Summit At Snoqualmie

As a beginner this is a great place for us we had a lesson which was great and the lifts and slopes are awesome (we used green and blue till now only at central)
Prices are really good and we had the best customer service experience ever there with Sharon from guest service.
We will be back next season for sure

So nice having a good mountain within an hour of our front door. The staff are always very pleasant and never too much of a crowd. Pricing is also a great value, especially the LTD Season Pass. A great property other than the occasional lift issue (Summit Central was down a few times this past season.) Always a great experience and highly recommended.

I hate to leave a negative review for any ski resort, especially one as close to Seattle as this one, but it really leaves much to be desired. The runs are so short that you spend more time on chairlifts than on the mountain. I only came here once with my snowboard and a friend who was also snowboarding, and the time it took to strap in and remove the bindings for each run was tiring in and of itself. I suppose if I had brought my skis I would have had a different experience, though the runs are still so short you’d still be spending a lot of the day on the chairs.
Parking around here was confusing as there only appeared to be one small lot — everyone else was just parking on the side of the road — not sure if that was legal parking, but we did it because the signs were covered. I think this place is probably a decent mountain to learn on as you’re never far from the lodge at the bottom. From what I recall about the rental shop, they were really helpful and let my friend swap out a boot that she had rented elsewhere (Sports Authority had rented her two of the same foot boots!)

Senn was my instructor and he was awesome, I highly recommend him.
Had a blast and learned great tips. Nice resort, friendly staff, beautiful day at Snoqualmie.

Came here for an afternoon of sledding with my nieces and we had a blast! they have a great set up. Most everyone purchases the tickets before hand online because from what I could see the secession before ours, our secession and after ours was sold out. That’s great business!
For those who have not been here or are wondering it basically looks like the giant slides you ride down on burlap bags at fairs and carnivals, but on snow and riding down innertubes! Yay
It was so much fun, lots of lines and it takes maybe 8 – 10 minutes to get through each line! Then down on the bottom there is like a pulley system that pulls the rope attached to the innertube up the hill and you get to ride!
Overall great experience!

Went here on Valentine’s day and it was pouring down rain. For someone who has never been here before, I found that it was very difficult to navigate around. Me and my boyfriend had no idea that there were different areas of slopes. We had to ask several people. The location where we went to first, right at the exit of a freeway was about to close so we were told to go to the central slopes that were open till 10 pm.
When we arrived at the central location, we wanted to get started right away. Since the whole process does take a while for first timers. We wanted to get the night time deal for snowboarding along with lift tickets since they are cheaper compared to the day. We arrived around 3:45ish for that to happen. The teenage girl then told us that the deal started at 5. We were confused because we thought that it started at 4 according to their website. But we just agreed to wait and took her word for it. We then asked another employee and they told us that it started at 4. So we head back to the rental area again and spoke with her about it (you know, no big deal, we just wanted to start the process). What I didn’t like, was that one of her coworkers asked what was wrong and she replied back to her in somewhat of a mocking tone, Oh they wanted to start at 4, they thought that they wasted their time and they could have been snowboarding already. After all it is 430.
Was that really necessary? That’s not the point. The point was that you gave us false information and what could have been an hour, turned to 30. At least tell your coworker when we’re not there!
As we finish up with the rest of the rental process, everyone just seemed agitated and there were no instructions, no directions on what to do next, no nothing whatsoever. Very poor customer service. Jeez, the least you can do is fake it and say enjoy and have a good time! At least give me a fucking map of where everything is or point to the direction of food places or where the restrooms are. All the workers were just standing around and mingling with each other. Did not see a single one, go up to a person and help them without someone having to ask for it. It wasn’t until we got to the nearest lift that a worker asked us where our passes were and that it had to be visibly showing on the outside of your jacket. How are we supposed to know if we’ve never been there before!
Even the workers in the Timberhouse Café (I think that’s what it’s called) were terrible. Why did they all seem so young to be working there? Some of them stood around in a big circle around the cash register gossiping and non-​stop talking. I know there wasn’t much to do since it was slow, at least do something the whole entire hour we were there. One girl even sat her butt on the counter where everyone’s food was going through. That’s nasty. Another girl even offered a guy a free chocolate for «Valentine’s Day» and I didn’t even get one. LOL.
Other than that, I liked the slopes. They were pretty good for a beginner like me. I didn’t fall on my butt too much. It was very smooth and easy to ride through! The only other thing that made my experience enjoyable were the people operating the lifts. They were welcoming and started conversation with me. One of them was such a pleasure to talk to.
The only reason why I’d go back is because its nearest to my home. So screw some of the workers in this place who could care less about their customers and are in their own self-​centered bubble. Go to crystal mountain because they have amazing workers who genuinely take their time with each and every person who walks through their door.

Great trip for the family!!! Tubing was a ton of fun!!! The slopes were great this time… especially fun if you get a good head start!

