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Mt. Bachelor Update

This is the view from the Summit lift at Mt. Bachelor on 2-2-2012:

The Sisters from the Summit Lift at Mt. Bachelor

The view of the Sisters from the Summit Lift at Mt. Bachelor on 2-2-2012.

What a beautiful day! After a very slow start to the season, Bachelor had 99 inches of snow in 7 days, building up a really great base. Conditions are good right now, with everything open. While a little new powder wouldn’t hurt, it has still been a decent season so far. A few more photos:

Looking back towards Bend from the Summit Lift at Mt. Bachelor.

Looking back towards Bend from the Summit Lift at Mt. Bachelor on 2-2-2012.

The sun setting below the upper rim from the Summit Lift at Mt. Bachelor.

The sun setting below the upper rim from the Summit Lift at Mt. Bachelor on 2-2-2012.

Here’s to a great late winter and early spring!

It’s summertime (and time for a ski season recap)!

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.

Summit lift at Mt. Bachelor on 1-29-2009Cascade Express on 4-25-2009The Route to Upper Heather

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!!!