

Cat Ski Mt. Bailey delivers the goods, even when you can’t actually see them.

Backcountry freestyler Tim Durtschi shows us around his home mountain.

With 1.2 million acres of terrain and a vertical of 5,500 feet per run, the Tordrillo Mountain Lodge is hard to beat. And kings and corn summer sessions will make any skier wish they were there.

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Big mountains, little house.

SheJumps is taking two girls all the way to AK

Let these tips, gleaned from our editors and their vast network of informants, illuminate your next adventure.

A celebration of the the last week's best storms.

On the set of The Dream Factory

It's preseason video time

Heli-skiing operations offering lower budget heli-assisted backcountry access.

Living in a ski bum’s Utopia.

What’s more fun: skiing in Alaska or flying over it with Drake Olsen?

What's your dream ski trip? Griffin Post, Drew Stoecklein, Todd Ligare, and Lars Chickering-Ayers attempt to ski and raft from a river's source to the sea in Alaska's Brooks Range.

The bitch is, apparently, back. Our weather guy gives us the scoop on where and how much it could snow this winter.

What happens when an oil town runs out of oil? What if that town happens to access some of the best skiing in the world? We sent Devon O'Neil to Valdez, Alaska, to report on just that for a story in our November issue. This is what he saw.

August is when the itch gets the worst. Hot, lazy days lose their shine. The buzz of the air conditioner starts to burn your eardrums. And winter feels SO far away. And it is, but a plane ticket or a long hike could change that. Here’s where you can get your midsummer fix.

Hut-to-hut touring is well known in the world of backcountry skiing. But more and more of these mountain refuges are opening their trail systems to mountain bikers in the summer months. So why not trade in your skins for wheels, and deep powder for single track?

A few words with Justin Brodin, founder of the Bozeman, Montana-based film company, Toy Soldier Productions and a trailer for his upcoming movie, "Set Your Sights."

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Don't throw the boards into storage just yet. March, April, and even May (if you ski at Mt. Bachelor) are the best months to get great deals on lodging, lift tickets, and equipment, all while curating a gnarly goggle tan. Sun, brews, music, and costumes are what make spring skiing the next best alternative to an epic powder day. Here's where to close out yet another great season of shredding.

Contrary to popular belief, you can ski your way through college and still earn a degree. Just join a collegiate ski team. By Ari Cohen.

Mt. Baker, Mt. Bachelor, and Crystal Mountain are enjoying consistently deep days. There's still winter yet.

Check out the winning piece of snoetry.

After one of the snowiest Novembers on record in the West, resorts like Steamboat and Summit at Snoqualmie are still racking up the inches. Here is where the storms are heading this weekend.

Ken Schwabenton, helicopter pilot at Points North Heli-Adventures, spends more than 50 days a year skiing untouched Chugach powder. And that's just a side perk.

The work of Whistler-based ski photographer Dan Carr has been featured in ski magazines and commercials across the world. He recently returned from a heli-skiing trip to Alaska and spoke to us about what it’s like dangling from a chopper by a harness and how you can get a bird’s eye view without a helicopter.

Mount Hood, Oregon’s biggest summertime ski, snowboarding, skateboarding, and BMX camp, Windells, will see new dry slope airbags and a school credit option at the summer 2010 Windells Camp session. We spoke to camp founder Tim Windell about airbag landings, the Concrete Jungle, and Shaun White.

Mt. Hood, Oregon, is the place to go for summertime ski camps. And they're not just for kids. We've got details on three great summer ski camps—from park-and-pipe to racing to moguls—at Mt. Hood for all ages.

Do whatever it takes: refinance your home, sell your kidney, get a telemarketing job. But at some point in your life, you need to go heli-skiing in Alaska. Here are photos from a day with Valdez Heli-Ski Guides—to show you why it's worth saving for.

In 1993, ski legend Doug Coombs opened Alaska's first heli-ski operation in Valdez. Skiing Magazine's Megan Michelson is currently spending two weeks in an RV parked at Valdez Heli Ski Guides with two of the best telemark skiers in the country. Here are photos from their trip—along with pointers on how to ski Alaskan-style steeps.

When you think of skiing in Alaska, you might think about helicopters and film crews. But don't forget about Alyeska, one of the state's few ski areas. The mountain has received 714 inches of snow this winter—and counting. Here's what you'll do while you're there—from night skiing to dining on all-you-can-eat sourdough pancakes.

One of the most low-key ski areas in Washington is doubling in size next season with two new lifts that access some great terrain. It's a project 
that's been 34 years in the making. Last week we got a chance to 
preview the goods.

It was as good as it gets skiing with North Cascade Heli—plenty of deep, cold snow, boatloads of sun and not a lick of wind. Check out some shots here from the day.

Mission Ridge is a sweet local hill that knocks the socks off of most major mountains out there. It's got a family feel, but has all the rowdy, technical lines that any serious skier could want. When the rest of Washington is sopping wet, Mission Ridge skis clear and cold. We had the pleasure of catching it on a beautiful spring day today. Here are a few photos from the day.

Storms in the Pacific Northwest hamper visibility. So get some depth perception in the rocky chutes and protected tree runs accessed by Crystal Mountain’s Northway lift. Before the resort installed the 1,870-vertical-foot fixed-grip lift in 2007, this zone was a backcountry stash for locals. Now the chair helps disperse skier traffic and has increased Crystal’s lift-served terrain by 62 percent.

At Arctic Man, skiers and snow-machiners unite for one of skiing's weirdest races. There are busted bones, burning couches, and hopes of seeing Todd Palin. Surviving the 4.5-mile race is the easy part. We have helmet cam footage and in-depth account from last spring's race in Alaska.

Oregon's Wallowa Avalanche Center opened this fall as the Wallowa Mountains' first-ever avalanche forecaster. If only it'd been open one year ago, it could have saved one man's life.

Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Washington ski areas saw cold temperatures last week followed by new snow, currently creating snowpack instabilities. Avalanche warnings remain at high for mountain locations in these states.

Find out how your favorite ski resort stacks up on a new environmental scorecard put out by the nonprofit Ski Area Citizens’ Coalition. The winning resorts? Squaw, Aspen, and Buttermilk.

Find everything from the February issue here: 25 easy adventures, America’s most popular ski resort, old-school skiing, and more.

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78 miles northeast of Seattle and sloppy transforms into steep, deep, and dry at Stevens Pass

You'll find high-speed cruisers over three miles long, and nearly a dozen wide-open bowls dropping into expansive, north-facing Heather Canyon.

There’s no park scene at Crystal, so go for the backcountry access, limitless terrain, and the views of Mount Ranier, which most of the time you’ll have all to yourself.

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