TR: Mt. Hood, Timberline, OR 8/2/12 and 8/3/12

[Vets]

I was invited by gone2alpine and jla415 to head up to Timberline to make some turns the old-fashioned way - by riding up on chairlifts.

Thursday, August 2nd.

Vets and jla415:


The snow was pretty firm up top at the top o' the mornin', so we found some softer smoothness down low.
Vets:


gone2alpine:



Looking down from above the lifts...

...a closer look...


Looking up at Mt. Hood:


The view looking up from the parking lot:


The view looking up from Ski Bowl East:


August 3rd next...

[Vets]

August 3rd...

Looking up at Mt. Hood from the PCT:


gone2alpine and jla415 heading up for more vert....


That old-fashioned lift served did get to me so I did some of that new-fangled hiking. After setting a bootpack hiking up the previous day I returned and hiked up higher. It got warmer on Friday, so I ditched the jacket and was sporting my AK skis T in honor of Splat's recently passed friend Aldo.
A self-timer photo of Vets starting down after making a hike up above the lifts:


The hike also gave me the opportunity to get this Mt. Hood panorama:


It also meant a long run with at least 3K of vert. After that I headed back up to join those old-fashioned lift-served skiers jla415 and gone2alpine. The racers had all of their gates pulled by noon and this opened up some creamy good smoothness.

gone2alpine:


Vets:



jla415 and gone2alpine might have some more photos to add.

Definitely a fun time!

[yabyum]

Coming back from the Uintas I saw one snow patch on Timp. It was 99 degress when I dropped in to Salt Lake. That looks like a VERY pleasant way to start August!

[spook]

i flew back from houston on friday and was amazed at how bare hood it is, but i haven't seen it from the air at this time of year in a long while. not sure it's more bare than usual or not because i haven't been paying attention since i left the country, but it looks pretty bare in these pics, too. looks fun, though. how late in the day before it got too sloppy?

[Vets]

^ Getting in close to 2.5K lift served and 3K plus with a little hiking didn't make it seem bare to me. I have skied Hood before with less snow around this time of year, so I couldn't complain. (Fly over the Tahoe area this summer if you want to see lots of bare areas.) I would like to ski Hood earlier after a big year, maybe in June when there would be even more possibilities.

Palmer didn't really get sloppy, just smoother all the way up to 2 when they closed. The stuff below/around Magic Mile got sticky/sloppy around noonish.

[~mikey b]

Thanks Vets! Now you've got Owen saying he does not need to play soccer this Fall. He'll just go to Timberline and ski....

He looked at me funny when I mentioned "school". Yeah, you know. First grade?

[~mikey b]

spook

How was the skiing in Houston?

[spook]

spook

How was the skiing in Houston?

well, it sucks, of course, but if you think i'm a big asshole, you should go to houston. what a rude awakening coming back to the u.s., as usual. and tom delay getting his fucking boots shined, to boot.

[gone2alpine]

Two days back in the brown-ness that is Tahoe and I am ready to be back in Hood...

[powdrhound]

Glad to see you made the trip. Thanks for the photos.
Is getting me real excited about being there on the 25th for my 60th birthday.

[Sessiøn]

Fuck.....I'm going skiing this weekend.

[Vets]

Glad to see you made the trip. Thanks for the photos.
Is getting me real excited about being there on the 25th for my 60th birthday.

You picked a great place to celebrate. Looking forward to seeing your birthday TR.