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Thread: 2017/2018 ofishul orygun thread
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10-13-2018, 08:46 AM #2201Registered User
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10-13-2018, 09:16 AM #2202
2017/2018 ofishul orygun thread
Hoodoo last season was a lot of manzanita scraping until March when successive late Feb storms finally made the crater side skiable, then it was glop wading to April - but a handful of hero overhead white room days in February and March. I like Hoodoo so much better than Flatchelor for winter skiing, though spring or Fair weather noodling with my wife at Bach is great too.
Prognostication?
If I’m realllly lucky I’ll get a couple Hoodoo days this winter and a Little but of Ikenik/Clear Lake XC with a baby on my back ... due 12/31, so it’s probably gonna nuke all January!_______________________________________________
"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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10-13-2018, 09:34 AM #2203
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Last edited by Groomer Gambler; 12-13-2019 at 07:54 AM.
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10-13-2018, 09:38 AM #2204
It would be nice to just skip Rock season and go straight to face shots. It could happen. Meanwhile back at the ranch, lovely weather.
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10-14-2018, 11:42 PM #2205
You wouldn’t care if you had On3p skis - bases so hard, rocks are afraid.
Forty - check yer PMs
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10-15-2018, 09:39 AM #2206
Very fun skiing up on Palmer yesterday. Rock on!
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10-15-2018, 09:40 AM #2207
How far up did you go?
And, how low were you able to go?
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10-15-2018, 10:32 AM #2208
Sparks off of your edges, cool. Aquired a new pair of womens 169cm k2 empress skis unmounted with Look bindings. Any interest pm me. tbs? :-)
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10-15-2018, 10:32 AM #2209
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10-15-2018, 10:43 AM #2210
The fucking bees knees of night skiing. Srsly. Lemme explain.
When mid-day mountain rains thwart the hungry skier, night time temps turn that mush into fluff. Being a good bit higher than Skibowl, the snow quality is generally better. Mt. Hood is still relatively low on any of the three ski areas, so every bit of elevation gain really does matter.
Being that the Mt. Hood Express chair's terrain is fully lit, you have some relatively steep flow lines off 1 bowl, 2 bowl, 3 bowl, etc.... On a good nuking evening, you can hot lap these lines from peak to chair over and over and over again, while watching your tracks from the run prior disappear. A lot of the unlit sections are still accessible and skiiable if it's not a no moon kind of night.
It's rarely crowded on any night that I've been there, meaning most of the time your finish your lap by literally skiing onto the chair without hitting the brakes.
Yes, skibowl has a larger night skiing acreage, but Meadow's is much more consistent and better snow quality, with some terrain features that easily rival that of the bowl.
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10-15-2018, 11:24 AM #2211
True statements. Wish it wasn't a 2hr drive for me or we'd hit it more often.
Watch out for oblivious people though
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10-15-2018, 12:56 PM #2212
^worst grooming though. On an icy night you can barely make it back to MHX without your teeth chattering out of your mouth. Groom at night is way better at Timberline and Skibowl has the best grooming on hood.
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10-15-2018, 02:11 PM #2213
Can't say I've ever made the trek to night ski unless it was snowing enough to obviate groom. But for those that ski the stuff intentionally, that's good to know.
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10-15-2018, 02:13 PM #2214
way to get after it, oregondead! maybe we'll actually cross paths this season.
i've had many fantastic nights at meadows. crowd clears out, temp drops and the snow is great. i've never had a complaint about the grooming for night skiing. i miss it.
buying timberline passes for 3 next week.
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10-15-2018, 06:13 PM #2215
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10-15-2018, 06:29 PM #2216
Good Park skis for ya. Step/in binders din 10 so alittle light for your manliness. Everything is new. We should do a night session on Hood.
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10-15-2018, 09:57 PM #2217
$10 Safeway Nights at MHM those were great times.
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10-16-2018, 11:26 AM #2218
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10-16-2018, 01:01 PM #2219
K2 ski package sold.
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10-17-2018, 08:35 AM #2220
Story on NPR this morning is saying MHM will introduce 'dynamic' lift ticket prices that fluctuate daily based on demand. Thoughts on this?
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10-17-2018, 09:27 AM #2221
2017/2018 ofishul orygun thread
I guess, from a pass holder perspective, it may affect me via size of weekend crowds, but I have no idea what any of the metrics are so it’s hard to form an opinion
I suppose it’s pretty good to maybe get a shot at $49 midweek tickets for regular folks
Here’s the blog post on it
https://www.skihood.com/about-us/mea...ort-experience
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10-17-2018, 09:31 AM #2222
Sounds like expensive pow days for non-pass holders. All the Vail resorts have already done this and it practically means needing to buy lift tix from their website upfront when going on planned trips, or paying outrageous prices at the window. But on the flip side, I’ve seen enough photos of weekend pow days at MHM, maybe this will improve the experience marginally.
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"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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10-17-2018, 01:08 PM #2223Registered User
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Wow, this is awesome news for season pass holders but there are going to be a lot of pissed off PDX dooouuuches who don't know about it and have to pay $99 for a ticket on a weekend powder day. I look forward to witnessing the temper tantrums by the entitled assclowns.
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10-17-2018, 02:01 PM #2224Registered User
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That's what you get for going night skiing on a icy evening. Saying Skibowl has best of anything is kind of a reach with every lift being held together with bailing wire and duct tape. It's can be a fun hill when conditions are right but the terrain worth skiing is limited to the upper bowl and that lift is a giant piece of shit ready to derail at any moment.
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10-17-2018, 02:40 PM #2225
Keep spreading the word!
My understanding is the lifts at Skibowl are re-purposed mining equipment and they were not meant to be ridden by people in the first place. Ride at your own risk. Also, you are right that the only skiing worth terrain is in the upper bowl. People were fools when they originally built two separate ski areas there. Back then it was like trial and error people just liked to build shit for no good reason. Fools!
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