Testimonials

“Crystal Mountain has prolonged, uninterrupted powder runs through seamlessly spaced trees. Just incessant fall line runs through knee deep snow. Runs where you choke on powder, only to regain your breath between turns, before plunging back in the white froth that envelops you. Where silence encircles you. Only the resonance of your own breathing, the sounds of falling snow flakes and your friends laughing around you at their last implausible run. From its unending tree lines to its well manicured, rolling groomers, Crystal is the mountain that has it all.”

Ian Coble
Action Sports and Lifestyle Photographer

“I always look forward to coming home to Crystal. Every time I visited last winter it was awesome—no crowds, deep powder, and unbelievable tree skiing; we were just choking on powder! I can’t even wait to come back again next year with the new lift in place….it’s so exciting to be able to get to all that terrain even quicker and easier.”

Ingrid Backstrom
Professional Freeskier

“Crystal Mountain is one of the last, best secrets. Hidden in Washington, with a beautiful view of Mount Rainer, and some of the friendliest locals I have ever skied with, Crystal Mountain had the best snow we skied in Washington. Not only was the snow great, the terrain was comparable to anything you will find in the Rockies. There are steep shouts and wide open Powder fields. If you are skiing in Washington, Crystal Mountain is the only place to go.”

Jess McMillan
Freeskiing World Champion 2007, US Freeskiing National Champion, 2007

“One of my best memories of Crystal was in November of 2006 when we received over 100 inches of cold snow in a week and then the skies cleared and the bluebird sang! It was the best conditions I have skied at Crystal in 25 years. And to prove it I got two 2 page spreads in Skiing Magazine from that week . Ski hard and ski often and you wont miss those perfect days!”

Keith Rollins
Sturtevants Puyallup Store Manager

“I’ll definitely be back (hopefully this season)! It’s been pretty easy to spread the word about Crystal’s terrain. Rory Bushfiled and I weren’t lying when we said it was the best day of resort skiing this season.”

Johnny Stifter
Powder Magazine

“My phone rings as I’m on the chair at Crystal and all I want to do is ignore it, but noticing it’s a local Seattle number I pick it up. Turns out it’s Tim Petrick, keen as ever to shoot pictures. I agree to meet him. I hang up and get off the lift. Not sure if it was the snow billowing up to my chest on every turn or the sparkle of the sun through the snow particles in the air that all the hippies fall in love with, but instantly, I have forgotten all about taking any pictures and I find myself back on the chair going back for more. Four more runs into it and I meet up with the crew of freeskiers shooting photos with multiple photographers. Petrick, Steve Siig and Adam Clark behind the lens, Ingrid Backstrom, Jess Sobolowski, Cody Barnhill, Billy Poole and others are doing one turn wonders for the camera. We pose up, crack a few jokes, and keep the pace fast because we are all jonseing for exactly what we live for; going up and down the mountain, in the sun, with friends, and powder snow.”

JT Holmes
Professional Freeskier