Sorry for the seven-month gap in postings! Ski season happened, and then spring quarter occurred…
Anyhow, the ski season got off to a slow start (except for the massive December storm), and we were left skiing on ice for almost a month. At one point, it got up to ~60 degrees at Mt. Hood Meadows…in January! Fortunately, though, things improved in mid-to-late February and continued to get better and better from there. The skiing at both Mt. Bachelor and Mt. Hood Meadows was awesome – lots of late-season powder days. Here’s hoping that next year is just as good!
The first photo below is from Mt. Bachelor at the end of January – it was nice and cold, but there had been very little snow for almost a month – you can see the blue ice beneath the Summit lift! The last two photos are from late-April at Mt. Hood Meadows. The snow really piled up at the top of the mountain – you can see that the traverse to Upper Heather was really built-up.
In fact, this year was so good that I’m looking into buying some new powder skis. The Line Sir Francis Bacon skis from last year are a pretty good deal right now, and all the reviews have been really positive. If only El Niño wasn’t strengthening right now!!!
