Fun blue runs, quite wide open and fairly long. I bet they'd be epic on a powder day which today isn't one of those days. Spectacular views to enjoy on the lifts, especially since none of the lifts are high speed, and they take a long time to traverse the mountain. No long lift lines, and at 44 bucks all in for half a day, it's well worth the drive up at least once or twice during season. read more

We drive here every winter and enjoy this place even more each time. It's our favourite tradition to go tobogganing with friends and spend hours in the crazy amount of beautiful snow. Highly recommend! read more

Mt. Baker was great this year ( 2016 ) for boarding! read more

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First of all this was my first time coming to mount baker resort. I am a rental technician at Stevens Pass resort. I have a seasons pass at Stevens Pass I only came here to get my 1st day in. But it was cut short due to lack of communication from the operations and management of this mountain. I would suggest to take your money and family and spend it at another resort. This resort has horrible customer management and operations. They are not able to coordinate to the skiers and snowboarders on the mountain. When lift operations close an hour and a half earlier than the times posted on chair lifts. Even the websites show that all chairs are running and are open from 9-3-3:30. They also had forgotten an extra sandwich that I ordered. I ordered 2 daily sandwich's and a water but only received a water bottle and 1 sandwich. I walked all the way down to my car just to find out they forgot 1 sandwich in my bag. They also never handed me a receipt after the order which I find very unprofessional. The workers here seem like they are under the influence or don't give a sh!t about the job they are doing. I would highly not recommend this resort and would suggest to wait for another resort to open in Washington. read more

Terrain: Pretty average. For a resort that's mainly below the treeline there was a surprising lack of good gladed terrain. Snow: Awful. We had bad luck with the conditions, but ended up with a foot of wet slush in the middle of March that wasn't worth $5, let alone $50. Resort: Lots of old, slow chairs. There's something nice about a rustic old time resort. This isn't it. Customer Service: Non-existent. We tried to get a snowcheque to return the next day, as we didn't want to spend the day getting rained on and skiing in heavy slush. The ski patrol we spoke to said it wouldn't be a problem at guest services. We spoke to Mike, the mountain manager, who explained that you have to decide before you buy, and they're not interested if conditions are poor. He also explained that the area they take the snow report from was an area that wasn't even open that day. Not sure exactly how you're supposed to make an informed decision when the snow report is from an area of the hill that is closed. Management: The worst! Sent an e-mail to the operations manager, Gwyn Howat, about our experiences over a month ago. Followed up twice before I got a reply saying I hadn't been ignored (here's a hint: If I wait 3 weeks for a response and have to follow up twice to get one then I am being ignored!), and she would like to discuss my issues further on the phone. I suggested some times and passed on my phone number. 8 days and 2 more e-mails later, and I'm still waiting! Conclusion: Don't bother. I know I won't, ever again. read more

Four of my friends, one of which lives in Seattle, and myself headed up to Glacier over Presidents' Day weekend for some skiing. I have a calf injury which prevents me from skiing or snowboarding. I am trained, licensed, and certified to use a skibike (including chair lift entry/exit). Prior to buying plane tickets and room reservations, my friend in Seattle e-mailed a Mt. Baker representative concerning the use of ski bikes, and was told that ski bikes are allowed on chairs 7, 5, 3/4, and 2. So, the four out-of-state guys buy tickets and make room reservations. On our first day on the slopes, I have a great time ski-biking all morning long. After lunch, on my second lift up (around 1:30), a lift operator stops me from getting on the lift, and tells me that ski biking is not allowed. I have to disassemble my snow bike, and I get escorted off the mountain on a snowmobile. I pleaded my case (me being a middle-aged out-of-state guy with a brittle calf muscle) at the Administrative Office. I was told by both an impolite agent and then a manager that regardless of my handicap and my training, I would not be allowed back on the chair lifts. Anyway, I requested that they simply observe my ability to safely use the lifts. The manager agreed to meet me an hour later at 3:00. The manager shows up at 3:25, and tells me to board the lift by myself in the middle of the chair, which is exactly how not to safely board a chair lift. I convinced him to allow me to get on the lift with an experienced skier so that I can correctly rest my bike frame on the chair lift arm rest. I gently explain this to him as he is the God of The Lifts, and I don't want to agitate this guy. As I ride up, he rides under for a bit, then races to the top lift station. As I meet him there, he ignores me for 10 minutes while talking to an employee about skate skiing. Then, he escorts me down the slope, as I take it easy with some slow turns down the mountain. Halfway down, he tells me I ski fine and that it is terribly dangerous to take a ski bike on a lift and that he will not allow me to use the lifts. He then quickly takes off on his snowmobile. What a drag! My ski vacation and vacation budget is shot due to the irrational inflexibility of this boss. He really did not care. Anyway, my friends shortened our three-day visit to two days, and we left Glacier for Seattle a little earlier than we had planned. I want to let the folks in Glacier know that we had a great time there. The ski shops, restaurants, and live music were all good, and we met numerous great locals during our brief visit. It is too bad for such a nice community that the management at Mt. Baker is simply lousy. read more

