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Just managed to squeeze in a couple of days skiing at the end of our weeks holiday in Seattle.... and what a great end to our stay! There is abs loads and loasd of snow (in fact it snowed all day on Thurs with the sun peeping through so we had empty slopes, good light and fab conditions). Friday saw clear blue skies and all of the blue runs lower down had been 'groomed' but we headed higher up the mountain and found less tended snow!
Ski pass for an adult was very reasonably priced at $50 per day... add to this that kids under 11 ski for free ($5 each for gondola in spring) and it was a very reasonably priced ski! We had a 2 hour lesson each day as it was my first time taking the girls on my own (aged 6 and 8... both reasonable skiers for age but I wanted to be sure I skiing in sensible places) - lessons were at the more expensive end of scale ($159 for 2 hours) but very very worthwhile the money. Our instructor Alison completely sussed out what was needed in order to make our trip a success and in the first session really focussed on building confidence in my younger child. On the second day she showed us lots of places to cut of corners and play in the soft soft which the girls loved - we got to try a wide range of stuff... some of which was fun to try under her supervision but I didn't try again when we were flying solo.... quite a lot of what we did though we did go back on our own and try again... def stretched ourselves more than I would have done otherwise
Accomodation-wise we found a fantastic one bedroom cottage that we rented for $150 for two nights (yes £94 for 2 nights) that was 20 minutes drive away from the resort - everything was provided in the cottage from towels to hairdryer to washing up liquid...[url].http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/VacationRentalReview-g58506-d1674109-The_Eagle_s_Nest_Near_Crystal_Mountain_Ski_Resort-Greenwater_Washington.html[/url]
From what I have read this resort can be very busy at weekends - but was almost deserted when we were there and as US school holidays so different to UK ones think this would be a great place for mid-week skiing. Def a great place for a last minute spring ski right now!!
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