Baker also enjoys one of the highest average annual snowfall of any resort in the world, with 641 inches (53.4 ft; 16.3 m).

Chairs 3 and 4 access the same point from different sides of the mountain using a continuous loop of cable (haul rope); there is a mid-station at the top for unloading only.

Chair 1 runs from the Heather Meadows Lodge upper base area to the top of Panorama Dome.

Additionally, there are two handle-tow surface lifts for beginners, one located at White Salmon and one at Heather Meadows.

Future expansion is limited, according to an interview with the General Manager, Duncan Howat:[5] Due to the remote location of the ski area — 37 miles out on a dead-end road — Howat said it will probably never become a full-scale ski resort with hotels and condos.

In 1989, when the ski area began developing a second base area known as the White Salmon Lodge, it first had to build all the necessary infrastructure: a parking lot, a water catchment and filtration system, a sewage treatment system, and a power generator.

"We'll improve the current infrastructure, but as far as going off into some new territory and build new chairlifts, that won't happen," Howat said.

Started in 1985, this slalom snowboard race through the natural halfpipe has evolved into an international event.

The winner in each category receives a duct tape trophy and an embroidered Carhartt jacket.