This weekend I went snow camping with some friends. We were going to dig snow caves, camp in them and ski the ski area one day and do a backcountry tour the other. We had a large group and we parked in the upper heather meadows lot. We looked at the website and it said it was ok to park overnight. Friday afternoon, the mt baker ski area general manager rides out on a snow mobile to where we were camping and tells us we can't park in the upper lot. He then proceeds to lecture us on how backcountry skiers, snowshoers, sledders, basically anyone not buying a lift ticket are a bunch of "useless freeloaders" taking money away from him. He told us he's closing the parking lot down and no one can get in or out. Seems a bit reckless. He then proceeds to plow a wall of snow into the road to block us. Pretty sure that's not even legal. The next day we decide to leave and find his parking lot practically empty. Really bad attitude from a place that I always thought embraced all users. Check out my photo of the wall in the photos section on this mt baker Yelp page. read more

Mt Baker Ski Area - General manager decided to plow a snow wall into the road to block us in and others out. See my review. - Ski Resorts Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

After not making it to the last day at Stevens this year, I felt like I had to get one more good run in. I looked up what areas were still open, and Baker was. I live in Seattle and it's a drive to Baker, I'd never been there, but thought why not. I was blown away by Baker, the terrain, and how open it was, and it's HUGE (imo), and I LOVED it. The Summit and Stevens has nothing on this place, although I love going there too. Baker is not organized at all, maybe I choose to go on the wrong day where everyone is very chill and I'm seeing a Banana suit, Gorilla, Sponge Bob, Sumo wrestler and many more costumes just on the walk up to lodge, but I miss the ticket checkers at Stevens, it just seems more professional and the electronic gate as you pass thru to get to the lifts. When people ski or board down to lifts they just start their own lines and come right up to the front as to ignoring the fact that there's a mob of people in line behind them. My friend almost got into it with one of the guys, and the other guy looked at us up and down and said something like... I'm a season ticket holder. Whoopti do mofo! and your point? That was rude! I felt like unstrapping my board and hitting it across his face. I have a season pass to Stevens but you don't see me acting like I have priority over everyone else. Service is everything... it can ruin your first experience and it'll stick with you forever. I know I shouldn't let this one incident set my opinoin about Baker, but there were some other things that just didn't jive with me. Great mountain, and the best chocolate chip soft gooey cookie ever but I'll stick to Stevens. I might hit up once a year for their Golden Egg Hunt. read more

Wow! Talk about awesome ski-able terrain! So much powder, and relatively uncrowded. The chairs are a little slow, but with all the powder, it's not a bad trade off. Also, in White Salmon Lodge, the chili cheese fries are delicious! read more

