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Crystal Mountain’s ski season finally coming to end

Mathew McCormack of Bellevue, Wash., drops into the upper bowl at Crystal Mountain Ski Area on Saturday, July 2, 2011. The resort is ending its record-setting season on July 16, 2011. (Associated Press)
By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com(509) 459-5508

SKIING — Washington’s Crystal Mountain ski resort near Mount Rainier says its ski season will end Saturday, nearly nine months after it opened in November.

The resort ( see map ) says the longest season in its 48-year history was made possible by record-breaking snowfall and the new Mount Rainier Gondola.

The resort measured 612 inches of snow — 51 feet — from November to June.  The previous record at Crystal Mountain was 592 inches in the 1998-99 season.

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