Top 5 Deepest Snowpacks in the Pacific Northwest: It’s been a strange year in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) this year yet there have been some bright spots. Mt. Bachelor ski resort in Oregon is the highest elevation ski resort in the PNW and it shows. When high snow levels show up, Bachelor is often high enough to get snow and their higher elevation helps them hang onto snow longer. Mt Hood in Oregon is doing well also. Likely due to their higher elevation as well. The ski resorts in the PNW with lower elevations are struggling this year due to the higher snow levels. We’ve got our fingers crossed and we’re […] SnowBrains | February 13, 2015 2 Comments
Mt. Bachelor Conditions Report | A Bit Hard, A Bit Fun This last weekend started with high hopes of making some creamy spring turns from the top of Mt. Bachelor.From a distance, the mountain looked ready for prime shredding, yet little did we know that the looks we got from the car were completely, utterly deceiving.Our first run might have been one of the most disappointing I’ve had in a while; it was an ice rink.I might have been better off with speed skates than skis. Conditions Report Bevan Waite | February 3, 2015 1 Comment
While Most of the PNW Struggles, Mt. Bachelor is Just Fine Due to Its High Elevation It’s no secret that the Pacific Northwest of the USA is having a challenging snow year. They’ve gotten some quality snow cycles and some vicious rain events. Enough rain to temporarily close ski resorts and wash away more snow than anyone would like to talk about. Most ski resorts in the PNW are struggling to stay open this year and some have closed, waiting for more snow. Through all of this Mt. Bachelor ski resort in Oregon is doing fine. Bachelor just opened their Northwest Chair (their best chair) for the season last week and […] SnowBrains | January 27, 2015 0 Comments
Mt. Bachelor, OR’s Northwest Chair Opens for Season Mt. Bachelor ski resort has the deepest snowpack in the Pacific Northwest at 74″. They’ve gotten 146″ of snow this winter and today the opened up the legendary Northwest Chair for the first time this season. The Northwest Chair offers over 2,000-vertical-feet of fall line skiing and riding. This is one of the most consistently good chairs in the Northwest as it can stay open in big storms so you can ski this treed terrain during white out conditions. This chair is a powder hound’s dream come true. The Northwest Chair is a high speed quad that carries skiers and riders 2,365-vertical-feet in minutes. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | January 22, 2015 2 Comments
Top 5 Deepest Snowpacks in The Pacific Northwest Right Now: The Pacific Northwest is having a bit of a funky year with some cold, some warm, some snow, and some rain. Even with the funkiness, they’re doing pretty damned good in the snow department with some of the deepest snowpacks in the USA, as per usual. These snow totals are taken from mid-mountain from the ski resort’s websites. […] SwellBrains | January 9, 2015 0 Comments
The History of Mt. Bachelor, OR Mt. Bachelor averages 463″ of snowfall each year prompting humans to build a ski resort there in 1958. Bill Healy was the man who started the ski resort they called Bachelor Butte at the time. The initial ski resort consisted of one rope tow and one platter lift (poma) that pulled skiers 1,000-vertial feet up the mountain. A lift ticket to Bachelor Butte in 1958 would have set you back $3.00. After the initial rope tow and poma lift, the first chairlifts were the Black chair in 1961, Red chair in […] Featured Article SnowBrains | December 28, 2014 2 Comments
21″ of Snow Forecast for Mt. Bachelor Next 3 Days | Bachelor Has the Most Snow in the PNW Mt. Bachelor ski resort in Oregon has already gotten 101″ of snow at mid-mountain this winter. They have gotten more snow than anywhere in the Pacific Northwest this winter. Not bad. NOAA is currently forecasting Bachelor to get 21″ of snow in the next 3 days. This storm should give Bachelor enough snow to get their legendary Northwest chair open for the season. The Northwest chair is where you wanna be at Bachelor on a powder day. The Summit chair […] Weather SnowBrains | December 10, 2014 1 Comment
Mt. Bachelor, OR = 15″ Overnight + 4-Foot Base + 4 Lift Opens + 78″ This Season… Mt. Bachelor, OR has had nothing but snow in their forecast the past 10 days. The next 7 days are forecast to be nothing but snow as well. They got 15″ of snow overnight last night, they’ve had 26″ of snow in the past 7 days, they have a 4-foot base, they’ve gotten 78″ of snow already this season, and they have 4 lifts open today. Not bad. Bachelor has gotten so much early snow that they were able to open 3 days earlier than scheduled this season on November 23rd, 2014 with one chairlift open. Today, they will be opening 4 chairlifts […] SnowBrains | November 29, 2014 1 Comment
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