I came here my second time skiing (first time was at Crystal), so I did the $49 Chair 2 + lesson package. I do NOT recommend Mt. Baker for beginners for the following reason: -Just to get from the weekend lodge area to the beginner Chair 2, you have to ski down a not insignificant slope. For beginners, this can be daunting. If I had come here my first time skiing and had to ski down that just to get to the chair lift, I probably would not have ever skied again. -I signed up for a level 2 beginner's class. It was a little frustrating that we spent at least half of the class time waiting in line for the rope tow, when I really wanted to learn how to turn and control my speed on green slopes. In comparison, at Crystal, where I took a first-time lesson package, the instructor was able to get us to the front of the Discovery lift line the first 2 times we went up. There was much more time spent actually skiing versus waiting in line, which, thinking back, is quite amazing since everyone in the class was first-timers. The beginner's lesson package at Crystal was much more expensive, but I think it was more worthwhile than the lesson package here. At Mt. Baker, there were other members of the class who were second-timers like me but had taken their first class at Baker. They did not seem as comfortable skiing, and they also mentioned that the weekday Chair 7 area was difficult for them. -In my opinion, the 1.5 hour lesson was not very helpful. The class size was a little large (I did come on a busy Sunday during a long weekend). The instructor also let a random friend of a class member join, which made the class even larger. Also, the ski instructor seemed very interested in talking about her expensive skis and kept bemoaning that she probably shouldn't have been teaching in them since somebody might damage them. I remember a lot of useful information from my first lesson at Crystal that I still use, but I think I only remember about 1 or 2 tips from my lesson at Mt. Baker... -The lift line and rope tow areas just do not seem well designed. When waiting in line for both areas, there was a slight incline upwards. This is frustrating for beginner skiers who do not have the best control and can start sliding backwards easily. A few weeks after going to Baker, I went to Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, and all of the lift line areas were extremely flat. The beginner's Discovery chairlift at Crystal had a very slight incline downwards. Maybe there was an incline because the snow base at Mt. Baker wasn't deep enough? Not sure... -Signage on the runs (at least off of Chair 2) is pretty much nonexistent. Study that trail map very carefully! -I don't think they have snow makers here, so if the conditions are icy (which they were when I was there), you're pretty much stuck with it. At least the scenery here is pretty, and the lift tickets are much cheaper. The drive from Seattle is long, though, and I just don't feel like the vibe or overall layout is conducive for learners and beginners. I was pretty frustrated by the end of my day here. I'm sure Mt. Baker is great for intermediate and advanced skiers, but it can be a frustrating place for non-athletically inclined beginners trying to learn the basics. read more

Baker's a sweet area especially when the snow is good-which is 99% of the season there. They have the world record for snowfall of over 1000 inches during the winter of 1999. If you go up skiing/boarding and look at the lift towers you can see a white line with a '99 painted next to it. These represent the depth of the snow during the record-breaking winter of 1999. They have a great variety of terrain and runs for all experience levels. Lots of back country space too. Their lodge and facilities are great as well. You can even rent your gear up there at the rental shop. Very nice staff as well but expect to pay around $45 for a lift ticket. They also have one of the country's few intersecting chairlifts where one chairlift passes over another at a 90 degree angle. Cool beans! read more

Huge wide open trails, fresh powder GALORE (the highest average annual snowfall), simple and quick lifts, no lines, $52 for all day lift pass...omg, this place is pure heaven. It's simple, pure, unadulterated skiing and snowboarding. read more

Baker rules. The snow is always great, the lines are never too long, and the price is right. I don't know of too many lodges where the food is superb- but hey they have a kick ass beer selection- including local boundary bay's "cabin fever", that is worth four stars alone! I will say- this mountain isn't the most ideal for beginners, but for all others- it's great. I think this is the best mountain in Washington, bar-none. read more

I love mount baker. Its a great mountain and they always have the best snow. However the staff is miserable. Everyone is stuck up and seem very angry. All that aside, I'm a Western student and I really want to buy a season pass so I can board every Friday, Saturday and Sunday but the price is so ridiculous I could never afford it! Why would they charge a college student, one that is going to school 40 minutes from the mountain, over $600?? I had the option to go to any school in Washington and picked WWU specifically for the mountain and now that I'm here i can barely afford to ride once a week! Fix your prices dammit! Even though you get the most snowfall in the region; your mountain, lifts, and employees don't even come close to the high price tag to ride. read more

