Crystal Mountain
Alterra Mountain CompanyOpened 1962crystalmountainresort.com, opens in a new tab
Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced + expert
Crystal Mountain publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. · .
Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the mountain, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Webcams
Crystal Mountain shows its webcams on its own site
Its cameras play only on its own page.
Trail map
141 runs · 11 lifts, as mapped in OpenStreetMap
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 500 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs; bowls and glades mapped as areas are a faint fill in their difficulty's color.
The resort’s published trail map is not yet collected.
Getting there
Seattle–Tacoma International (SEA) 2 h 1 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
Passes
The multi-resort passes Crystal Mountain is on, and what each gives here.
Ikon Pass
UnlimitedUnlimited on the full Ikon Pass. Ikon Base Pass has limited access days at Crystal (day count not stated in retrieved text). Ikon Session Pass offers 2/3/4 total days at select destinations including Crystal. Ikon Pass holders get one First Tracks morning per month Jan-Mar (reservation required).
Rankings
Where Crystal Mountain stands among the U.S. resorts with each figure, and within Washington.
- Summit elevation#114 U.S., outside the top 100of 342#1 of 17 in Washington
- Highest lift-served elevation#124 U.S., outside the top 100of 471#1 of 17 in Washington
- Base elevation#133 U.S., outside the top 100of 317#5 of 16 in Washington
- Advertised vertical drop#45 U.S., top 50of 390#1 of 17 in Washington
- Lift-served vertical#38 U.S., top 50of 305#1 of 15 in Washington
- Skiable acres#21 U.S., top 50of 319#1 of 15 in Washington
- Named trails#97 U.S., top 100of 352#2 of 15 in Washington
- Longest run#43 U.S., top 50of 181#2 of 5 in Washington
- Advanced + expert terrain#80 U.S., top 100of 209#1 of 8 in Washington
- Beginner runs#150 U.S., outside the top 100of 209#5 of 9 in Washington
- Total lifts#58 U.S., top 100of 480#2 of 17 in Washington
- Uphill capacity#20 U.S., top 50of 81#1 of 3 in Washington
- Average annual snowfall#48 U.S., top 50of 253#5 of 11 in Washington
- Airport drive#302 U.S., outside the top 100of 506#8 of 18 in Washington
- Big airport drive#272 U.S., outside the top 100of 505#8 of 18 in Washington
- Closest airport drive#478 U.S., outside the top 100of 507#15 of 18 in Washington
Sources
Every figure on this page in one list, and the pages behind each.