Mount Baker Expert Skiing

While options exist for beginners and intermediates, it’s the experts who will enjoy Mount Baker most. Expert skiers must ascend to the upper reached of the resort to reach the steeped terrain, but will be rewarded with a true test of their confidence and ability.

While often closed on deep powder days, The Canyon zone offers a steep, fast run through a narrow canyon that is unlike anything found in-bounds at other resorts. When the snow is deep, head to lifts 1, 5, and 6. Act quickly though; Mount Baker’s in-bounds terrain is not large. Powder days attract skiers from as far away as Seattle, and the mountain can get tracked-out very quickly.

Mount Baker also features incredible local talent. These are the folks you will see calmly stomping cliffs and showboating underneath lift 5 all day long. If you do decide to size up a cliff for yourself, be sure you know where you are landing, and be even more certain to stomp it unless you want to hear the locals jeering from above. Cliffs ranging from 5 to 40 feet can be found in-bounds off of lifts 1 and 5.

Expert runs are short but definite leg-burners. Due to the high moisture content of the snow at Mount Baker, tracked out terrain quickly turns to moguls and cream cheese style snow, so choose your lines wisely and enjoy a true powder skiing mecca. Fat skis will certainly come in handy.