On Saturday January 23, 2016 at central summit, We had a good time until we went home around 2pm. It was very bad experience for my five year old son. When we went across the street to parking lot, my son had a hard time to walk across a water pond. When my son was able to get off that area to middle of the street. Instead letting us go through, the parking attendant yelled at me that it took too long for my 5 year old to go across the street, and he pushed me and my son back to the water pond. Then he turned the stop sign off to let the car go through, then kept pushing us back to the water area. I told him my son could not go back to stand in the water and asked «why do you keep yelling at me?“Then he said if you are cursing me, I am cursing you. «. I never said any bad language to him, but he started to threat me like that. My son was so panic, and said there was a bad guy there, and he was so scared to come back to skii again. I am wondering that parking attendant got paid to bully people like that.

Loud sigh. On the surface, this place seems so great — less than an hour drive from downtown Seattle, lots of runs for both beginners and experts. The runs themselves are also pretty nice from my one day there. My big issue with Summit at Snoqualmie is the disorganization of the mountain and how difficult it is to get around.
I’ll limit myself to Summit West, Central, and East, because we didn’t go over to the Alpental side (one of the people I was skiing with was a beginner.) We parked at Summit West and rented our equipment there, but wanted to get over to Summit East because the setup was better for our purposes (blue slopes close to green slopes, so that both beginners and intermediate skiers could at least ride up the same lifts and meet at the bottom.) We thought it’d be pretty simple to go up to the summit of West and take one of the crossovers to Central, and then repeat to cross over from Central to East — not so.
First of all, the trails are very poorly marked — there will be one signpost with four trail signs all pointing in the same direction, so it’s not clear which of the four is which. This can be pretty intimidating for skiers who are trying to stick to the green slopes and don’t want to accidentally find themselves too far to turn back on a black diamond. Further, the crossover trails involve lots of up and downhills, so you can’t actually downhill ski the entire way — I lost count of the number of times we had to actually take off our skis and walk up hills because it was too steep to ski up (and there was no downhill leading up to it where we could have built up speed and momentum to make it up the hill.) In particular, the West to Central crossover is very long-​winded and involves walking up hills if you can’t ski a black diamond trail (Parachute) — while two of us could have skied this trail, one was a beginner and could not have. To get from Central to East, you need to be able to ski at least a blue trail (which our third person is technically not skilled enough to do, but did so anyway — very carefully and slowly — just for the sake of us being able to actually get to where we were trying to go.)
Okay, you say, it’s hard to get from one area to the next via the summit. Why not just travel over from the base?
We had considered just driving over to Summit East after we got our equipment, but decided against it as it was a very busy day and we doubted we’d be able to get parking over there. There’s a shuttle bus that runs between the three, so that’s probably your best bet to go from place to place.
Long story short — I enjoyed the runs here, but we just wasted so much time trying to figure out which trails led where and going from one summit to the next that I can’t recommend this mountain as a destination unless you’ve been several times and know your way around.

What a lovely ski area! My husband and I skied only about ¹⁄₃ of the slopes in the two days we were there over New Year’s. Slopes were in great condition. The crossovers required a little bit of arm muscles to get through them as there wasn’t too much of a down slope! Lodges were nice. Lifts weren’t too crowded.
They offer a military discount on site, but it is definitely a better deal to purchase military tickets online. I think the regular tickets are $ 72 with a 10% military discount. Online, the military tickets are $ 52.

While the snow can be hit and miss, this year has been terrific already. Too convenient for eastsiders to not get out and get out often with a season pass. Well worth the spend for a season like this. But everyone knows that.
Writing today to call out an excellent experience and the great customer service provided by Katie — the Guest Services Supervisor: quick, friendly, and super helpful. Thank you!

We want to love this place but many issues.
Resort not fully functioning on amazing snow day!!!
Not allowed to have drinks with our kids so bummer on the slopes… poor parents always punished. People always forget they yes were a kid at one point.
Unfriendly when we have had questions.
Maybe the management will get it together.

Why are they still reporting 15 inches of snow???
How about some honest snow and weather reports for a change.

This place is packed with lots and lots of children. It’s great if you are looking to bring you kids. All the children were surprisingly well behaved during our visit.
They have tons of beginner classes for little ones. Both ski and snowboard lessons are available with a group or private one on one.
The food is a bit on the pricey side so if you want to save a little money and time pack your own food.
We ordered two hot chocolates, an order of fries and clam chowder. The total was about $ 30.00. The taste was there. However, the food and drinks could have been heated/​cooked at a higher temperature because by the time we got to our table, everything was lukewarm.

