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Has anyone skied Mission Ridge or Whites Pass?

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SkeechyD
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So the fam is deciding to go to either mission or whites pass for thanksgiving break.

Anyone know if either place is good? cuz ive never heard of either.

Also anyone that skies either one and wants to meet up let me know
Nov 22 2009 4:17PM
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ChickenAndMeat
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My home mountain is White (not whites) Pass. I have never been to Mission Ridge before though, so I cant really give a comparison.
Nov 22 2009 7:24PM
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Schoening
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Mission Ridge is a fun mountain. Stevens pass is close to mission too and even better
Nov 22 2009 7:25PM
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SkeechyD
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does anyone know if the conditions are good at mission right now? cant seem to find out if they are open
Nov 22 2009 7:31PM
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RudyGarmisch
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I dont think they are, Stevens just opened last thursday, and usually it takes a while for Mission to get enough snow... but as the entire mountain at Stevens is now open, who knows, they might.
Nov 22 2009 7:34PM
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Deletedtoday
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mission is better than white i think, but like everyone else stevens kills it by far
Nov 22 2009 8:43PM
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v0mdragon
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yeah having skied both I'd choose Mission far above White Pass, but would choose Steven's over both
Nov 22 2009 8:48PM
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SkeechyD
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so here in idaho we have season passes to silver and i guess we get 5 free tickets to both whites and missions. thats why we are going to go to one of them. i wish it where stevens ive been there before and loved it. but the only input i get is to decide where we are gonna go.... whites or missions
Nov 23 2009 12:11AM
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Tripplesixty
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white pass ans mission are pretty small, I would have to say go with mission ridge but if you can hit up one of the real resorts like Stevens or Crystal, both these will offer a greater variety of terrain
Nov 23 2009 12:13AM
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rossta.
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mmmm, yeaaaaaa, you should probably nooot goto white pass this weekend....and tell everyone you know that same thing...don't go...
Nov 23 2009 12:31AM
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no_steeze
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talk to mrstskier

he's obsessed with mission and its his home mtn...prob wouldn't want to ski with him tho because he's absolutely terrible. at least he's enthusiastic about it though
Nov 23 2009 12:33AM
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Balto
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fuck off alex why are you being so bitchly lately?

but yes mission is my home mountain, they should be opening up this weekend
Nov 23 2009 12:42AM
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no_steeze
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im just fucking with you...take it easy

we've had this convo before...there is no sense speculating who is better at skiing when we have never seen eachother ski
Nov 23 2009 12:44AM
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B-runge
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im gunna say alex.....
but thomas is more steezy looking
thats all that counts to ns
:)
Nov 23 2009 12:53AM
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Keith_M
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Mission has the number one snowmaking system in.. well i think their claiming NW or country or something, which means they expect to not have enough snow. but it should be decent when it opens, not much park-wise when they open though
Nov 23 2009 12:56AM
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Balto
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in the state, sun valley for example destroy's mission's snow making
Nov 23 2009 1:11AM
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Ignorant
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whenever i skied mission ridge i thought they had good snow, really light and such
Nov 23 2009 1:13AM
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B-runge
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sun valley sucks
lift tickets are like 100 bucks to ski man made ice....
theyre opening this weekend as well
but i dont think i even wanna go...
Nov 23 2009 1:15AM
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no_steeze
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agreed

i always wonder how it's a ski destination...it's like 2 strattons put on top of eachother with incredibly fucking epic base lodges

galena is where it's at
Nov 23 2009 1:22AM
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B-runge
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i think rich people go there to be rich
Nov 23 2009 1:27AM
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Balto
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ive been there 4 times for a week each ;)
Nov 23 2009 1:29AM
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no_steeze
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i've been there like 5 times but my cousins live there

each time i wonder why i came there to ski...i could've gone to stratton without flying halfway across the country
Nov 23 2009 1:42AM
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B-runge
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haha

idk why anyone would go to sv when theres better things on the way there in almost all directions
Nov 23 2009 2:09AM
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s.miller
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mission ridge is real sick and has some fun, steep terrain
Nov 23 2009 12:16PM
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SkeechyD
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anyone know if it will be good this weekend? worth driving over from idaho?
Nov 23 2009 2:48PM
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Sleet
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I have been to both many times:

White Pass:
Fun little mountain. They have great terrain and some really nice tree runs. I also believe they have a park but its rather small. I stayed in the cabins about 15 mins from white pass and that was a blast.

Mission Ridge:
Also a fun little mountain. They have some killer pillows that are usually up all season if they have enough snow and you are willing to hike a little.

However having said all this, I would recommend Mission. If you stay in Wenachee, you can choose between Mission and Stevens, and although i do love Mission; Stevens is a much much better mountain than both of these ski hills in every way. My advice: convince your parents to rent a cabin at lake Wenachee and then you can ski both resorts.
Nov 23 2009 3:01PM
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v0mdragon
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I might be up at mission this weekend  to ski w/ mah mom (she refuses to ski steven's cuz it's 'too hard')

PM me and let's shred
Nov 23 2009 5:08PM
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Shralpit
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my brother races for Mission ridge and he loves it there. they open on friday through sunday on the 27th of Nov. its a fun place. i blew my ACL their last march...fun times!
Nov 23 2009 7:45PM
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Style+eeze
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yeah, mission is pretty fun...
Nov 23 2009 7:48PM
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Balto
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were you the guy on 07/08 JJs that blew his acl on the flat box? haha if you are i have it on video. and who is your brother?
Nov 23 2009 8:48PM
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Style+eeze
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classy tommy, classy.


haha
Nov 23 2009 11:43PM
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Elijah.
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Mission is loads of fun. There's actually some killer cliffs/chutes if you know where to traverse/hike. My uncle patrols there, so I usually make a trip over yonder at some point in the year.
Their park is OK, usually really icy.
Nov 24 2009 2:48AM
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WAboarder
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Mission Ridge is my local mountain.  It won't be open for another week and a half atleast.  When it does snow up there it is epic and really nice.  The park sucks compared to stevens mostly because its really icy.  The on mountain features are nice, just gotta know where to look.  The chutes and cliffs are sweet and there are some areas to build big jumps.  But i still prefer Stevens over Mission Ridge because they get more snow which means more pow to land in.
Nov 24 2009 3:26AM
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zerospinskier
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I did my first 360 ever at Mission Ridge
Nov 24 2009 3:35AM
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Balto
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it opens friday
Nov 24 2009 12:22PM
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TheRealDeal14
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PErsonally i think they both suck i would rather stick needles through my dick hole than ski those shit mountains for 2 minutes
Nov 24 2009 2:26PM
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billcallen
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Mission maybe be open but coming over from idaho to ski Tumwater? theres gonna be one run open it will be all hard ice snowmaking i think your better off staying over there and saving on gas and getting better conditions at lookout? don't know about white pass conditions at all and haven't been over there to ski but i spent the winter of 05/06 working all over the place at mission and that place is way sick when they get enough snow the quality of snow they get is way better than anything to the west of it though the quantity maybe be less, by the way Best snow making in the state i hate to burst your bubble but sun valley is definitely in Idaho and last time i check the snatch and the ridge were still in washington?
Nov 24 2009 2:30PM
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Tross
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WP is solid.

I've never been to Mission so I can't speak to that. I've spend a few days this season at WP and you'll have a great time. Just be glad it is what it is and you'll be stoked - lots of snow, really cool people and good terrain. Just look for it.
Nov 24 2009 3:36PM
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