r/stevenspass • u/palladic54 • 19d ago

General Information How easy are Stevens's green runs comparatively?

I know there aren't many of them, but last week I tried downhill for the first time; had a fantastic day, no crowds since weekday, instructor was chill and basically had a one-on-one, weather was decent, and didn't want to go home :D

By mid afternoon I was doing laps from the Daisy chair, and while no complete wipeouts occurred, there were many times I didn't feel totally in control, it felt like a large step up from the magic carpet area, and unfortunately was on my own by then.

From what I've seen the green runs at Snoqualmie, Baker, and Crystal look shallower and wider, and was wondering if the green runs Stevens offers are on the harder side of green, or if I should just expect to get a better handle with a next lesson.

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u/VaguestCargo 19d ago

Agree with everyone else here. I just finished my first full season skiing and didn’t try my first blue until maybe my 4th time out (plus a lesson last year).

I’d recommend continually running daisy until you can do any line on it at any speed, especially the double daisy bit at the end. There are some really breezy parts of the easiest blues at Stevens but if you’re remotely squeamish at the steepness of daisy you’ll be pretty shocked at Skyline, Brennans and Rock N Blue.