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Pacific Northwest 2020-2021 Season Closing Dates

As the end of March is before us, it is time to start thinking about spring skiing in the Pacific Northwest, and depending on where you are, you may have only a week or so to cram in those final ski days this season. But don’t worry, if you know where to look, you maybe be skiing into the summer […]

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Liam Abbott | March 30, 2021
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UK’s Largest Ski Tour Operator Cancels All Holidays For The Season

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Due to Covid-19, UK’s largest ski tour operator, Crystal, announced it won’t be operating for any holidays this season. The company is currently reaching out to its customers discussing various options for those who’ve already purchased services. They’re offering incentives as well as refunds or cancellations. In spite of the recent news, the company is still seeing high demand for next […]

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Nick Retterer | February 17, 2021
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Sun Peaks Resort, BC On Schedule to Debut New Crystal Chairlift

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Sun Peaks Resort, located outside Kamloops in central British Columbia, will be debuting a new lift for the winter 20/21 season. The existing 1979 Crystal triple chairlift is being replaced with a brand new Doppelmayr fixed-grip quad chairlift. The lift project started after the 2019 season with general maintenance and infrastructure work, such as surveying the lift line and pouring […]

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Taylor Stephan | October 16, 2020
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Get the Ikon Pass for The Ultimate North West Winter Road Trip

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[Sponsored by Ikon Pass] Whether you have the urge to shred some Pacific Northwest pow or feel like hopping the border into the Great White North, the Ikon Pass gives you access to three legendary skiing and riding destinations that are all within a few hours from Seattle. Related: Ikon Pass is on Sale NOW | Unlock Adventure at 38 Destinations […]

SnowBrains | March 19, 2019
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Oregon & Washington Ski Area Opening Dates For The 2018/2019 Season

Personally, I think skiing in the PNW is underrated. Yeah, the mountains aren’t super tall, the snow’s a little heavier, and there’s that pesky rain to deal with, but it’s a small price to pay for huge base depths and tons of cool terrain. I have some great memories of skiing around Mount Hood. Here are the latest and greatest […]

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Mike Lavery | October 10, 2018
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Crystal Mountain Conditions Report: Spring is Finally Here.

Spring is here and  one thing for sure, variability. Its been everything from frigid cold to tshirt weather. We had it all from days of blower pow on crust, pow under crust, “loud pow”,pow around chunder, bottomless pow with 20′ viability and everyone’s favorite hot pow! Many days end completely different from how they started so it paid to be […]

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Reid Pitman | April 11, 2018
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Crystal Mountain Conditions Report: All Time Bluebird Powder

With overnight snows this last week it’s been all time up here at Crystal Mountain! Cold temps have kept the snow from turning into our typical “cascade concrete”. With a few sunny days mixed in, it’s about as good as you can imagine. Over the weekend there was an awesome turn out for the IFSA Juninor Freeride Comp – those […]

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Reid Pitman | March 7, 2018
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Crystal Mountain Conditions Report: PNW Powder

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Some cold weather Monday became a sneaker powder day on Tuesday. Thank the maker cause we needed it! Friends Cori, Theresa and Caitlin were all meeting up so we rode the storm for a few hours hitting Frontside and Campbell Basin. I don’t thing I’d ever had so much fun on Lucky Shot as that first run feeling the groomed […]

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Reid Pitman | February 2, 2018
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