I am currently a little miffed with Central 6 ski lessons. My kids have been made to learn in rainy, slushy conditions when there is really nothing to ski on. Almost all of the other lessons have been postponed or moved to West. Why not the Saturday 6 week program? We are paying quite a bit for 3 kids and they have been soaked to the bone two weeks in a row. We have contacted them to find out why the classes are not being postponed and no replies to our emails.
I think that if you are going to postpone other lessons then you should postpone all of them. Feeling like a 2^nd class citizen right now and still paying quite a bit. We will ski somewhere else next year.
It is too bad that they are not more proactive in managing such a beautiful mountain. I get that the weather is less than optimal this year, but continuing lessons in miserable conditions is unacceptable… AND making adult skiers pay $ 50 for 1 – 2 blue runs that have rocks and bushes everywhere,.kind of stinks…

I have not been here in years because Central and West Summit are learner hills, I have not been back since the first year I started boarding.
The runs are flat, short, and boring, no obstacles. I don’t get a work out because the terrain is not challenging enough.
Went for night boarding and was given another reason why not to frequent the Snoqualmie ski resorts. I did not realize this until this visit. At all the other ski resorts I have been to, most of the time I would get some sort of acknowledgement that I existed, «have a nice run», «have fun», «how was the snow?» I did not hear any greetings or well wishes from the lifties as I got on the lift. Do they even talk? I became accustomed to thinking it is an industry norm. I remember some sort of interaction by Stevens and Crystal staff.
West Summit NEEDS more lighting in their parking lots.
If you’re looking for cheap fun and the park is an «ehhh», Snoqualmie is for you; one of the things it has going for it is that it is about a 45 minutes drive outside downtown Seattle. However I rather pay and drive more to Stevens and Crystal. $ 10-​$ 15 more. Crystal is my favorite, worth the three hour one way drive.

Don’t let the advanced skiers/​boarders fool you away from it’s «short» runs and older lifts. I still love this mountain for beginners. It’s just perfect. After you graduate as a first-​timer from Crystal Mountain’s «Discovery» Bunny Slope, the greens on this mountain offers beginners the right amount of challenge to build up to a harder greens at Crystal.
And the snow-​covered trees and scenery is simply beautiful.
P. S. If you’re going to stick with the green slopes for a while, ask for a beginner pass for additional savings.

They really oversell this place. Went for my second attempt at learning to snowboard and stuck to the newbie area near the Magic Carpet/​Tow at Summit Central. The place was completely overrun with people. How in the world am I supposed to learn to snowboard when there is a person in my way every two feet? Yes, I guess I get to learn to avoid them, but I can’t even get going without having to slow down or navigate around someone. Half the people aren’t even learning, they are just standing in the way. This makes for a very frustrating time.
Even if I were ready to traverse some of the actual slopes, I would spend forever waiting in line just to get on the ski lifts. The lines were incredible to see while I was there and I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to stick around just to wait in long lines. Don’t sell so many dang tickets to this place! Cap it at a reasonable amount!
Two stars for the fact that they have an awesome tubing area, plus random off-​the-​beaten-​path areas for sledding and snowshoeing.
Go to Crystal for snowboarding — especially if you are learning. It is far better and there are far less people! (And shh, keep this part a secret because I want it to stay that way!)

Very easy access from Bellevue, probably less than 45 minutes and you’re on the hill. Their ski rental situation is pretty bad. The line took about an hour to get through and I ended up with skis that were too long and poorly fitting boots. The runs were ok (for an easy access mountain), but I spent most of my time complaining about my skis and boots. Can’t say I really enjoyed the skiing all that much. I’ve heard that Alpental is a better option with longer runs.

The Summit at Snoqualmie has been a staple in my snowsports routine from the first season I stepped into a pair of skis. I’ve watched it evolve over time, albeit slowly. And I am a regular patron of all the hills for a few reasons:
1) If you want to night-​ski, the Summit is the place to go. It is the closest set of hills to Seattle — typically 45 – 55 minutes.
2) The Summit offers a number of hills with varying terrain. And most of them are lit up at night. From steeper, rugged mountains, to longer, slow and low rolling hills for learners, they have a good variety.
3) They have the best snowboard park on the West side of the Cascades and it is maintained well.
I often overlook the disadvantages of patronizing the Summit because I love that I can be snowboarding an hour after I leave work. But there are a few items that can get annoying…
Disadvantages include:
1) I think night-​skiing lift tickets are overpriced. Passes should be $ 25 – 30 for 5 hours of skiing in night conditions.
2) It gets wet. There’s no way around it; when you’re in the Cascade Mountains, snow is regularly wet on the Western slopes, especially at lower elevations. The Summit never broaches 5,500 feet, which is pretty low.
3) Poor food selection. The Summit hasn’t yet realized that it is in close proximity to Seattle — a sophisticated city. The same old hamburgers, chicken wings, fries, etc. just doesn’t cut it anymore. How about a BBQ and Pizza oven outside? We’re in snow clothes; we don’t mind eating a quick bite outside (don’t forget the beer, too!).
Overall, the Summit is a great little hill. It has a lot of history and is a terrific place to learn to ski or snowboard. I understand it is tough to find investors for big infrastructure projects at ski hills, but there is a lot of unrealized potential at the Summit — I hope the evolution picks up the pace.