Poster: A snowHead
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I have friends going to Seattle beginning of April who have suggested we join them and go for a bit of skiing.
I have skied Whistler a couple of times about 20 years ago.
Any idea how the conditions hold out for Easter time or what other resorts are a good bet.
Looking at reviews of Mount Baker it looks not ideal for the non gnarly skier.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Whistler shuts at the end of April and Blackcomb a month later:
https://www.whistler.com/hours-of-operation/
but I think this is due to lack of visitors rather than conditions. I have been mid April before and conditions were great, though obviously it varies year to year. It is quite far from Seattle though - 4.5 hour drive not counting time spent at the Border.
Mount Baker is great but I would agree it is relatively challenging - runs are steep and very little grooming. It is almost worth going for the drive to the resort though which was incredibly scenic.
Other resorts near Seattle:
Crystal
Stevens Pass
Snoqualmie
Alpental
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@spatters, Thanks for the reply and
Bounce to request any more info from anyone.
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@T Bar, i go to whistler most years end of march through to mid april , had some great spring skiing and some late season pow days , good base been put down this season already so should be good then lower home runs can start to be a bit sparse but loads of skiing higher up
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Easter should be great, we have skied there as late as 19th May on Honeymoon years back and snow was still in good shape high up. Had a great end of season hog roast in the sunshine at the top.
Will be returning this year with kids for a few days in 2nd week of April so looking forward to some decent end of season conditions too.
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@skinutter,
Thanks, will probably go with Whistler if I can scrape together the readies
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