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Don't let the skateboards at the start throw you off. This snowboarding video is well done and features my 17 year old kid. Now if I can only keep him in High School before he turns pro... http://vimeo.com/16079074

Yet according to your September 29th FTO report: So Timberline opened first on October 1st, 2010. That was over three weeks ago. ](*,) Go Ducks!

Here at lowly Mt Bachelor, the number is 3,365' lift served. But if you hike up from Bend, it's 5,467! :-D I think we should stick to lift served to be honest.

An early snowstorm teases the local hounds. We're gonna have a good one here this year. http://www.mtbachelor.com/winter/servic ... tions.html

From Mt Bachelor this morning: Our big news is we will stand pat on full season pass prices for the third consecutive year. That’s right, your 2010/11 full pass will cost the same as it did back in 2008/09. Oh, we also intend to keep skiing and riding through Memorial Day weekend, too, as...

Cool report EMSC, I like Copper. Right off the freeway, north facing, Bee-lines, high altitude and low attitude. My suggestion: Keep bitching and Powdr will listen.

Somehow I'm not that "wowed". Except to wonder how a maritime ski area can get those kind of seasonal snowfall figures and only have 54" at the base. Sounds kinda damp to me, even from a fellow PNW'er. For comparison purposes, it took us 428" to yield 152" mid-mountain (same as theirs), arguably...

Ring, ring...what's that sound? No, it's not the IRS. It's the sound of "Off the Hook". It was one of those days you wait all season for. No it wasn't waist deep, yes it was sunny. Problem was you didn't know where to go because it was all soooo good. I'm still shaking my head. I took a shot...

Sounds like they were nowhere near these numbers this year, with the storm track taking a southern route most of the season. The hut keepers said our week was the first time they had face shots all season. We just got lucky this time, I guess. When asked about returning to the Selkirks with my...

I found it interesting that in a recent post Tony had reported that wonderful late March storm cycle had somewhat missed interior BC. This does not compute. At least where I was. Our guides thought we got nearly five feet the week we were in the Selkirks. It basically snowed for seven days...

Wow, what a week. I hadn't posted since early in the week due to limited internet time and fun and games at the hut. It just kept getting better and better as the week progressed. Wednesday was another snowy start but then it quickly cleared and we charged up to the Kodak area just above the hut...

We awoke to strong winds and heavy snowfall. I checked the early reports on CAC and it was high danger, no doubt. We got about 80cm overnight and with the drifting it was a no go morning. So we had a leisurely breakfast and I started a book and enjoyed the banter. It was just howling outside...

My friend Scot Kallar has organized week long hut trips for years and they’ve hit a lot of the top ones: Powder Creek, Sorcerer, Fairy Meadows, Golden Alpine Holidays, etc. But this year I skipped Baldface Snowcats to go with his group to the Selkirk Lodge. I have heard good stuff about this hut...

Ummm, hard to say without igniting a firestorm of bravado from Zion. No contest the quality is better there, I know 'cause started skiing LLC 44 years ago and got there a lot when I lived in LA, Mammoth and then Orange County. It's that most folks think we get heavy snow (all the time) a la...

I'm home packing for a hut trip to Canada (prolly bring my camera) and noticed some similarities and differences in seasonal snowfall figures versus total snowpack depths. For example: Alta, UT= 374" season with a 105" base (I'm thinking 9600' level off Collins Lift) Mt Bachelor, OR= 334"...

Glad you had a good time. By the way, your last two photos appear to be near the top of NWX, not Summit. On my post from that same weekend I have some pics of the rime and sastrugi (that you mentioned) that is caused by the prevailing winds. Rime is when super-cooled water droplets freeze on...

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True, except Redmond is 15 miles from Bend on a four laner, so that 30 minutes might include your transfer and some rental car pickup time. Delta has flights into Redmond from SLC and Denver. Another idea is to take a gambler special to Vegas from the East, then hop on Allegiant Air which has...

I may not know anything about beer, but I do know what I like. I rooted around the house and found these: 1) Rogue "Dead Guy Ale" ($5.99 Newport Market) all around favorite. 2) Deschutes "Red Chair" NWPA, 6.4% and available all over town. 3) Ninkasi "Total Domination IPA" is from Eugene and...

Everybody's new local favorite: Ten Barrel Apocalypse IPA. I had two tonight to go with my Baldy's BBQ pig-out rib dinner.