From: leiman@armos.engr.washington.edu (Ian Leiman)
Subject: Re: Ski Washington Cascades? 
Followup-To: rec.skiing
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:13:13 GMT

For trip planning assistance in state of Washington call the
state Travel Info_line: (206) 586-2088 (weekdays 9am-4pm) 

There is an annual publication called:
"The Washington State WINTER Recreation Guide"
published by 
	Sports Media, Inc.,
	4339 NE 43rd St,
	Seattle WA 98105
	phone: (206) 522-4283
this is a colorful ~20 pg magazine containing info about ski resorts & stuff.

The main Alpine skiing areas around Seattle are:
 - Hyak / Ski Acres / Snoqualmie / Alpental 
 - Crystal Mountain Resort
 - Stevens Pass

A little further away from Seattle:
 - Mount Baker
 - White Pass
 - Mission Ridge

Outside Cascades:
NE-corner of the state, near Spokane:
 - Mount Spokane
 - 49 degrees North

SE-corner of state, near Dayton:
 - Bluewood

Minor areas here and there:
  Hurricane Ridge
  Echo Valley, Leavenworth, Loup Loup, Sitzmark, Squilchuck Ski Bowl

In addition there are numerous places for _really good_ backcountry
skiing.  The ski lift systems in WA Cascades are at a ridiculously
miniscule scale compared to the size and elevation of the mountain
range, most of which is undeveloped wilderness.

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FACTS TABLE Washington state Alpine Ski Areas

the table is available by anonymous ftp in 'milton.u.washington.edu'
in directory '/public/Skiing' in files:
	Wa_ski.TEXT       (text option save from Excel)
	Wa_ski.MAC_EXCEL  (Macintosh Excel format)
this file is in WA.skiing

COLUMNS:
1. Hyak / Ski Acres / Snoqualmie / Alpental 
2. Crystal Mountain Resort
3. Stevens Pass
4. Mount Baker
5. White Pass
6. Mission Ridge
7. Mount Spokane
8. 49 degrees North
9. Bluewood

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

a.	47	76	78	136	112	125	340	331	322
b	2200	3100	1800	1500	1500	2140	2065	1845	1125
c	5400	7002	5800	5040	6000	6740	5883	5773	5670
d	30140	15600	12140	6000	4500	4300	5000	4200	3950
e	34	10	13	9	4	6	5	4	3
f	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
g	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
h	18	5	6	6	4	4	5	4	0
i	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
j	11	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0

k	37	43	35	20	25	30	30	30	30
l	43	37	54	50	50	60	50	40	43
m	20	20	11	30	25	10	20	30	27
n	65+	29	26	30	14	33	25	22	23
o	1900	2300	1125	1000	235	2000	?	780	530
p	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no
q	350	310	415	750	300	100	?	120	300
r	0	0	0	0	0	30	50	10	0
s	15-Nov	15-Nov	22-Nov	20-Oct	Thanks.	15-Nov	15-Nov	15-Nov	15-Nov
t	15-Apr	15-Apr	14-Apr	15-May	Mem.Day	15-Apr	15-Apr	7-Apr	15-Apr
u	10 & 15	16	10 & 15	15	15	15	5 & 10	15	18
v	23	28	26	23	23	23	15	19	20
w	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
x	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	yes	no
y	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no
z	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
aa	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no
ab	206	206	206	206	509	509	509	509	509

ac	236-1600	634-1645	248-6966	238-6223	382-2877
		634-3771	671-0211	663-3200	458-9208

ad	232-8182	973-2441	453-8731	238-6281	382-4725	
		663-2265	734-6771	663-7631	663-7631

ROWS:
a. from Seattle (mi)	
b. vertical drop (ft)	
c. top elevation (ft)	
d. lift capacity (p/hr)	
e. LIFTS: (#)		
f. Quad Chairs		
g. Triple Chairs		
h. Double Chairs		
i. Pomas			
j. Tows			
   TERRAIN: (%)		
k. expert			
l. intermed.		
m. beginn.			
n. major runs (#)		
o. skiable area  (acres)	
p. night skiing		
q. avg. snowfall (in)	
r. snowmaking (acres)	
s. season begin		
t. season end		
u. "ad. day pass, midwk."	
v. "ad. day pass, wkend."	
w. snowboards		
x. overnight accom.	
y. nursery/daycare		
z. credit cards		
aa. bus service		
ab. PHONE: (area)		
ac. snow info		
ad. business		

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Other useful phone numbers:

Cascade Ski Report: (206) 624-0200
Dept. of Transportation Pass Report: (206) 1-976-ROAD
WA state Avalanche&Weather info: (206) 586-1253
WA state parks & rec.: (206) 586-1253


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