Stevens Pass Mountain Resort Review

Stevens pass had a great mix of easy, moderate, and intimidating runs close to the greater Seattle area. It is worth mentioning that I have limited experience snowboarding on mountains - The staff were fun, friendly and helpful.

Scenic view is great and trail & snow are mostly great. One thing I want to complain is that equipment rental process is still not seamless.

Grew up on this mountain. They are to crowded and overcharge but if you go on a weekday and buy your tickets 3 days early it's only $50.

My first time skiing ever; so I can t comment on the technical aspect. But what amazed me was how friendly and helpful all the staff were. They would literally bend backwards to accommodate all your needs.
Tip: be there before 8 AM and be careful in the parking. our car was boxed by other cars and there was no parking security on duty when we were leaving.

Stevens Pass is located farther away than Snoqualmie, but makes up for it in more favorable snow quantity. That isn't to say you'll always find fresh pow, though. If you get here early enough you can make first tracks on the backside, which can be absolutely stellar, but later in the day you'll be competing with plenty of other skiers and snowboarders. If the snowfall the previous night was particularly good, you can find relatively undisturbed lines through the trees on the backside all day; otherwise, there are usually too many hard chunks to make this type of exploration worthwhile, and the marked runs on the backside tend to get icy since the backside faces south. Seventh Heaven also tends to get pretty mogully and skiied out over the course of the afternoon I would say the best day on Stevens rates just under the best day at Crystal, and you can find great deals on lift tickets at Costco (around $44 last time I checked). Last but not least: if you want to avoid horrible traffic (thanks to a single lane road and traffic lights in Index and Gold Bar), leave at around 2pm before the crowds do.

Pretty good tracks but rent gear so so and lifts dangerous !

This was a great stop for lunch and coffee after snowshoeing. The skiing looked good, I plan on going back to check it out.

Great terrain, best tree lines in existence. Great food wherever that Eric guy happens to be working.

Met my niece here for a picnic supper. She and a friend are hiking the PCT and it was great to have picnic tables available to eat at. Very neat and clean.

If you live far away or have kids don t bother. Was turned away due to no parking (common occurrence after talking to friends) with a screaming infant in the back and the attendants wouldn t even let us pull in to feed him. For the time and effort there are better mountains to visit until they figure their stuff out.

I love stevens pass, people are great, the runs are fun, repair shop is fast.

I've never been to Stevens Pass in the winter, but when I come for bike season it's always fun. I love the inside of the lodge, the staff is always helpful and friendly, and the food is really good. Treat yourself!

Steven pass is one of the preeminent ski resorts in the Pacific northwest. Offering numerous chair lifts and runs that encompass beginner to black diamond a full day of skiing can be enjoyed.

Although there are no overnight lodging facilities, the daytime use is great. Food and beverage is available at more the one location.

Summertime usage provides the opportunity to mountain bike and extensive set of trails.

Excellent place for snowboarding and skiing. Really busy on the weekends, beautiful scenery, and a wide range of groomed and untouched runs. This place is great!

Great skiing 90 minutes east of Seattle/Bellevue. With 1000 extra vertical feet over Snoqualmie & Crystal, it'll probably be snowing here when it's raining everywhere else.

Very good people. I lost my phone and got it back in an hour at the lost and found

I've only snowboarded here twice but it was a great time both trips! They have the best learning area for the young ones or even less experienced adults. The magic carpets make it so much easier for them to learn. They have the longest begginer area that I've been too as well. Overall it's a great place to board. Parking was superb definitely need awd/4WD or chains for the parking lot. Sometimes you get stopped on a hill and getting traction can be a bit tricky for 2wd vehicles. Also the food was good, pretty standard overpriced resort food. But hey you're in the mountains what do you expect. :)

You can't beat the snow at Steven's Pass. And the shipping and dining locations are fantastic. Arrive early to get a parking spot!

This place is surprisingly a great place ski/ snowboard. I like the fact that some of their runs are long and relatively challenging. I would definitely come back.

Great terrain and chill attitude. Unfortunately, on a nice weekend mid-season day, parking is a complete disaster.

Great place, not enough parking space took me 3 hrs to find some space available.
staff not very friendly, the guy on the first parking told us to go back home , that we should have arrived earlier, cashier foreing kid no willing to speak Spanish even though he was from south America.

