What We Know  Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort in Wenatchee has proposed an expansion project that includes enlarging the alpine ski area, constructing new chairlifts, creating a snow tubing and Nordic skiing zone, modifying roads and parking and adding residential units such as single-family homes, condos, townhouses; a new hotel lodge and employee housing; and commercial spaces. This is a large-scale project that will increase the ski area by an additional 1,090 acres. Th

Cascade Backcountry Alliance obtained the special use permits for all major ski areas in Washington. We analyzed them for how they impact backcountry access and published the full permits for increased transparency on the conditions that govern our local ski areas. See what they contain in this blog post.

We’re looking for new volunteers to join our board for the upcoming season! If you’re interested in joining a passionate team to improve access to winter backcountry recreation, our short application only takes 15 minutes to complete.

With the 2024-25 season coming to an end, we want to highlight some of the work our team accomplished this year that we’re most proud of. We also want to say a big thanks to our community and partners—we couldn’t do this work without all of you.

Our climate in Washington blesses us with some of the deepest winter snowpacks anywhere in the world. However, this climate also creates unique challenges for winter recreation in that snow. For most of the state’s population, our winter pursuits take place on state or federal land at higher elevations in the Cascades. This begs the question: how do we access those areas, and how is that access initially established, maintained, and funded? Franklin Falls Sno-Park What Are Sn