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 Washington is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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February 09, 2012
LocalUser
LocalUser
I think everyone out the there who takes the time to criticize the resorts should spend a day in the shoes of any one of the employees across the board at the resorts. Everyone from upper management to the ticket checkers works hard and works together to make YOUR day on the mountain as enjoyable as it can be. Sometimes the weather is an obstacle or there has been some variability in the decisions made on improvements or not, but, they were all made with YOU, the customer in mind. So stop whining and challenge yourself to see if you can find the positive in the experience you have. If not, go touring in the back country!
February 08, 2012
addicted to deep
addicted to deep
While there are many positive things to be said about Mt Washington, very few of them are a reflection of how this resort is run. First off they are great at supplying terrain to race and special events, are very supportive of adaptive snow sports and now they finally have set aside an area where novices can learn without fear. Peter Gibson seems like a really nice man and his presence on the hill is excellent for pubic relations. Everything else is pretty much a disaster; food, lift line organisation, grooming, avalanche control, parking, ticket sales, rentals, guest services and on it goes. At this point I have given up on anything changing at the middle/upper management level and word on the hill is that they keep losing highly qualified groomers and avalanche technicians. Grooming can be great when the snow and weather cooperate but too often Mt Wash management refuse to acknowledge that we are a melt/freeze coastal ski hill. If the groomers are going to be any good, it must be done at night when the snow has cooled. Even worse is when the snow has fallen early morning, then warmed or has been rained upon and the intermediates and beginners are forced to ski death crust can because they groomed at 4 pm the day before. Spend the money on more pay so the guys can groom at night! Avalanche control has not been complained about because there has been hardly any pow days this year, but if they come, the staff are not ready to get the back side open in time to beat the warming temperatures that always accompany Feb/March snow. As a small time local hill I expect nothing more and I don't get it. So if you come up here, have little to no expectations and you will have a good day. Food is terrible, so I bring my own. Lift tickets and rentals are also not an issue for me but I do feel for the day tourist. Until some smart people are running the departments who actually care about the user experience, this is your mountain. The recent lack of grooming with the melt freeze cycle that we have been in has compelled me to write this note. I don't really care if some groomers are down, fix them or have a plan in place to adapt. But super bowl Sundays lack of grooming was the worst I have ever seen up there. To charge full price for that nonsense disgusts me and I felt terrible for all those who had to travel and wait until one pm so they could ski on something that was not frozen caca. I would make a plea for the mtn to get it together, but really whats the point?
February 05, 2012
Aaron
Aaron
I have been skiing Mt Washington and the Pacific Northwest for 30 years, and I love our great local hill. The only thing keeping me from more visits is the lack of more advanced terrain. The outback was a great addition, but after skiing places like Mt Baker or Kicking Horse you see how tame our little hill is. I'm no extreme skier, I just like to see more advanced terrain and less groomers. Unfortunately, many of Mt Washington's black diamond runs would be blue runs elsewhere. We want more gnar, less Lintons Loop. Mt Washington, please help, all these trips to Whistler and the Rockies are really adding up.
February 05, 2012
GearboxJake
GearboxJake
January 27, 2012
chico
chico
January 26, 2012
vanislegirl
vanislegirl
Goin' up tomorrow and can't wait as the conditions should be terrific, as long as the groomers have been busy taking care of all the tracked out pow.
I have to add my 2 cents in with some of the previous posters. I heard rumours the other day when I was up there, that the mountain is going to expand their terrain with another chair on the backside to open up the second bowl area. It's my understanding that this would be more black/double black diamond terrain. I think you are making a huge mistake here as you are over-expanding on the advanced end of things, and ignoring the large amount of skiers 40+ that would just like some good blue terrain to enjoy. How about replacing and upgrading the Sunrise chair and runs? Not everyone is a 20 something shredder, and yes, they need their areas too, but how about an equally distributed percentage of green/blue/black? You've spent money on the Outback, you've massively upgraded your green/learning area. How about some respect for the reliable, tried and true, blue skiers that don't want to kill themselves on the steep and deep? Give us a new Sunrise chair instead! Please!
