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Crystal Mountain skiers
Skiers and snowboarders on Crystal Mountain, Washington. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Skiers and snowboarders on Crystal Mountain, Washington
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Crystal Mountain
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Crystal Mountain.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Crystal Mountain is a mountain and alpine ski area in eastern Pierce County, Washington, United States, located in the Cascade Range southeast of Seattle.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Crystal Mountain before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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1964
A route reaches Crystal Mountain
The Green Valley double chairlift was built the following summer, and the Quicksilver lift followed in 1964.
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Crystal Mountain - Cheers Chair
View of Cheers Chair lift and trails at Crystal Mountain resort in Michigan, USA. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View of Cheers Chair lift and trails at Crystal Mountain resort in Michigan, USA
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
1962
Winter becomes organised
Crystal Mountain opened for lift-served skiing in December 1962 after local skiers organised the project near Mount Rainier.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Crystal Mountain is recorded at 46.935° N, 121.474° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,134 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Crystal Mountain skiers
Skiers and snowboarders on Crystal Mountain, Washington. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Skiers and snowboarders on Crystal Mountain, Washington
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Crystal Mountain now
Crystal Mountain remains a ski area inside the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, with its identity tied to access, snowfall and views of Mount Rainier.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Crystal Mountain skiers
AOD.US.CRYSTAL-MOUNTAIN-WA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Crystal Mountain - Cheers Chair
AOD.US.CRYSTAL-MOUNTAIN-WA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Crystal Mountain (Washington) overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.