Snoqualmie Pass, Washington backcountry skiing and ski touring photos Snoqualmie Pass, sometimes affectionately known as Snowcrummy Pass, doesn't enjoy a reputation for great snow, but when the conditions are right, it's Snowquality Pass all the way. With low freezing levels and fresh powder snow, Snoqualmie Pass offers backcountry skiing in beautiful old-growth forest unmatched by most other destinations in the Washington Cascades, and it is only an hour's interstate drive from the Seattle metropolitan area. Most of the Snoqualmie Pass ski areas offer only moderately steep slopes, but the backcountry can be a different story, where steep runs, open and forested, abound, with attendant avalanche hazards. For times when the avalanche danger is high, there is great backcountry ski touring as well. Due to Snoqualmie Pass' low elevation, 3000 feet, the backcountry ski season tends to start later and end earlier than for other areas of the Washington Cascade Mountains. Backcountry skiing destinations abound in the Snoqualmie Pass area. Destinations west of the pass include Granite Mountain, Humpback Mountain, and McClellan Butte. Backcountry skiing terrain accessible directly from Snoqualmie Pass includes the Alpental backcountry, Chair Peak, Kaleetan Peak, Snoqualmie Mountain, Slot Couloir, Crooked Couloir, Guye Peak, Lundin Mountain, Red Mountain, Kendall Peak, and Kendall Peak Chutes. South of I-90 at Snoqualmie Pass are ski destinations such as Mount Catherine and Silver Peak. There's great ski touring terrain in the Snoqualmie Pass area as well, with destinations such as Nordic Pass, Commonwealth Basin, Gold Creek valley, Rampart Ridge, and the Folklife Tour out of Alpental. < Mount Baker Photos Snow Images Main Mount Adams Photos > Click any of the photos to view the large version Skinning toward Guye Peak Telemark skiing in old-growth forest Snoqualmie Mountain and Guye Peak Old-growth forest near Nordic Pass Snoqualmie Pass winter wonderland Nordic Pass backcountry skiing Old-growth forest powder skiing Silver Peak Nordic Pass telemark skiing Fresh powder at Snoqualmie Pass Booting up a nice slope Spring backcountry skiing Skinning up Snoqualmie Mountain Skiing down Snoqualmie Mountain Snoqualmie Pass backcountry run Spring telemark skiing High speed backcountry skiing End of a great run Follow this link for more galleries from Central Cascades backcountry skiing trips. Follow this link for Snoqualmie Pass panoramas. Photos ©2008 Turns All Year LLC, www.turns-all-year.com   Please read the full copyright details. To contact turns-all-year.com, use this link.