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Mount Baker resort snow
Lat Long: 48.79° N 121.82° W
Ski USA - Washington

Mount Baker Resort Reviews

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Mount Baker Ratings

Overall: 2.7. Based on 101 votes and 80 reviews.

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Snowsure: 3.7

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Mount Baker is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 3.6

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Mount Baker has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 3.5

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 3.8

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 2.9

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Mount Baker

Public Transport: 2.1

  • There are no buses or taxis to Mount Baker
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 2.1

  • No places to stay in/near Mount Baker
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 1.9

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 1.6

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Mount Baker

Ski in/Ski out: 1.5

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 1.7

  • There are no child care facilities at Mount Baker
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 1.5

  • Mount Baker relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 3.0

  • There are no snow groomers at Mount Baker
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Mount Baker are groomed daily

Shelter: 3.2

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Mount Baker is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 1.8

  • If snow conditions are poor at Mount Baker, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 3.9

  • Mount Baker usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 3.5

  • The staff at Mount Baker are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Mount Baker are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 3.4

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 2.7

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 3.4

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 2.7

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 3.2

  • No intermediate terrain at Mount Baker
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 3.7

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 2.1

  • Not even a kicker at Mount Baker
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 2.3

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Mount Baker
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 1.5

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Mount Baker has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 2.9

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 2.8

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 2.1

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 1.4

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 1.7

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 2.3

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 3.6

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 3.6

  • Overall, Mount Baker is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 3.6

  • Overall, Mount Baker is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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November 28, 2015
Jennifer
We are from Vancouver, BC and absolutely love Mt Baker! We stay up there over night all the time in our RV, ski all day have a couple drinks in the lodge and have a little propane fire at night. The staff are amazing; always happy to help, always with a smile. We would way rather go to Mt Baker than Whistler any day! Prices are reasonable for lift tickets and rentals. We don't feel robbed like Whistler for lift tickets and rentals. Highly recommend Mt Baker :)
May 21, 2015
Chris from Ski USA - California USA - California
Despite some site commentary, I am here to say Mt. Baker is an absolute gem! Particularly for advanced and backcountry skiers. Featuring highly complex terrain, I am still finding new facets and new exposures after 10 years of intense skiing at Baker. Warning: if you want to stay on groomed piste and have a spa, this is not your mountain. But if you want challenging off-piste skiing, deep snow and real mountain experience, this is the place. And if you don't mind hiking a bit, there is at least three times the area offered beyond the resort than what lies within it. A real big mountain experience. Find a local and let them show you the goods. Cheers!
February 09, 2015
Graeme
I see a lot of negative comments about management in these surveys but I feel exactly the opposite. I lost my keys a few days ago on the mountain and the Baker staff bent over backwards to help me. I got service that other resorts can only hope to match. Thank you Baker management and staff. Very much appreciated!
December 03, 2014
Cindy
I had such good memories of Baker as a teen and I wanted the same for my family. I purchased a vacation property at Maple Falls and for years brought my two sons here to snowboard all winter. Unfortunately, the removal of the snow park has been a game changer. They now only want to go to our local mountains, in Vancouver, with snow parks. Mount Baker is great but if you put it beside our local mountains with easy bus access and artificial snow machines and night skiing, well, hard to compete. Please note, I have a great vacation property for sale.
November 11, 2014
Kyle from Ski USA - California USA - California
Mt Baker is dying slowly. It used to be much less packed. At weekends it's not even worth going. Weekdays can be rad. Management is terrible. If you like to go really fast you'll have to get yourself a beacon and start hiking, or either get run into by beginners or collide after catching air since they have no terrain park; people like to jump off stuff. Cat tracks, wind lips, and lack of transitions are your only option. The management is too cheap even though it's says if you hurt yourself it's not their liability; it's still too much liability. How about the liability of me flying 60+ mph across a run to hit that jump we built. Pssssh, come on people.
October 31, 2014
john from Ski USA - California USA - California
As many others have said, the only thing holding back this mountain is poor and ineffective management. Extremely poor customer service and 1970's chairs and equipment; it's a miracle there hasn't been a tragedy due to poor safety controls and clowns running their safety programs. It's sad because this could be a premier ski area particularly with the snow depth it gets but don't expect that happening anytime soon with these local yocals running it.
September 22, 2014
Chase Terran from Ski USA - California USA - California
Most of Baker's famed snow is extremely wet and it's such a small mountain that it is way overcrowded now. There is very limited terrain and what there is is completely over-crowded. The nearest town is over an hour away. You can catch a good day here but mostly it's over-hyped to the extreme.
April 28, 2014
RB from Ski USA - California USA - California
I skied Mt. Baker for the first time this February on a day trip down from Whistler. It had been a poor snow year to that point, which at Mt. Baker meant "only" a 150-175 inch base and snow banks on the access road that dwarfed our SUV. Fortunately, we caught the tail end of a great snow week, so there was deep powder everywhere. Baker is a small area in vertical and acreage but manages to pack in an incredible amount of variety, including some hair-raising steeps. It is pretty deserted mid-week (even mid-Presidents week) so there is limited competition for untracked powder. One caveat: this is strictly a day area. Even the lodging on the road into Baker is pretty basic. That said, the day facilities at the base are spacious and modern, so it is a comfortable day area. This is a real skiers mountain. Go for the powder skiing. Go home and rest. Let the snow bunnies go to Deer Valley.
March 26, 2014
Shaun
Baker, the swag is so fresh, there-ith no better skiing in the Universe and I've shredded the latter. The terrain is so steep you feel you are going down faster than the world economy. Get Bakonised!
March 25, 2014
Sequoia from Ski USA - California USA - California
Baker is sick, lines are short and snow is deep. On a pow day, at 9:15, shredder after shredder comes in to chair 6 covered in snow hooting and hollering. Keep in mind, the only part of the snow report you can semi-trust is the new snow report, the rest just plays it up so much. They honestly wait 'till a cloudy break, when it rains all day, so they can put up the report of "high overcast, 35 degrees" so go to an independent site such as this one or NOAA or snow-forecast.com. Always check the telemetry data because it shows precip and temp. Also, on a pow day, get there early. The majority of riders and skiers in line in the morning are there to rip. Baker is full of good riders, so snow gets eaten up fast. Happy shredding!