Man Hit By Chairlift Sues Mount Hood Meadows James P. Meagher was injured while trying to load onto a chairlift at Mount Hood Meadows on March 27, 2014. The safety bar was down when James went to load the chair, and Meagher was struck and dragged by the chairlift. Meagher suffered a partial tear of his meniscus and other injuries and is suing Mount Hood for a total of $316,990 […] SnowBrains | April 4, 2014 2 Comments
Mt Hood Meadows Recent Conditions: Cascade Concrete Below Some Extra Fluff Mt Hood Meadows has been getting slammed with nonstop snow for pretty much the past 4 weeks. There have been fridgid, cold-smoke powder days, but the majority of the snow has been classic warm, heavy, high water content Cascade concrete. This last weekend had hopes of being fabulous with LOTS of snow expected, however, it got a bit too warm for that to come completely true. […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | February 19, 2014 0 Comments
POWder in the Hood: Mt. Hood Meadows Conditions Report POWder in the Hood. (Very-short version) POWder in the Hood. (Longer version) Mt. Hood Meadows was AWESOME this weekend. My buddy and I were up with a few fellow U of O students working with Envision Magazine to do some “action shots.” Despite the half-cloudy, sporadic whiteouts, it was the perfect day for that bunch–capturing footage ranging from epic stomps […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | February 4, 2014 1 Comment
Weekend Conditions Report: Mt. Hood Meadows Run from the top of Cascade on Saturday, onto the middle ridge above the Mazot, down around the sweater-vest road, and back to the lift. Mt. Hood, and the rest of Oregon for that matter, got hit by a big storm two weekends ago that finally dumped a few feet of new on top of the shallow base we’d been dealing with. That said, […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | January 21, 2014 0 Comments
Mt. Hood Meadows Conditions Report: 12/18/13 Mt. Hood Meadows is one of three resorts on Mt. Hood and holds the most advanced terrain Oregon ski resorts have to offer. This season seems to be starting off slow, however, and much of the lower resort facing south(ish) is completely melted out. There are many runs that looks like this.. as you will see documented. Snow coverage is something that cannot be forced (to a certain extent), and the resort is doing everything it can to provide the access to it’s most filled in areas. Ski patrol […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | December 21, 2013 0 Comments
Private Reserve: Mt. Hood Meadows’s Secret Spot Skip to 0:50 for the action! Private Reserve (PR) is the closest thing Mt. Hood Meadows will ever have to a side country, and it holds the most impressive, challenging, lift accessed terrain in Oregon period. A relatively recent addition to the resort, accessed by the Hood River Meadows (HRM) chair, Private Reserve is a wooded glen on the northeastern […] Bevan Waite | June 25, 2013 9 Comments
Closing Weekend at Mt. Hood Meadows | The Hardest Fall of the Year… | Photo Tour words and photos by Bevan Waite There’s no Friday night partying for college ski bums during the season. In fact, there’s a whole list of rules a true college ski bum has to take into consideration. When it comes to skiing, it’s our first priority. That means no girlfriends to tie you down, no stomach pumping frat parties, no waiting […] SnowBrains | May 6, 2013 2 Comments
47-Acres of Land for 38 Custom Homes at Base of Alpine Meadows, CA on Market for $15-Million 47-acres of land at the base of Alpine Meadows, CA, with approvals already in place for the development of 38 custom homes, is on the market for $15-million. The property, called Alpenglow, can also be purchased and developed as a single estate with multiple accessory dwellings and its own private facilities, according to Tahoe Mountain Realty. A west coast rarity, […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 21, 2021 8 Comments
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