What's new this year at Oregon's ski resorts?

November 29, 2006

Oregon's '06-07 ski season is here, and our 10 mountain resorts are celebrating what is to be an epic year. Beyond incredible conditions, skiers and boarders have many reasons to be excited, including a new high-speed quad, a two-resort pass and so much more...

We're ringing in the ski season with a whole lot of new, exciting additions and improvements at Oregon's mountain resorts. Here, a sampling...

Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort in Central Oregon has a brand new, high-speed quad to replace the Pine Martin Express, Mt. Bachelor's most used lift. The resort is celebrating the return of glade skiing and riding to the Sunrise Area, and Hands Free ticketing.

Mt. Hood Meadows spent beaucoup bucks on improvements, including a new Children's Learning Center, new rental center, and more restaurant seating than ever before.

UPDATE: You may have heard about the record rainfall the Pacific Northwest received earlier this fall. Well, it resulted in a washout on Highway 35, which is the main road to Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort. The word on the street is that Oregon Department of Transportation is working day and night to clear the road and make repairs, and that the resort will be accessible by mid-December (click here for up-to-date conditions: http://skihood.com/cs/blogs/). In the meantime, all other Mt. Hood resorts remain open and accessible.

Mt. Hood's SkiBowl and Timberline ski areas teamed up to offer the Fusion Pass, which allows skiers and riders unlimited access to both resorts, which sit just a few miles from one another.

~ See you on the slopes!
Jerry

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Editor's Note: Jerry Krieg is the Director of Marketing for our partner SkiOregon ; his column "Jerry's Powder Dispatch" will appear all ski season and chronicles Jerry's inexplicable need for fresh powder.

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