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CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN CASCADES (CENTRAL) | WASHINGTON | UNITED STATES
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| Image | Name | Steepest Section | Aspect | Skiable Vert | AVG Ascent Time | |
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| BULLION BASIN | This Route is not officially added | |||||
| PICKHANDLE BASIN | This Route is not officially added | |||||
| SILVER BASIN | This Route is not officially added | |||||
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Seattleslider: December 26, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
6" soft new snow on a firm base, low wind, no sun, and not snowing. Nice skiing....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: April 6, 2011 Uphill: 3,700 ft. | Downhill: 3,700 ft.
8-16" fresh snow on a firm base, luckily the sun was hidden most of the day keeping the snow from cooking....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: April 1, 2011 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Nice end of day skin up through Crystal Mountain ski area, huge slide on Rockface. Ski patrollers were probing to be sure no one was buried....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 29, 2011 Uphill: 1,200 ft. | Downhill: 1,200 ft.
Found 16" powder on North facing slopes above 6000'. Big warming the next few days should change that, sad.......[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 28, 2011 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
End of ski lift day. Skinned up the mountain to exercise other muscles....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 11, 2011 Uphill: 3,900 ft. | Downhill: 3,900 ft.
Blue sky and knee deep powder, what more can one ask for!...[view]
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Cutlerwasson: December 18, 2010 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,800 ft.
Great West facing slopes. About 10in of light fluffy on solid base. Amazing light on the final run with Mt Rainier visible in distance...[view]READ MORE
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Powdrx13: December 18, 2010 Uphill: 4,100 ft. | Downhill: 4,100 ft.
Amazing Powder DAY!! 3 laps of blower Pow!! What an amazing day!! Gotta get back to Crystal BC!!...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 3, 2010 Uphill: 5,000 ft. | Downhill: 5,000 ft.
Cold, clear day in the backcountry at Crystal. Sunny slopes had 4-6" powder, north facing shade had 10" light fluff. Small crowd of lift skiers pretty much left Silver Basin to the turn earners. ...[view] READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 24, 2010 Uphill: 5,600 ft. | Downhill: 5,600 ft.
What a day, 18" light Utah powder in the Cascades! The cold weather that gummed up Seattle traffic made for some great skinning in the area. Tomorrow it will all be lift served, probably no more fre...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 19, 2010 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Snowing all day, very safe, 15" powder on top of increasingly heavier snow, no wind or sun affect. Crystal was open today, but not the top lifts, so Silver Basin belonged to turn earners. ...[view] READ MORE
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Powderjunky: March 10, 2010 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
North facing side country skied really well. Great steep lines off in the Crystal Mountain sidecountry. First time in the area and love the possibilities....[view]Need A Guide?
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A small climbing and skiing guide service run by IFMGA - UIAGM certified guides Olivia Cussen and John Race, one of only two married couples in the US to be working together as IFMGA certified guides. The Northwest Mountain School offers small group trips of the highest quality to the worlds premiere climbing and ski destinations....Hire this guide
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