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Mount Baker Ski Area set to open this week

3 years ago in Local

Photo: KGMI/Mount Baker Ski Area

MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA, Wash. – Grab your boots and boards, the Mount Baker Ski Area plans to open this week.

The area says current conditions and the forecast will allow them to open for All Passholder Day on Thursday, November 17th, and to the general public on Friday, November 18th.

Operations will be limited to Heather Meadows on lifts 1 through 6.

Skiers and boarders will be limited to main runs with steeper terrain still closed.

The lower White Salmon Lodge and more lifts may open over the weekend if conditions allow.

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