Mt Baker is a place for powder hounds. I love the terrain, its for advanced boarders and skiers who know their limits. Be careful and when going out of bounds always remember your avalanche beacons, backpack, probe and shovel. It helps to link up with a local from the area and see if you can talk them into showing you some good lines. The main problem with the area is the lack of good terrain park. They used to have a really fun one, so its not that they couldn't do it, they just don't, which is kinda lame. I wish they had one for those few days when it doesn't snow or in springtime, when there isn't really anything else to do. Also they should stay open at least one month later because there is usually more snow there one closing day than most ski areas get all season. All in all its a really fun place to ride, its always challenging and fun. read more

let me just start off by saying the mt Baker ski patrol, particularly a guy named Adam, rocks. We were snowboarding all around the resort when one of my more inexperienced friends managed to get stuck on a run, lose her board in the process, and ended up sitting on the side of a steep part of the mountain. Ski patrol saved her sorry ass, and Adam, the rock star that he is, went back up for a second time and found her board lodged in a thicket of trees. OK, so there may be other schmancier resorts with pretty lodges, super deluxe high speed quad chairs with leg rests and ski patrols with matching sparkly k2 outfits and gear, but if you want great snow, minimal crowds, and a view of glaciers and mountains as far as the eye can see, go to baker. Plus, a life could be saved! read more

My favorite laid-back ski area in the country. When the snow is good (happens A LOT), it's amazing. It feels like an adventure when you're skiing here, rather than being pampered at a ski resort where tickets are $120! Mount Shuksan in your face, wild weather and free for all type skiing. Be careful because there's not a lot of ski patrol (which I love) and you can go out of bounds easily if you wish. People are always happy and having fun at this place. I'm one of them. read more

I heart Mount Baker. The people, the snow, the runs, everything. It's so nice to have a mountain with a local feel... and the snow is good well into spring! Yay Baker! I miss you! read more

Been going to Mt. Baker skiing for 15 years and yes, it's a great bargain for the money. However, they still to this day don't know how to properly goom the slopes and "the don't care attitude" gets old. Also, the new Raven Hut Lodge is Beautiful, however, you pay for the new lodge in the exhorbitant prices of the food served there. Had the BBQ Brisket sandwich for $10.50 and it was not good (especially without BBQ sauce). read more

It will never escape my mind.... a place who chose to use an infrastructure where two DOUBLE chairs with a few meters of variance from start to finish became part of a ski area. Also, although the area can boast such HIGH annual snowfall....well, they sure as hell need it.... It's not like you can do much other than trash your shit-skis you wanted to burn the last end-of-season anyhow unless they have a huge base. The lay-out must have involved a few too many chemicals on the part of the engineers. Although Shuk/Baker/Table Mtn and such are grand places....when last fiddling around the place.....i had most fun actually being on the actual peaks of Shuks/Baker/etc...... It used to be a cool place to go in the early 90's when prices were cheap, a small-minded, enjoyable atmosphere and open until early May..... but yeah, that was when it was cheap, the little lodge had good cheap food, and there was not much but a few Canucks and such read more

not too crowed for a sunday on a holiday weekend. bought my lift ticket quickly. short lift lines. the drive out there is a bit long. hopefully, you have some sort of good entertainment with you in the coche. the little place where i took lunch had beer although i didn't partake until the end of the day. curly fries - good. chili - good. siracha sauce for my chili - AWESOME. the hidden away little pub at the end of the day really hit the spot! good times with new good friends. prolly more like 4.5 stars. it's just that the drive out there is a bit long. but the windy road was kinda fun to drive on... read more

Fun mountain, good conditions, not crowded ever. Rental and lesson booking sooo amazingly slooooow. Besides that better than Vancouver local mnts read more

For six years I stopped skiing while I was playing soccer however during my second year at college mt. baker was calling my name. I had skied all throughout my childhood at Stevens but baker was a whole new mountain to me. At fist it was challenging but this is the kind of mountain that makes you into a better skier. You can go 5 days in a row and nothing will ever be exactly the same. The season also stretches into the spring and even once it is closed it offers fun stuff to ski. I am in love with skiing especially on this mountain!!! read more

My favorite place to ski in Washington State. Incredible scenery, really fun terrain, laid back vibe, reasonable prices. My only complaint is that a lot of people ski too fast and out of control here. I always have to watch over my shoulder if I want to make a large radius turn. Ski patrol seems to be non-existent so they're no help. read more