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  Snoqualmie Pass Location in Washington  Snoqualmie Pass Location in the United States | |
| Location | Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, U.S. |
| Nearest major city | North Bend – 18 miles (29 km) |
| Coordinates | 47°25′26″N 121°24′58″W / 47.424°N 121.416°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Owner | Boyne Resorts |
| Vertical | 2,280 ft (695 m) Alpental – 2,280 ft (695 m) Summit Central – 1,025 ft (312 m) West – 765 ft (233 m) East – 1,100 ft (335 m) |
| Top elevation | 5,420 ft (1,652 m) (Alpental) |
| Base elevation | 2,610 ft (796 m) (Summit East) |
| Skiable area | 1,914 acres (7.7 km2) (combined) |
| Trails | 62 (combined) - 14% easiest - 45% more difficult - 41% most difficult |
| Longest run | Internationale 1.2 mi (1.9 km) |
| Lift system | 19 chairs, 6 surface lifts Alpental: 4 chairs, 1 surface lift Summit Central: 7 chairs, 1 surface lift Summit West: 5 chairs, 3 surface lifts Summit East: 3 chairs |
| Snowfall | 435 inches (36.3 ft; 11.0 m) |
| Website | summitatsnoqualmie.com |
The Summit at Snoqualmie is a recreation area in the northwest United States, located on Snoqualmie Pass, Washington. It provides alpine skiing and snowboarding, Nordic skiing, mountain biking, winter tubing, and scenic lift rides.[1] Owned and managed by Boyne Resorts, it is 52 miles (80 km) east of downtown Seattle on Interstate 90.
The Summit consists of four base areas that used to be individually owned and operated resorts.[2] Alpental, Summit West (formerly Snoqualmie Summit), Summit Central (formerly Ski Acres), and Summit East (formerly Hyak and PacWest), border Lake Keechelus on the East and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness on the West/North. The Summit at Snoqualmie is the closest ski area to Seattle, about an hour away.
Ski Lifts, Inc., the operator of what became Summit West, acquired the other three resorts. Booth Creek Ski acquired the properties in 1997.[3] Booth Creek sold The Summit to CNL Lifestyle in 2006, but continued to operate the resort under a lease.[4] Booth Creek sold The Summit lease to Boyne Resorts in 2007.[3] CNL Lifestyle sold Booth Creek in a batch of resorts to Och-Ziff Capital Management in 2016.[5] Boyne purchased the ski resort in March 2018.
The vertical drop ranges from 2,280 ft (690 m) at Alpental, to 765 ft (233 m) at Summit West. Combined, the four base areas have 19 chairlifts and 5 surface lifts. The resort is open seven days and six nights per week.
- ^ "Scenic Chairlift Rides". summitatsnoqualmie.com. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ "Head 'em off at the Pass - Snoqualmie that is". Spokesman-Revieow. December 27, 1965. p. 12.
- ^ a b "Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc. - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com". Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ Julie Dunn, The Denver Post (2006-12-08). "Execs buy out Booth Creek Ski". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "No big changes expected with new owners at Crested Butte Mountain Resort". The Denver Post. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2017-12-05.