Tiny Hurricane Ridge is one of only three ski hills in America within the boundaries of a national park. And while its modest 800 feet of vert may not be much to write home about, it gets pounded with 43 feet of snow a year (it’s on the tippy top of a rainforest on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula) and accesses some fairly serious and legal backcountry. A season pass is only $200, too. The news: This year they’re plowing the road to H.R. daily — in past years they only plowed on weekends, so this is a big deal. From Seattle a trip to H.R. takes a little under two hours.

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