Safe travels for your future move.
Do give Skibowl a try. A lot of folks just drive right on bye.
A Fusion Pass will give you the longest season, access to TLine and Skibowl, the most night skiing, and flexibility.
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Good questions. I should have mentioned that I lived in Oregon for about ten years, circa 2000, skiing some at meadows, but mostly kayaking.
We spend a fair amount of time skiing with our kids, both sub nine years old. The older one will likely continue to race... although I'm unsure of which program... that's probably another thread question. The younger one is good on easy greens and will be a lot stronger next year.
I like to ski Heather canyon at meadows. My wife will ski whatever. Timberline, last I remember, was much too flat.
What do you guys do for passes other than meadows and fusion?
How far is decent touring from Vancouver? Touring and sled access skiing need to involve relatively lower avy risk. I'm not into risking my life anymore since I have children.
My post is as convoluted as the complexity of my skiing and life choices since having children ;).
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I can’t expound on the differences between race programs or kid friendly skiing at Tflat vs Meadows (I live too far south) but I’m sure other mags can, which is why I asked the question. White Pass is just over 2 hours, something to consider for getting away/switching things up.
I’ve only done Adams in Spring but it’s under 2 hours to the south TH. Not sure on the road access to St Helen’s but I imagine it’s similar?
Decent touring is 1.5-3 hours from you depending on traffic and destination. The closest options to you (~1.5 hrs) are variable throughout the season due to low elevation.
Do you have any experience with a sled? It was a humbling experience when I started 4-5 seasons ago, not easy.
There isn’t much easy access/half-day sled skiing down this way, almost everything is a full day mission due to how deep you have to go. Embrace exploration and experiments. Spend lots of time studying maps, poking into a new zone, failing, going somewhere else next trip. Skiing conditions are volatile here, so you’ll strike out a bunch until you figure out what weather patterns are favorable for your zones.
I enjoy the struggle, but it requires a lot of luck, patience, and persistence.
Nice conditions on the hill. Chalky and dry snow coming down Hourglass. Was lonely in the bowl.
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Best guesses on when the corn will be ripe on Mt. Hood?
It kind of tried on some of the pitches that are sometimes groomed. The true off pistes were just slushy and deep mank.
Warm all week and maybe some snow next week.
Yesterday, Heather was opened by 10:30ish, Silver was tits at 10:45. Skied 3 laps there. We went off piste just before the run out, its was like mashed potatoes with Elmer's glue, it was in direct sun tho
Hot laps on Upper Bowl today was lots of fun. Accelerator into Radical and Cannonball all had perfect groom. Pizzaz was loads of fun. No one present. Off and back on the chair.
Off in cali this week
I really cannot keep up with the kid anymore but we’re having a good time
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Selling my p0w boards, adj bindings just tuned. No low balls. I know what I got. $450.00
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Is that the 1929 SL?
Dibs!
You missed the festivities
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Aww so cute! TBS's granddaughter?
It’s got actual steep terrain, and is actually a short drive from town! [emoji2957]
It does not have quite the same 360 ski off the summit and go wherever you want setup as Bachelor as it’s got an actual ridgeline. But the terrain off the Mammoth Peak ridgeline can get much steeper and spicier than Bachelor. There are more lifts at Mammoth but the town itself is much much smaller than Bend. Once Los Angeles stops skiing the town really chills out - mid April onward has always felt super dead at Mammoth (both on the hill and in town). The propensity for high quality corn and overripe unfrozen Elmers glue is similar at both locations in the spring.
Biggest pros for Mammoth in my view are: actual advanced-only chairs that you can lap, it’s bigger, steep bowls and chutes, basically unlimited backcountry touring terrain within a 45 minute drive from town, has a more remote vibe.
Biggest pros for Bachelor in my view are: way way way more developed amenities for dining etc after the snow or your legs are cooked, town is actually walkable, you’re not 4.5 hours from the biggest metro area on the west coast, therefore a wildly busy day at Bachelor still does not feel as insane as a wildly busy day at Mammoth.
Hmm, sounds like Mammoth is more comparable to Big Sky than Bach… guess I’ll have to find out for myself.
Thanks.
Similar mountains with a lot of alpine terrain when the summit is open. I think Mammoth is a little steeper but not much. Mammoth doesn’t have anything similar to the backside of Bachelor or tree skiing of NW though.
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Mammoth pics for your brain, boar2m
A little thin down low - kinda like spring Bach
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Vistas like Bach, but from 11k
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