What north west mountain has the best snow right now and is open?

SkeechyD

SkeechyD

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Hey guys, i was spontaneously invited by my buddies to take a trip to mountain ( we dont know where yet) for thanksgiving.
so my question is- where should we go? Best snow right now? which ones are open?
ive been so busy with school i havnt gotten into the loop of things yet, so this would really help
thanks guys +K for quality post
 
Well, steamboat might not have the best park, but we have so much fucking snow right now. 76 inches since October 23rd, and we open next Wednesday.

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looks sick, but im looking for mountains that are more west. such as whistler and what not. thanks for the idea though
 
Baker opens Saturday, Steven's opens thanksgiving, Crystal opened today. And no one cares about snoqual...LOLJK I don't know what's going on with them
 
mt hood (timberline and meadows) opens this weekend, mt bachelor is probably opening this weekend or early next week. hood just got 2+ feet of snow, but its still early season (with a 40 inch base).
tahoe sounds like they are about to get pounded, maybe think about going there.
 
They have a legit park. So love to them. I just haven't been keeping up on them :/ But you gotta love Stevens
 
all of hood, whis, baker and crystal are all open this weekend. most WA resorts will be opening next weekend and probably most oregon resorts as well. my recommendation would be either hood, baker stevens or whis. meanwhile i will be at white pass exploring our expansion and wishing i was at stevens...
 
i would hit up baker or crystal if your looking for pow baker for sure if you want to do some killer backcountry. stevens if you wanna hit up the park and maybe a little pow(if we get another storm) and snoqualie just is terrible except for central's park. or whistler to hit up everything.
 
did some hiking at stevens today and it was awesome about foot and half of awesome dry light fluffy snow. not really worth the 2 and a half hour hike up seventh but it was worth it on the way down. best hiking day for sure.
 
Mt Hood Meadows was awesome today, good light snow, solid ground coverage for early season, even the crowd was minimal given how shitty the lines have been over the last couple years. had an awesome day today, probably the best opening day i have ever had at meadows.
didnt spend any time in the park, but it looked solid. trying to get used to my new lizzies, which were a lot of fun.
 
Mt. Hood Meadows/Timberline would be a good choice for Thanksgiving. The next storm in this series (Monday) will hit them more dead-on than Whistler/Baker, allowing for more snowfall. Then it's an Arctic blast of cold air and new storms arriving Friday/Saturday with temperatures moderating significantly.

After that, it might be prudent to get back inland as quickly as possible. Sunday/Monday (after Thanksgiving) at the 5 inland Northwest resorts, there's a good potential for some significant accumulation. But that's after Thanksgiving, and honestly too far out to accurately predict. Looks like the Arctic blast does end on Thanksgiving weekend, though.
 
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