Mt Bachelor (12/25) Merry Christmas!

[schubwa]

Whoa! and Ho, Ho, Ho.
Just another powder day (my day 30) and things are going well here in the PNW. The last few storms have been the classic right-side-up variety with moist beginnings and dry ends. Not much people pressure yet but wait 'til tomorrow.
I'm a working man so I savor my weekends like every other working sod. This has been a great weekend with three solid performances in a row!
We opened presents last night with a forecast of freshies and got there early with our youngest son, Spencer. He's quite a rider but since he's 13 it's unlikely he wants to be seen with his parents. We forced him to ride with us and it was really fun. I wound up hucking more today than I have in the last ten years. The snow was so bouyant that you couldn't make a mistake.
It snowed 9" today (so far) with 180" season total.

 

[Judz]

malolo, good choice, almost got it myself, but went for a Baron ES instead, just figuered id wait another year and buy a fish for the powder days.

 

[Tony Crocker]

I have personally experienced Bachelor's virtues for spring skiing. But I knew there had to be some powder potential with the abundant snow, low crowds and extensive forests.

Most underrated mountain in North America IMHO.

 

[schubwa]

Tony,
Since we're in the PNW everyone figures it's all concrete, all the time. Well, it is! I suggest everyone book their trips to SLC; Marc's (Admin) been looking lonely lately after mentioning the empty slopes at Alta.
I was looking through my journal and noticed that last Dec 27 (a year ago tomorrow) we had 14" overnight giving us a 72"/83" report. I'm a little surprised as last year is remembered as a great season with an awesome start.
Today we have a jolly 82"/95" count after 12" new this morning. Our season total of 192" seems high for these base numbers but the storms this year have been on the dry side (oops). I was fearing a stratchy winter this year with the moderate El Nino that was forcasted. But nothing is ever guaranteed in life and this season is acting more like a La Nina.
Last year turned out to be no slouch, however, as by Feb 1 we hit the magic 200" (base) mark. Must have snowed a lot in January.

 

[Admin]

I suggest everyone book their trips to SLC; Marc's (Admin) been looking lonely lately after mentioning the empty slopes at Alta.

Nah, folks...our base is only a fraction of Bachelor's, so please avoid any damage to your skis and head for Oregon instead. :wink:

 

[Tony Crocker]

Last January was one of the uniformly best months ever for western skiing. Only SoCal, Arizona and New Mexico missed out. Everywhere else had 150-200+% of normal snowfall.