Thinking of relocating to the PNW - fill me in

[nando]

honestly, anywhere you live in the PNW, you'll have access to tons of ski areas - mt baker, snoqualmie, whistler, kelowna, etc. etc.

[cferb]

seattle has a sweet music scene. crystal mountain is for rich people, alpental (part of snoqualmie and only 40 min from downtown) is where people know how to ski ;)

I've only been to Alpental twice, the first time the fog was so thick that I couldn't tell what it was like, the second time the snow was about as good as Snoqualmie gets, and I hated it, very disappointing. I had a season pass last year and spent most of my time at Summit East, to be more specific, in the trees between central and East, that was a lot of fun.

I much prefer Crystal, but that's $900 for a season pass vs $300, and my car can't go to Crystal. Also if you are into jumps and rails and whatnot, Crystal has none.

honestly, anywhere you live in the PNW, you'll have access to tons of ski areas - mt baker, snoqualmie, whistler, kelowna, etc. etc.

True, you can't really get away from it.