Oh yeah, and a simple solution to access from the Hawk chair to the lodge for non-pass holders is to open the Hawk Dawg stand for lift ticket sales in the morning. Nuff said.
January 26, 2012
Derek LaFreen
Derek LaFreen
Love Mt Washington. Great place to ski.
One beef I have is that I would appreciate it if the web site could depict a more accurate snow condition and get report updates more often to give a true depiction of the current conditions.
For instance: today's report leads one to think that there is an abundance of pow but in all actuality it rained that night and then froze in tandem with high winds.
I arrived bright and early with great anticipation but soon discovered the total opposite: windblown crust.
The day was not completely lost because we resorted to the groomers and had a gas.
Like I said earlier, Mt Wash is a sweet place to ski!
I'll be back.
January 24, 2012
VanIsleDave
VanIsleDave
Was up for four days Jan 19-22. Was a bit concerned as it hadn't snowed for a while and was expecting concrete, but the groomers were all very well maintained and it worked out great as my GF and her son were boarding for the first time. They did the discover snowboard lesson and I was along for moral support so was able to see the quality of instruction which was excellent (Thanks again Sam). Very well structured and patient, and flexible in his way of teaching so when one idea wasn't getting through, he would find another way to convey it.
The addition of the carpets is awesome for teaching, however, they are very slow unless you can walk as they move, but this is only possible if no one is on them. Perhaps a way to get around the issue of not allowing people on the Hawk for fear of them getting to the Outback without a pass, would be to sell alpine passes at the Raven Lodge and continue to allow people on Sunrise without a ticket first thing in the morning. It would be only a slight inconvenience to go a little farther down the road to Raven, and double back to the Hawk parking lot.
As for volume of snow, 100cm over the 4 days, with most falling on Friday and Sunday. The only problem was that Sunday was very windy, so the Boomerang and Eagle were down and by early afternoon only Hawk and the carpets were running.
As for the rest, accommodation options are many, only ate in Fresh a couple of times and it was excellent, ski patrol are all over, friendly and very helpful.
The lodge is definitely a weak point, it needs to be replaced with something like the Raven and soon!
January 24, 2012
Ranger Ron !!~~!!
Ranger Ron !!~~!!
The term "CANI" (Constant and Never Ending Improvement) certainly applies to the Nordic Side. Realignment of access to Park Trails makes it easier for beginners to ski down from Raven's Lodge without facing a descent that was more "intermediate" in skier ability. While I miss the previous connection down to the back of the ponds, fewer skiers get tangled up on that descent which makes quicker access to the park for all levels of skier ability. Love that contours are provided on most of the trail guide. Perhaps, in the next edition Mt W. could produce contours for the upper loop of the Lake Trail? Sure hope so!
January 21, 2012
ted
ted
Poor system of getting passes from Hawk area. No passes sold there, can't get on chair, must take conveyer belt rides to plateau for ticket booth. But what happened is one member, a child in our party, went up this way ahead of our group and skied back down by accident. Well, when I followed to catch the little guy back at bottom, I was told I already had my ride up and I should have purchased a ticket. Was not allowed to get on conveyor belt! My choice was to walk with all gear and child in tow up hill. Can you believe this? What poor customer service! So poor I will never return. For the money and effort Whistler or North shore Mts are far more advanced. Mt Washington has very poor facilities, accommodations and no activities after hours.
The food is horrendous, washrooms over flowing toilets with crap and urine.
Skiing at mainland resorts are less money, cheaper accommodations and good foods. More bang for the buck.
Anyways, poor design, management, services and staff at Mt Washington. However, the snow there is amazing when it happens. But that is not controlled by the management. Taking credit for the skiing in lue of poor everything other is what they did suggest to me! Amazing!
ted. Victoria BC
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