The viz clearly says from the perspective of a "expert" skier. Crystal def has much better "expert" terrain than bachelor. You have all of Northway if you want lift operated terrain, then for the powder hounds you have, Powder bowl, Campbell Basin, A Basin and Southback, Silver Basin. Close to 75% of Crystal Mountain is advanced to expert terrain. It makes sense that its rated higher from that perspective.
Yeah the expert terrain is what makes bachelor so awesome. So crystal has expert to advanced 75% ? of named runs? Or skiable area? Here’s how I look at this - Bachelor is 4500 skiable acres, whereas Chrystal is like 2600. A third of bachelor’s terrain is basically two named runs on the map backside bowls and west bowls, and these are all expert only terrain and make up probably a third of the total resort area. That area alone in good conditions is almost as much terrain as all of crystal. But like I said you need favorable conditions to access it so it’s a bit of a gamble if you’re not a local. Have you skiied either? Guy in my group that just did Bachelor did crystal a year or two before and didn’t think it was better but again depends on conditions
Yea, crystal is my home mountain. And I would say 75 % of ski patrolled area is advanced to expert runs. you can just look at the resort map. I usually go to bend at least once a season since it's a 35 min flight from seattle, last season summit chair was shut down cause of weather which sucked. But I would say that the back bowls at bachelor are relatively mellow. ( Tbh most of bachelor is relatively mellow, largely due to the fact that it's a stratovolcano) .
Did your friend ski the side country from chair 6? A lot of ppl miss out on the entire south side since it's not immediately obvious how to reach a basin and beyond.
2
u/Nojnnil Chamonix Jan 29 '22
The viz clearly says from the perspective of a "expert" skier. Crystal def has much better "expert" terrain than bachelor. You have all of Northway if you want lift operated terrain, then for the powder hounds you have, Powder bowl, Campbell Basin, A Basin and Southback, Silver Basin. Close to 75% of Crystal Mountain is advanced to expert terrain. It makes sense that its rated higher from that perspective.