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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
Stevens Pass 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
2024–25 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 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 colour.
Getting there
Seattle–Tacoma International (SEA) 1 h 42 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
Epic (unlimited)Epic (unlimited)
Rankings
15 — #38 lifts15 — #38 lifts in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#132 of 341 U.S. · #5 in Washington
- Highest lift-served elevation#152 of 471 U.S. · #7 in Washington
- Base elevation#136 of 316 U.S. · #7 in Washington
- Advertised vertical drop#91 of 388 U.S. · #7 in Washington
- Lift-served vertical#93 of 304 U.S. · #6 in Washington
- Skiable acres#66 of 316 U.S. · #6 in Washington
- Named trails#110 of 347 U.S. · #3 in Washington
- Advanced + expert terrain#79 of 202 U.S. · #1 in Washington
- Beginner runs#144 of 202 U.S. · #5 in Washington
- Total lifts#38 of 479 U.S. · #1 in Washington
- Uphill capacity#30 of 72 U.S. · #2 in Washington
- Average annual snowfall#12 of 252 U.S. · #2 in Washington
- Drive from the fly-in airport#264 of 504 U.S. · #7 in Washington
- Drive from nearest major airport#221 of 504 U.S. · #7 in Washington
- Drive from closest airline airport#359 of 506 U.S. · #11 in Washington
