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February 28, 2022
Mark Horn from
United States
Mark Horn from
United States
Summit has good terrain for early beginners and small children, but poor snow, and boring, crowded skiing for anyone of moderate skills. As a business, they are very poor. Their communications are extremely poor on all the various policy changes related to covid and crowding, leading to confusion and wasted days for many. The staff is generally unfriendly and unprofessional. They also have an extremely greedy and opportunistic structure of non-refundable prepaid purchases for tickets and rentals, so if you cannot make it due to weather, covid or their policy changes, you will be screwed out of your money. They have zero customer service, and will not even respond to your requests. If you decide to do business with them, expect to lose everything if you can't follow through on your plans as expected. There are far better places to ski with better, more customer focused management that aren't that much farther to drive. Even Stevens is better, despite their current challenges.
April 07, 2021
Vicki from
United States
Vicki from
United States
They do not keep their promise and charge a hell of a lot of money!
I bought a 2nd half season and next year whole season pass on Mar-1st-2020 for around $515 plus $52 of tax which was supposed to cover my ski at this place for end of 19/20 season and the whole 20/21 season (this price is around $100 more than the 20/21 season only price). I have used only 3 times during March 2020. However, Covid hit unexpectedly and Summit was closed early Apr-2020.
When 20/21 season starts in November, Summit sent me an update saying that I can defer my 20/21 season to 21/22 season worry-free. Because of my concern on Covid, I wrote an email to them and told them I am deferring my season pass to 21/22 and they confirmed that I can do this defer. So I did not even go once during 20/21 season.
This year, when I started to swipe my 20/21 season to 21/22 season pass, they told me that because I rode three times during 19/20 season, I can't use the pass in 21/22 season unless I pay around another $300 + tax to get it usable. I asked why the defer of 20/21 season to 21/22 season does not apply here as they promised. What they explain is like this:
"because you used three times in 19/20 season, so they have to deduct 3 * $120 (the single pass ticket price IF you purchased them at the sales window at Summit), even you did not use it once in 20/21 season. The defer you can get is only $172 credit."
To me, this is outrageous!
For one, The reason anybody buys a season pass is for seasonal rides, not for day rides. If they are prorating the cost, it should be prorated by season’s opening time period, not by day pass rides.
Secondly, if I buy single pass ticket online, it would only cost me $65+tax each ticket, they know that but they just charge me $120 each ticket at their will!
And the worst, when they told me that I can defer 20/21 season to 21/22 season, I was expecting equal defer, which is full season to full season. Nobody informed me that I have to pay $300 more for this deferral!
I feel like they were falsely advertising and cheating my hard-earned money out of my pocket. I would strongly advise against buying a season pass there. Not trustworthy.
January 31, 2011
June from
United States
June from
United States
It would be really fair to their snow shoe patrons if they were told that they should completely avoid the trails that the cross country skiers use (at Summit at Snoqualmie). Basically, the majority of the trails do not allow enough room for both classic skiers & snowshoers so snowshoers are forced to use the center area at times. Unfortunately, the center area skiers felt that they were the only ones entitled to use that area - no matter the reason. Interestingly enough, the older athletes were always the most pleasant, but it seemed that the majority of the 20 - 40 somethings were complete jerks with entitlement attitudes - pretty comical and sad (for them) actually. One of the main things that clearly didn't register in their pea brains is that we all paid to use the trails. All in all, with the exception of great weather and a few nice people, we had a very disappointing day at this location and certainly will not be back. When we returned our equipment to the center, we commented on the problems we encountered and were told, "Yeah, we hear that a lot". Just Wonderful.
October 09, 2003
MarQ from
United States
MarQ from
United States
The summit is great, 45 min from downtown, and open till 10pm riding there is very convenient. 4 area's ranging from beginner slop of summit west, to the tree runs, & rock drops of Alpental The Summit has terrain for all skill levels. West & Central both host terrain parks, 2002/2003 season saw a explosion of new hand rails, & Jib boxes, making summits park better then ever.