Daisy course is perfect for beginners but also still challenging making it fun! Very well organized. I do recommend making online reservation if you plan on renting equipments. I highly recommend this place!

Good view lifts are uncomfortable and the food is bad and the employees are rude

This place was amazing! Most of the staff were happy and very helpful. Joe a snowboard instructor was the best. He helped my wife and mother in law and myself learn the basics. In the 2 hours we had with him it felt like an old friend teching you. We all had the skills and confidence needed to have a great and safe day.

Favorite place to board there staff are super helpful and kind.

Unfortunately it was all closed up as we had hoped to have lunch...

I love this place! Great experience even though the food and drink is a little pricey. The bike park is amazing!

great place for sledding, skiing, etc. i hiked to skyline lake and sledded all the way down. it was the most fun ive had in a while.

I deeply regret taking a beginner snowboarding lesson here with my family. In hind sight, I could have saved $240, had a lot more fun, and been safer if I had watched a few YouTube videos. SnowboardProCamp has an excellent beginner playlist!

Our instructor, whom I ll call E, has no business teaching- I m sure that they are a great person, and an awesome snowboarder, but those two things do not make a good instructor.

To start E had us skate around a bit and then take a couple magic carpets to a safe and tiny slope of about 10- 15 degree decline that extended for about 15 feet. We went over some basics like sliding forward, toe slide, heel slide, slide with the board perpendicular forward and backward, and how to go straight when you start perpendicular. But E was very quiet, I had to keep asking them to repeat what they said because I couldn t hear. I asked E about how to get up after falling, as I was spending a lot of time falling, she did a quick demo, but I didn t get it. I asked for tips about better balance, E said to keep your arms out pretend to hold trays with a bunch of water glasses. We stayed at the tiny slope for two hours- it was pretty boring and it was clear E didn t want to be there.

Finally, we moved on but I think the slope was too much for our first time. It was the hairpin slope with the sign fastest way to the lodge . None of us made it without taking some serious tumbles. I m sure the slope would have been a piece of cake for most people, but for complete beginners, it really sucked. I couldn t keep my board straight or slowdown, and I couldn t get up without falling right back down on the hill. We were all pretty miserable so I ended the session an hour early- E thought that worked out well since we started 10 minutes early.

Later at home, I watched a few complete beginner you tube vids, and wished I had watched the vids instead of paying $240 for a couple hours of misery.

Great snow, tons of slopes for all kinds of skiers and snowboarders

Spent the day on the mountain training for a Spartan Ultra! Amazing views!

Hello Vail management!

Please rake, salt, shovel the entrances of all your ski lifts entrances and loading zones. Lawsuit warning!!!

Awesome ski resort, beautiful surroundings but too many people

Great ski resort. Lots of trails to try out and lines weren t that long.

Great groomed runs. Seemed that they were a little beyond their capacity

Since being taken over nothing but higher prices and less parking with no upgrades or additions to infrastructure. Now they are charging $94 a day, that's a joke and pure greed. Go to baker instead they're prices have only increased by $6 in the last decade and you know you'll be able to find a parking spot. Stevens is dead to me

Great skiing. The staff is great! Found it to be a bit pricey for an okay amount of mountain (similar price to much larger mountains).

If you want to start learn to ski or snowboard, this is the place. Affordable lessons including equipment rental. Only for $200 they guarantee that you'll learn in 3 lessons. I was able to ride daisy on day one. But make sure you arrive very early, the latest 8am if you want to get your money's worth so you can ride longer. Parking is terrible. But still my favorite place to snowboard.

This resort has great snow and pretty good trails. Would definitely recommend a visit on the winter weekends.

Now a member of EPIC. Very nice faciliites for the NW. Good crosssection of terrain and decent lifts. Pretty although occasionally treacherous two lane drive up from the west. Only 30 min drive east to Leavenworth.

