Mt. Baker
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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
· ·
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced + expert
Mt. Baker publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. · .
Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the summit and the base, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Trail map
2025–26 season · artist not stated
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 250 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs.
Getting there
Bellingham International (BLI) 1 h 35 min · Vancouver International (YVR) 2 h 27 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
Passes, rankings and every number
Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.
Passes
IndependentIndependent — not on Ikon, Epic, Indy, Mountain Collective or Power
On no multi-resort pass: not on Ikon Pass, Epic Pass, Indy Pass, Mountain Collective or Power Pass.
Rankings
14 — #74 lifts14 — #74 lifts in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#146 of 341 U.S. · #11 in Washington
- Highest lift-served elevation#163 of 471 U.S. · #11 in Washington
- Base elevation#144 of 316 U.S. · #10 in Washington
- Advertised vertical drop#119 of 388 U.S. · #8 in Washington
- Lift-served vertical#94 of 304 U.S. · #7 in Washington
- Skiable acres#72 of 316 U.S. · #7 in Washington
- Named trails#174 of 347 U.S. · #8 in Washington
- Advanced + expert terrain#108 of 202 U.S. · #3 in Washington
- Beginner runs#126 of 202 U.S. · #4 in Washington
- Total lifts#74 of 479 U.S. · #3 in Washington
- Average annual snowfall#1 of 252 U.S. · #1 in Washington
- Drive from the fly-in airport#364 of 504 U.S. · #10 in Washington
- Drive from nearest major airport#331 of 504 U.S. · #10 in Washington
- Drive from closest airline airport#433 of 506 U.S. · #14 in Washington