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Test report Mt. Baker
Skiresort.info Test of the ski resort Mt. Baker
Total result: 3.1 out of 5 stars
Test Mt. Baker
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Further evaluation criteria
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In detail: Test report for ski resort Mt. Baker
Top evaluation criteria
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Runs/slopes
Altitude difference
455 m (Valley 1070 m - Mountain 1525 m )
Lifts/ cable cars
10
Number of lifts to get from one end of the ski resort to the other
→ 3 ← 2
Number of lifts to get from one end of the ski resort to the other
→ 3 ← 2
Runs/slopes
Total 100 km
Easy
24 km
(24 %)Intermediate
45 km
(45 %)Difficult
31 km
(31 %)
Longest run
3 km
Run location
just above tree line, under tree line
Worth knowing
- Valley run available
Photos
Number of ski lifts
10
Total capacity
15500 Passengers / hour
Length of all lifts
7.8 km Total
Lifts and cable cars
8
2
Photos
Worth knowing
- No artificial snow-making
- The valley run is always open when ski resort is open; without the valley run, ski operation is not possible.
Season 2008/2009
160 Days open
160 Days when valley run open
160 Days when valley run open
Season 2009/2010
155 Days open
155 Days when valley run open
155 Days when valley run open
The slope preparation is satisfactory.
Tip: By new snow, an optimal slope prepartion is not always possible, even with a large effort. In addition, the new snow can not combine with the snow lying underneath and moguls are created quickly. For safety reasons, usually no slope preparation is possible during operating times.
Further evaluation criteria
Public transportation/ on-site mobility
- No direct train connection
- No ski busses
- Scheduled busses
Ski-in/Ski-out
There are no accommodations with direct access to the slopes and to lifts (Ski-in/Ski-out)
Towns/villages
- Glacier
Distance to ski resort 10-20 km
Note: For the evaluation, only the accommodations which are located directly on the slopes and lifts, or have very easy access to the ski resort have been considered.
Evaluation criteria for special interests
Information for families and children
- Kid's Land/ separated area for children
- Merry-go-round
- Children's lifts
- Beginner's lifts near the valley
Information for beginners
- Easy and manageable slope offering, which is easy to achieve
- Wide slopes
- Beginner's area
- Special slopes for slower skiers / beginners
- Easy valley run
- Beginner's lifts near the valley
Information for advanced skiers, freeriders
- many freeride / deep snow areas
- some mogul slopes
- many extremely difficult, steep and unprepared runs (Double Diamonds)
Slope offering advanced skiers
Runs/slopes
Total 100 km
Difficult
31 km
(31 %)Note: Always mind the avalanche warnings and barriers, please. Never ski into a closed and unsecured area.
Photos
Information for Snowboarders
- few cat tracks
- no runs with ascent
- many freeride / deep snow areas
Offering snow parks
- Snow park/ Fun park
- No halfpipe
- Rails/ Slides
- Boxes
- Boardercross
Conclusion
good snow conditions (27m world record)
old lifts
Detailed description of the ski resort
From Galcier-Village you have to drive about 30 minutes up to the ski resort Mt.Baker. Ski resort parking-lots are at the White Salmon Day Lodge or at Heather Meadows Day Lodge. From White Salmon Day Lodge you can take the quad Chair 7 and get access to Chair 8, after a very easy run. The quad Chair 8 lifts you up to Shuksan Arm, fairly above 1500m. Through medium runs you swing by the top-stations of the quad Chair 4.5 back to White Salmon Day Lodge or to Raven Café, where you can take Chair 4.5 up to Shuksan Arm, Chair 3 to Heather Meadows Day Lodge or Chair 6 which lifts you up to the Panorama Dome at 1525m. A very difficult run, the “Grabl´s” leads you directly under Chair 4.5 downhill. From Panorama Dome there are a few difficult runs to Heather Meadows Day Lodge and Raven Café. One of the most difficult (experts only) “The Chute” is directly under Chair 8, which has over a middle-station, access to the Panorama Dome too. The runs through the Razorhone Canyon to the Raven Café are very nice too.
Around Heather Meadows Day Lodge there are very easy runs, served by a quad (Chair 2). To get back to White Salmon Day Lodge from here you can take Chair 3 to his middle-station, over easy or difficult runs to Raven Café and then with Chair 4 or 5 and a medium run to White Salmon Day Lodge.
For Beginners there are rope tows near White Salmon Day Lodge and Heather Meadows Day Lodge
Test Report issued on 2001-02-24
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Tom Cosgrove
98244 Mt. Baker / Glacier, WA
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Tom Cosgrove
98244 Mt. Baker / Glacier, WA
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