lookn4powder
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My wife and I just returned from skiing Bachelor (4), Timberline (1), and Mt. Hood Skibowl (1). On Wed-Thursday Timberline and Mt Hood areas received 5-8" medium-heavy powder. Of course, the fog hid it completely until Friday when the winds died down and the air became crystal clear. Beautiful!!
Chain restrictions (enforced) kept us away from Mt Hood Meadows; but we discovered that Mt. Hood Skibowl had great powdershots on its expert terrain. Blue/Green runs were OK, but overgroomed. I would assume that the Meadows is great. Bachelor received no new snow from the storm.
All areas were swept by 20-30 MPH winds between Monday-Thursday. At Bachelor the wind sculpted the loose snow off the Summit Chair areas. On Tuesday I took a look at the Cirque and searched Cowface thoroughly for powder. Forget it! It's gone!! The current surface can support a slide-for-life and nothing fun. All other lifts at Bachelor have good coverage and fair-to-great surfaces.
I suspect that the highest elevations at Timberline also have lost powder and are left with a nasty sculpted ice-surface.
So, that's the good and the bad.
Cheers,
Jeff
Chain restrictions (enforced) kept us away from Mt Hood Meadows; but we discovered that Mt. Hood Skibowl had great powdershots on its expert terrain. Blue/Green runs were OK, but overgroomed. I would assume that the Meadows is great. Bachelor received no new snow from the storm.
All areas were swept by 20-30 MPH winds between Monday-Thursday. At Bachelor the wind sculpted the loose snow off the Summit Chair areas. On Tuesday I took a look at the Cirque and searched Cowface thoroughly for powder. Forget it! It's gone!! The current surface can support a slide-for-life and nothing fun. All other lifts at Bachelor have good coverage and fair-to-great surfaces.
I suspect that the highest elevations at Timberline also have lost powder and are left with a nasty sculpted ice-surface.
So, that's the good and the bad.
Cheers,
Jeff