Now the down side of the summit is it has the lowest elevation of the Western Washington resorts, so the snow is sometimes questionable. They don't lay out there terrain parks very well, although they put lots of hits & rails, the lines are often poorly thought out, and don't flow very well. Weekends the lift lines get a little long, especially if we get a dump. Alpental tends to be the worst for lift lines, there is only 1 chair that access the top, & 1 chair for the back bowls, but there is tons of tree lines & hidden spots you can catch fresh power long after a storm. Summit is well worth the trip, and with $300 for an unlimited season pass, you can easily get up there twice a week, and with seasons the last well into April there is no shortage of opportunities for going big.
September 21, 2003
Ron Lee from
United States
Ron Lee from
United States
Well there must be something right with a 4-ski area destination that gets 600,000 skier days per year. Yes we are an easy one hour drive from Downtown Seattle Washington US but a world apart. All those rain stories you hear about Seattle are true and then those same 'Japanese Trade Current' storms sweep up the Cascade Mountains and rop TONS of snow on Snoqualmie Pass.
We get more snow than anywhere else in the world at 3,000 feet elevation. It can vary from year to year so you have to check www.Snoq-Forecast.com first. But last year (2002-2003) was good in 2001-2002) we have 15 feet of packed snow on the ground - I kid you not.
We operate some very large vacation rental homes at the pass (www.Snoq.com). Due to the heavy snow fall most use metal roofs to slide off the snow. Yet some of our three story home roofs were connected to the ground with snow. Its that deep.
We take extra care to make access easy to the homes but some owners were having to go in their THRID floor windows to access their homes. Wow. We get snow.
The quality of the snow can vary but compared to some other places that pray for the white stuff we never have to worry.
Terrain varies from at the four ski areas (all just a few miles apart). There is lots of beginner space, many medium ski runs to our well know 'Alpental' ski area where Olympic Gold metal winner Debbie Armstrong honed her skills. On Alpental the upper runs are more like elevator shafts if you like that kind of thing.
If you have to have lots of night life, all night bars, discos and expensive shops - you'll be disappointed in Snoqualmie Pass. Yes you can run into the Seattle area and get all that and more. But at the pass most folks come to ski. We have the largest Night skiing operation in the US (and maybe the world) which means you can get in an easy 12 hours of slider per day if you want.
So if you've never been to Snoqualmie Pass come stay sometime. Oh, and by the way, its absolutely gorgeous in Summer too. Fishing, biking and always crisp clean air and towering peaks right outside your door.
September 15, 2003
Jeffrey Knecht from
United States
Jeffrey Knecht from
United States
In terms of easy access from the Seattle metro area, nothing beats Snoqualmie Pass, now officially named 'Summit at Snoqualmie.' The Pass is actually 4 seperate areas, 3 on the south side of I-90 and the other, Alpental, on the north side of the highway and about a mile up the valley. The 3 south areas, known as Summit West, Summit Central, and Summit East are mostly beginner and intermediate terrain with a few exceptions. Countless Seattle area parents bring their children to these areas to learn how to ski. Because of this, they can get quite crowded on the weekends. On the opposite side of the road, where Alpental lies, the story is completely different. Alpental has some of the best terrain in the world, let alone the state. In addition, the Alpental backcountry opens up a whole range of new terrain for advanced skiers. While the snow can sometimes get a little heavy at all the Snoqualmie areas, Alpental generally recieves better snow than the others. Considering the fact that you can drive to Snoqualmie in less than 45 minutes from Seattle and night skiing is offered at both Summit West and Alpental, I find the area hard to beat. In conclusion, if you are looking for a top notch resort ski area, Snoqualmie is not the place for you. If you are looking for easy access to a quick ski fix and are willing to brave what are sometimes less than ideal conditions, give Snoqualmie, especially Alpental, a shot.
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