Stevenspass has been my Go-To mountain in Washington for 15 years. I have been a seasons pass holder in the past and have loved the mountain. I will say though, ever since Vail has acquired Stevenspass, I have noticed a few unfortunate things. Of course, Vail has brought on several positive aspects like future projects to upgrade lifts & and I am sure they will be making the resort nicer. However, they have brought on many negatives. The prices have SKYROCKETED. You are paying nearly $100 dollars at the window, and maybe $80 if you get your ticket in advance. This is about the same price as going to whistler, which is 6 times the size of this place. Night skiing is over 40 dollars now as well. We are talking about a resort that used to offer night skiing as low as $20 dollars on black friday and under $30 if you had an "advantage pass". No Deals like this ever show up anymore. They got rid of the Costco tickets, Advantage Pass, Tickets at REI & no black friday deals. They also got rid of the machines that automatically senses your pass and lets you through and gone back to hand scanning passes? Seems like they have regressed with technology and chosen a less efficient process. It has really gone from my favorite mountain, to just another over priced Vail resort.

By far some of the best boarding I have had the pleasure of experiencing. Met a lot of great people on the slopes and in the kitchens! An all around blast in the winter, and I have heard the summer mountain biking is wicked awesome too!

Good snow. Expensive af. Get there early for parking on the weekend.

Awesome no-frills resort. Great variety of terrain, from mellow groomers to some really fun, steep sections on the backside. Lots of cliffs and rocks to jump off if you want it. Lifts and lodge are certainly not high-speed or and swanky, but I much prefer that to some of the uber-luxury resorts you find nowadays. If you're there on a weekday it's great, no lines. But be warned, if you are trying to ski Sat or Sun, you're advised to show up by 8 AM latest; the parking is a nightmare when all of Seattle descends upon the inadequate parking space.

Awesome ski/snowboarding school for kids. Beautiful views and nice terrain.

Steven's never disappoints. The terrain and the amount of lifts allows for an eventful day no matter what. I especially love riding on the backside of the mountain. I would say Steven's is the best Washington has to offer, on a pow day anyway!

Easy to get to and usually good snow. One of the better mountains in the area.

The lifts are a bit dumb by European standards. The mountains and trails are excellent.

Great lift-serviced bike park. Incredible trails, Friendly staff good food.

Awesome experience... there are diff skiing areas for different skill level people...

Amazing snow activities. This place is crowded on weekends. Gears for snow sports available at site (costly though). Season pass is highly recommended. They don t allow snow sleds or tubs. Yummy food available.

Good, well-designed ski area, from what I saw of it (mostly the beginner terrain since I needed to warm up)

Really good snow and efficient rental process. Go for the demo ski as the performance option is not great.

I am so upset, I was just trying to sign up to be an online member and they charged my charge 188$! They wont return my calls and totally ripped me off. Im not getting my season pass at the resort again! This is very un honest and not cool, I highed suggest noone trust them on line with your info , they will trick you and rip you off.

The place is a well oiled machine. They get you through pretty quickly if you are renting equipment. Wendi and Marisa who work in administration and Rentals were wonderful! Very helpful and sweet. Wendi walked me to two different buildings instead of just pointing them out.

Always a fun day with kids and friends. Lifts and terrain for beginners and pros. Dining options. Good bathrooms. Have had good luck with parking, but be prepared to haul your gear a ways.

Great hill and good off piste, if you know your way around

Pretty good slopes, but fills up quick so get there at 830 and be at the rental lodge by 9 when it opens... parking is fine.... food is really good in the lodges.... overall a nice place for recreation and relaxing in the snow

Great powder condition and the best place to ski or snowboard. I love it .

Lots of blues here, but not as many greens. So really great if you're already good at skiing!

Love this area while visiting the Washington area. Beautiful place to visit while on the Stevens Pass mountain with a relaxing atmosphere. Great views and some of the best skiing to done around.

Fun for the whole family and friends. Access friendly entrance. Clean facilities throughout including the bathrooms. Our visit was cold and sunny this time.

Beautiful views all-around the nearby mountains. Great exercise, photography opportunities and fun to be found here also.

Be prepared for a little adverse mountain weather if necessary on the way in or out.

Parking was plentiful and easily accessible. Spots were a little tight in some places. Snow was fast and flowing.

We loved the skiing trip which was relaxing and the variety of entertainment that was provided to us here.

Better snow than Crystal! Less moguls than the other Seattle "home" mountains makes this place muuuuuuch more fun for snowboarders. Make sure to make it to the back side of the mountain if you want less crowds!!

3 terrain parks of varying difficulty keeps it interesting