Washington ski areas

Several of the ski areas in Washington opened this week. The rain in the lowlands usually means snow in the mountains. And plenty of it, I hope. Current conditions and more information are available at www.skiwashington.com. Here are most of Washington's downhill ski areas, sorted north to south:

• Mount Baker (Whatcom County) on State Route 542
• Sitzmark (Okanogan County) southeast of Oroville
• Loup Loup (Okanogan County) east of Twisp
• 49 Degrees North (Stevens County) east of Chewelah
• Hurricane Ridge (Clallam County) south of Port Angeles
• Echo Valley (Chelan County) north northwest of Chelan
• Mount Spokane (Spokane County) northeast of Spokane
• Stevens Pass (King/Chelan Counties) on Highway 2
• Leavenworth (Chelan County) north of Leavenworth town
• The Summit at Snoqualmie (King/Kittitas Counties) at Snoqualmie Pass
• Squilchuck (Chelan County) south southwest of Wenatchee
• Mission Ridge (Chelan County) south southwest of Wenatchee
• Crystal Mountain (Pierce County) east of Mt Rainier
• White Pass (Lewis/Yakima counties) on Highway 12
• Ski Bluewood (Columbia County) south southeast of Dayton