So my thinking was to do EW so I can take advantage of the free day passes I get to hurricane ridge & mission ridge from having a season pass to my home mountain (mt bohemia does resort partnerships). I was planning on hitting up stevens and possibly snoqualmie in between.

As much as I salivate at the idea of being so close to WBC and Crystal, the day pass prices are definitely very high compared to what I was budgeting for. In your experience, would you recommend them as worth it despite the price, versus getting free passes to the other places?

Thanks for the rec!!

I will be renting a car since I'm flying in, and I know how to put chains on since I've used them in the Northeast before--will likely need to buy a fresh set when I arrive in Seattle since I can guarantee you the tires on my rental car will be larger than the ones on my own car unless chains are a one size fits all kinda deal? My car has extremely small tires that are basically rubber bands on rims because I'm too stubborn to give up my civic SI even though that thing is NOT designed for winter driving hahahah

Yep, I got my itinerary all planned out. I'm breaking it up into chunks so I'll spend the week slowly trekking eastward, not doing a cannonball run in one day

Thank you so much for the details!! In all honesty I don't mind at all that hurricane ridge is on the small side, I'm not into the whole gigantic overpacked resort scene anyway. I was going to take up a couple private lessons while I'm there so I won't be navigating deep pow and backcountry on my own. My home mountain here in michigan (mt bohemia) partners with various resorts out West to give lift tickets to season pass holders, and hurricane ridge/mission ridge are among them which is why I'm hitting them up. Stevens gives me pause because Vail lmfao. But I'll keep it mind!