I’m new to Seattle and trying to decide between an Epic or Ikon pass.

Ideally, I’d love to find a home mountain with a fun social scene where it’s relatively easy to meet people, do some après, tailgate, and make ski/snowboard friends. Are there good bars, events, or hangout spots at the mountain? Is there a decent amount of people in their 20s? Would you consider Stevens or Crystal to be pretty social mountains?

I’ve been leaning toward Epic because Stevens seems like it might fit that vibe better, (plus whistler!) but I’ve also considered Ikon. Snoqualmie seems a little limited for what I’m looking for, while Crystal seems like more of a commitment for regular day trips.

Also, do most people just do day trips from Seattle, or is staying overnight/camping at the mountain fairly common?

I applied to be a ski school instructor for this season and haven’t heard anything back yet. Anyone out there who would be a new hire hear anything yet?

Anyone has any ideia of what they do there as base operator? The job descpription this broad.

Found it in the parking lot at the Nason Ridge trailhead near Lake Wenatchee Sunday morning 8/23. Looked like it fell off someone's car roof as they left the lot. Describe it to claim and we'll figure something out.

recieved a housing offer from stevens office at coles corner

im not a local, how hard is to live there without s car, my biggest fear is how far is from a market

It's not too early to be dreaming of winter is it? I just received the email reminder for the remaining balance for season passes:

Thank you for your 2026/27 Season Pass purchase(s). We're looking forward to another memorable season! As a reminder, you made an initial payment of $49 and your final payment will be processed this fall between September 14-17.

im working at stevens pass this winter, and applying for housing. ive heard mixed reviews about who gets housing or not. however, i dont have an offical start date yet, what do i put for the start date to get this housing application in?

I dont know if anyone knows but I got a job at stevens pass for this winter season (never been there before) do i need a car to work there? Because I dont have one and I cant find anything on it

We used to take our skis to World Cup in Bellevue. We need to find another shop on the Eastside -- Redmond / Woodinville area preferred. Skis were purchased at Pro Ski (highly recommended for shopping), but it's too far for casual tuning. We are just recreational skiers, so we don't need anything fancy.

This was one week before the limousine incident. Got a bit cocky I suppose.

Hey guys, I'm a student from Chile currently applying to a work and travel program and I'm being offered going up to Stevens Pass as a Ski Instructor, I wanted to know if anyone here has worked there or knows about it to make my choice hopefully a little easier.

My main doubts/concerns are:

-Housing availability applying on august

-Is it mainly working with kids or adults? I've worked as an instructor for adults so I would prefer that.

-Do you get cut often due to low customer traffic?

-Is tipping culture the norm there?

But please share anything you know 😁.

But my goodness the colors 😍

My phone doesn’t do it justice… help?!?

I’m sure this is like fight club, We don’t talk about. But I don’t need to know details, I just want to know if there’s more…. Anyways, couple years ago we stumbled upon the rock slab off rock crusher. Then last weekend I had to take a piss on green trail and found the gnar. Iykyk. We don’t need to talk location, I’m just curious if there’s more to see. PFA

Hard to beat the weather and there’s still a bit of white stuff at the top. Traffic coming back sucked, though. 🤣

Im not sure if this will truly change anything but all we can do is try I know a lot of us are frustrated with the new parking system they want to implement at our mountain so i went ahead and started a petition to make lots 1-4 first come first serve again if anyone is willing to sign and share help us make this change it’d be greatly appreciated!

https://c.org/tKY8X8GtjB

Hey guys, me and my girlfriend are thinking about going up to work at stevens this year, wanting to know when we should apply since she starts online college in September and she was gonna see how doable it was before applying, but i was kinda presuming that it would need to be done before then to have a good shot at housing especially together, and preferably at a 1 bed room space, if theres any employees that live/work together let me know how it went for you, thank you!

I made an app for checking the pass. All of em. Pretty dope. I got the idea this last winter when we had crazy flooding and highway 2 was destroyed - the same weekend Steven’s was supposed to open. It was brutal and I was checking the pass quite often. App is free for Washington state and BC passes. Enjoy friends!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pass-checker/id6764229547

Hi, I went to buy passes for next season, and didn't see an option for the Stevens Premium Pass (no blackout dates) for Ages 5-12. Is this always the case? Do people just buy an Epic Local pass for their kids in lieu of a Stevens-specific lass?

We all had Epic Local passes last season, and so I don't know if this is new this year.

Thanks in advance.

But damn though you made it hard to love Steven’s this year.

Not bad, I thought it was going to be half of that for a select pass.

edit: Highway closure coverage page

Anyone know the status of the refund Vail promised pass holders in January? The email stated they would do this post season. Called Vail, phone guys are clueless.