The New and improved Oregon 2020/2021 Ski Season Thread

[Hood26]

Cheers to February! You have been good to us and are still delivery. March... we got our eye on you.

[TBS]

Bit of trivia, the original wagon road goes past Big Lake Airstrip (behind the Doo), past Sand Mountain and drops down the hill to Fish Lake. It continues from there down what is now Hwy 20 to Sweet Home. You can ride that section from Big Lake to Fish Lake on your conveyance of choosing anytime of the year.

Santiam Wagon Road goes down to BBR as well. Quite rideable other than winter snow

More trivia, the ODOT station at the Santiam Jct is where John Arthur Ackroyd applied his craft.

Details here: https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghos...way20/marlene/

Well, thanks for that uplifting tale...

[Teh Poacher]

^^^
Well I tried to be subtle, but it’s a local story none the less. It hits close to home as the van they drove was spotted in Camp Sherman by a member of my family, while out for a jog.

[TBS]

^^^

[Toadman]

Sounds like Bachelor is going to have some issues with wind tomorrow. Ullr bringeth and taketh.

[thefortrees]

Early start at hrm, I’ll be in the lineup by 8. Red jacket, blue boots, black pack, skiing goats. Ask for change or just yell “hey, asshole!”. I respond to many titles. It was amazing surfy deepness until closing and full on nuking...

[Djongo Unchained]

Early start at hrm, I’ll be in the lineup by 8.

Hilarious...

[thefortrees]

Hilarious...

Feels like sleeping til noon after being on village time for a few days!

[SchralphMacchio]

I don’t think you can ride the actual original Wagon Road between Little Nash and the MRT TH on quite any conveyance of your choosing, isn’t it guarded by boulders on both ends? I don’t remember if open to ATVs and dirtbikes or not ... I’ve ridden that on my MTB once when we were camped at Clear Lake. Couldn’t imagine hauling a horse drawn buggy down that thing!

[SchralphMacchio]

Oh yeah, and totally agree about 126 vs Tombstone.

For warm storms or dry snow storms 126 is fine ... but for fluctuating snow temp storms when nuking - (like with intermittent snow on the highway at Blue River and east) viz can be pretty awful in there and some of the off camber sections can be sketch before they’ve been sanded. This year with no commercial traffic allowed between Vida and McKenzie Bridge it’s been a lot better of a drive, less irresponsible commercial truckers picking terrible places to discover that they needed to chain up or pull a lighter haul up the steep grades ...

[Hood26]

Well, thanks for that uplifting tale...

Right?!?! The PNW home to so many serial killer/rapists that you can learn of a new one all the damn time. Fuck that was a sad story.

[Teh Poacher]

I don’t think you can ride the actual original Wagon Road between Little Nash and the MRT TH on quite any conveyance of your choosing

Little Nash to MRT is below the section I described, however you are correct regarding that lower section.

This summer, drop a car at Fish Lake on the Clear Lake cutoff and take your bikes up to Big Lake in a second rig. Ride west through the airstrip and past Sand Mountain. Sand Mountain is a double cinder cone, the access road up goes into the saddle. Take the time to explore both peaks, you’ll be glad you did. It’s also a fun ride around the south crater. From the base, continue west from the black sand flat (there is only one road). From there you will drop into the forest on a truly fantastic downhill all the way to Fish Lake, or beyond.

Over the years, I’ve ridden it on bikes, sleds and moto.

[TBS]

I don’t think you can ride the actual original Wagon Road between Little Nash and the MRT TH on quite any conveyance of your choosing, isn’t it guarded by boulders on both ends? I don’t remember if open to ATVs and dirtbikes or not ... I’ve ridden that on my MTB once when we were camped at Clear Lake. Couldn’t imagine hauling a horse drawn buggy down that thing!

ATV/moto access comes from Big Lake. I don’t remember boulders where OSWR crosses 126 but it was a while ago and I was on a MTB.

[mattig]

Early start at hrm, I’ll be in the lineup by 8. Red jacket, blue boots, black pack, skiing goats. Ask for change or just yell “hey, asshole!”. I respond to many titles. It was amazing surfy deepness until closing and full on nuking...

Thanks for trying to keep things on track!

Wish I could get out on weekdays.

Be there Sat though.

[SchralphMacchio]

From east to west, I think the Wagon Road is blocked to full size motor vehicles at the intersection of NF 866 and 2676 (just south of Little Nash) ... then that last bit of the Old Wagon Road goes through the MRT TH parking area (east side of 126) before it crosses the highway to Fish Lake, then continues WNW to highway 20. I’ve never explored that part west of Fish Lake but I’d like to.

That’s a creepy story about Ackroyd ... an ODOT employee with a serial problem could have certainly had ample opportunity to do way more harm than the Oregonian could identify!

[TBS]

^^^you should read about Jerome Brudos (or not). The OSP detective leading that case was a golfing buddy of my dad’s

In other news, two guys ski Half Dome all the way to the valley floor
https://www.outsideonline.com/2421174/half-dome-ski
Jonesy calls them out for not carving their turns...

[CnRzG]

good morning... Zaffino let the entire portland area know about today. So, have fun and be prepared for the liftline shit show. Can't ski till tomorrow. I'll be up getting leftovers at Skibowl Saturday Morning. Ask for change for a nickel. I'll be the purple jacketed guy with Dalbello Panterra 130's. Plan to hit the morning hours then head home. Sunday is gonna be bluebird at Tflat. So I will be there most of the day on Sunday. You can call me the flying eggplant.

[jonesy]

Brutal commute up Santiam. Snowing hard sideways. OSP escort to the Summit. Coffee in the lodge and let the ski devils have their way with tbs today.

[CnRzG]

Skibowl and Tflat closed today. Skibowl may open at 1. Dayum.

[::: :::]

Skibowl and Tflat closed today. Skibowl may open at 1. Dayum.

dang

can only ramp up the public angst for tomorrow

if ski bowl can open this afternoon, i expect it will be tits deep

[CnRzG]

dang

can only ramp up the public angst for tomorrow

if ski bowl can open this afternoon, i expect it will be tits deep

Yeah... but I am hoping it doesn't. Which means it will.

[char_]

I drove Corvallis to Bend every week for a year and took Tombstone every time. Once you know the road it is faster to Corvallis than 22. There is extremely limited passing opportunity, so you have to be ready to go for it once you see the opening, but typically no trucks and low traffic volumes.

I think the only time I didn’t take it was when they closed it, which is pretty rare.

[SchralphMacchio]

Nuking, windy, and Manzi only at the Doo.

[CnRzG]

Ski Bowl closed for the day and evening. See ya in the AM.

[::: :::]

anyone know if MHM is on diesel today?
[seeing Ski Bowl cite power issues as part of their decision to not open this afternoon/evening]

sun might poke out tomorrow...could be fun