Grooming (schedules can change due to pass closures, adverse weather)
- Overall
- Skier Experience Reports, via Facebook
- Snoqualmie Pass (I-80) Sno-Parks (require Day Permit; or Season Pass plus Grooming Sticker)
- 2024-25 Grooming Calendar: P2C, Easton, Dog Trails out of Crystal Springs
- Snow-Rec: Central Cascades Winter Recreation Council: Snoqualmie & Blewett: Periodic grooming updates, links
- Hyak Sno-Park (exit 54: paved, restroom building, closing time)
- Palouse-to-Cascades (P2C, Iron Horse) (Hyak-to-Crystal Springs; 2025 grooming daily a.m. except Tuesdays)
- Parks page: P2C/Iron Horse skiing; also Sledding Hill
- Crystal Springs Sno-Park (exit 62: ski, skijor, dogsled, snowmobile)
- Erling Stordahl (2025 grooming WedSatSun)
- Palouse-to-Cascades (P2C, Iron Horse)
- Parks page: P2C/Iron Horse skiing (Hyak to Crystal Springs) & Dog Sled Trails (2025 grooming: daily exc Tuesdays; P2C a.m., dogs p.m.)
- Cabin Creek Sno-Park (exit 63)
- Cabin Creek (2025 lower trails grooming daily; March: none TuTh)
- Facebook: Wednesday Headlamp Nordic Series
- Lake Easton State Park Sno-Park (exit 70: paved, restroom building; trails not steep; amazing river views)
- Lake Easton State Park (Feb 2025: a.m. daily except Tuesdays)
- Parks page: Lake Easton Sno-Park
- Salmon La Sac Sno-Park (exit 80; 2025 grooming Fridays and Mondays)
- Salmon La Sac
- Parks page: Salmon La Sac Sno-Park
- Lake Wenatchee (Hwy 2 / 207) Sno-Parks (require Day Permit; or Season Pass plus Grooming Sticker)
- Lake Wenatchee trails
- Lake Wenatchee's four trailheads:
- South Lake Wenatchee Sno-Park
- Nason Ridge Sno-Park at Kahler Glen
- Chiwawa Sno-Park
- Lake Wenatchee — North Park
- Community Trail Systems (groomed pretty much daily)
- Plain Valley (Hwy 2 / 207)
- Plain Valley Ski Trails
- Leavenworth (between Hwy 2 and I-80)
- Leavenworth's four trail systems
- The Methow Valley: God's Gift to skiing in the Americas
- The Methow Valley Community Trails
- Methow Valley Nordic Pulse
- Methow Valley bus service stops for one-way Community Trails skis (2025: M-Sa & holidays; no Su, Xmas, New Year's; $1 per boarding; under 19 free)
- Commercial Trail Systems
- Stevens Pass Nordic Trails (Hwy 2: Cascade Depot facility, 206.812.4510)
- Stevens Pass (2025 grooming Th-Sun)
- Stevens Pass Nordic Center days/hours
- Summit-at-Snoqualmie Nordic Trails (not well signed for first-timers) (exit 54: Summit Nordic Center at Summit East)
- Summit-at-Snoqualmie
Weather
- Snoqualmie Pass forecast: Hyak
- Easton forecast
- Cabin Creek weather sensors
- Stevens Pass forecast
- Blewett Pass forecast
- Leavenworth forecast
- Plain Valley forecast
- Snowfall Reports - mountain highway passes
- Avalanche forecast map by zone
- Skier weather and avalanche mobile app (Avy)
Driving Conditions
The Nordic Community
- Facebook: sharing via the Central Cascades Winter Recreation Council page
- Facebook: sharing via the Seattle Nordic group page
- I-90 Corridor Ski Clubs
Maps
- Crystal Springs Sno-Park and the Sled Dog Trails (Skiers allowed)
- Plain Valley ski trails (trailhead elevation 1870')
Lessons: there are more: these keep getting recommended
- Mike Schreck has gotten raves on the Facebook group
- Ed Dominguez has also gotten raves in the Facebook community
- Chris Chu has also gotten raves in the Facebook community
- Mountaineers: classes are said to fill fast: Foothills and Everett branches
- Summit-at-Snoqualmie, typically after the holidays
- Plain Valley Ski Trails Lessons and Clinics
- The Methow Valley
- More...
Gear
- Facebook: Nordic Buy and Sell gear-swapping page
- REI: gear both downtown Seattle (206-223-1944) & Issaquah (425-313-1660), rentals: downtown Seattle & the Hyak Sno-Park rental location
- Ascent Outdoors: new & used gear & rentals, 5209 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, 206-545-8810
- Wonderland Exchange: used gear, 122 NW 36th St, Seattle, 206-582-1987
- Mountain to Sound Outfitters: gear & rentals, 3602 SW Alaska St., Seattle, 206-935-7669
- Gearhouse: rentals only, 800 E Thomas St., Seattle, 206-395-8790
- Seattle Ski and Snowboard: gear & rentals, 14915 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 206-548-1000
- Superior Seconds Gear Exchange: used gear, 96 Front St S, Issaquah, 425-654-4340
- Pro Ski & Mountain: back country not nordic, 112 W 2nd St #856, North Bend, 425-888-6397
- Plain Hardware: 18636 Beaver Valley Road, Plain, 509-763-3836
- Colchuck Consignment: used gear, 5653 Sunset Hwy, Cashmere (between Wenatchee and Leavenworth), 509-899-9818
- Winthrop Mountain Sports: new and used, 257 Riverside Avenue, Winthrop, 509-996-2886
- Cascades Outdoor Store, 222 Riverside Ave, Winthrop, 509-996-3480
- Methow Valley Ski School & Rentals, 42 Lost River Rd, Mazama, 509-996-3744
Snowshoeing (nope, I haven't done it - advice shared on the Facebook groups - on my list to try)
- First and foremost, if the trail is groomed for skiing, snowshoe only at the very edge!
- Crystal Springs Sno-Park: separate non-groomed snowshoe trail heads right from Erling Stordahl's xc-ski trailhead
- Cabin Creek Sno-Park: ~2-mile loop south of parking lot
- Hyak Sno-Park: snowshoe trail that goes down to the lake
- More snowshoe options
Washington Sno-Park Rules of Trail Etiquette
