The New and improved Oregon 2020/2021 Ski Season Thread

[jonesy]

Possible pond skimming at Lake Hoodoo?

[TBS]

I know - they lost 4” of base overnight

[thefortrees]

Big one reported by meadows patrol: https://nwac.us/avalanche-forecast/#/mt-hood

[jonesy]

Looks like 3000 yds of cement in that pile.

[CnRzG]

^^^And a stable isothermal base to build from. Forecast next week is for declining temps and more snow. Should bond well

Yeah... I was thinking that too.

[::: :::]

Where is everyone?

#ullrsaves #itsgoodforthebase

[jonesy]

Carhartt Pleather ftw

[thefortrees]

How well does 4.5” of water ski AC?

[::: :::]

How well does 4.5” of water ski AC?

Slow
Fast
Slooow
Fast
Fast
Fast
Sloooooooow

[Toadman]

More parking opening on Monday at Bachelor per the email I received today.

More 'Advance Day' Parking Available — Starting Monday, December 21 at 6:00 p.m we will release additional inventory for 28 days (4 weeks) out, so you can plan ahead! We will follow this cadence each Monday at 6:00 p.m. by adding one additional week of inventory to the previously released three weeks. Each Monday we'll release inventory for the 28 days ahead.



2. Continuous Rolling Inventory — What does this mean? As we approach any given ski day we will release additional parking inventory, as early as a few days prior up until the morning of your intended ski day, based on weather, wind, terrain footprint and a handful of other variables that will affect skier volume at the mountain. If we are open from Cloudchaser to Northwest and lifts are running at full speed, we will be able to host more guests (more availability) while still enabling proper physical distancing across the resort.

[SchralphMacchio]

I was checking to see if any mud/trees/rocks came down on 126 today and saw this, heh. I actually saw on a Facebook group that some poor saps from the Valley were thinking about heading up to ski Hoodoo today, lol! Willamette had the good sense to close and not have to worry about patrolling their slide zones.

[mattig]

No it's a driver thing.

Jeep dominates the upside down century drive competition

[jonesy]

Jeep dominates the upside down century drive competition

Short wheel based probably plays into it. . My money is on 4x4 PU.

[GBB]

Any PDX mags have a 3.6 x 9mm drill bit I can borrow? I need to mount a pair of skis for my sister but don't have my tools at my disposal right now. I can pick it up and return it within 24 hours and will compensate with a 6er of your choosing.

[::: :::]

Any PDX mags have a 3.6 x 9mm drill bit I can borrow? I need to mount a pair of skis for my sister but don't have my tools at my disposal right now. I can pick it up and return it within 24 hours and will compensate with a 6er of your choosing.

I got you (no beer reqd)
pm me

[beer30]

Back in the day when I skied Bachelor i did it often in the rain. Getting really high helped. Good times

[jonesy]

Back in the day when I skied Bachelor i did it often in the rain. Getting really high helped. Good times

Mandatory & fireball shots.

Twas soft in soft places & firm polished ice in others.

1130 the Crack of Nooners arrived and done.

[TBS]

things get a little spicy in the apex of that turn?

[jonesy]

Ok, the skis were alittle skinny for the conditions. I stayed on the firm pack mostly.

[thefortrees]

Ok, the skis were alittle skinny for the conditions.

I’m not sure how to react to this statement

[Toadman]

I’m not sure how to react to this statement

Maybe he went old school at was rocking some 1980's vintage long boards?

Fingers crossed for a white Christmas in Central Oregon. It's crazy that the thermometer hit 55F this afternoon.

[jonesy]

It hit 63 @ the ranch this afternoon. To be honest 170cm/16m tr. Ya got ride light occasionally. Merry Xmas...

[TBS]

I’m not sure how to react to this statement

sometimes jonesy prefers a “wide stance”

[Toadman]

Managed to snag 3 more weekend days at Bachelor. Two for January and 1 for February. Looks like reservations slots vaporized quickly.

[TBS]

Yup the Mt. bachelor parking saga continues.

Mgt announced yesterday they would release a bunch of additional parking at 6pm today.

At 5:50pm, the Parkwhiz app added a requirement to have a credit card on file to book FREE fucking reservations.

The app also built in MtB rules - can reserve each of the next seven days but only seven more from day 8 to end of season. After that you get a “can’t complete the transaction” frame.

And they consider 6pm today as day one not day zero, so next Monday is the eighth day from today.

So much for the “reserve 14 days in advance!”

And by 6:25 only the 8th and 10th are still open in January.

Let’s see how next week goes...