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2014/15 Oregon Ski Resort Opening Dates:

Mt. Bachelor, OR.

Oregon is the land of copious snowfalls, seemingly endless ski seasons, and amazing tree skiing. It’s a volcano-land whose peaks inspire as the scrape the sky. Mt. Bachelor is a freeride paradise, Mt. Hood is open 10 months a year, and Mt. Ashland is the steepest ski resort per acerage in the USA. It doesn’t hurt that Bend, Oregon (Mt. Bachelor’s town) has the highest brewery per capita in the USA as well. Beer is good. Locally brewed beer is even better. […]
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Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge @ Mt. Bachelor, OR This Saturday:

Mt. Bachelor ski resort in Bend, OR is hosting their 4th annual Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge. Just in case you didn’t know, Gerry Lopez is also known as Mr. Pipeline. Yeah, he’s the guy that first mastered the nastiest, most gorgeous barrel wave in the world. He’s also been a potent innovator in the surf industry as far as surfboard design, style, and attitude is concerned. You can think of him as […]
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21″ of Snow Forecasted for Mt. Bachelor, OR

Mt. Bachelor ski resort is forecasted to receive 21″ of snow between now and Wednesday. Bachelor has had a heckuva year this year. Bachelor is one of the spring skiing capitals of North America and one of the reasons they are is because of their late season dumps. Bachelor has gotten 363″ of snow this year. They have a 145″ base at mid mountain and a 100″ base at the base of the mountain. Put 21″ of fresh snow on top of that and you’re gonna have a good time. Bachelor also has one of the top 5 chairlifts in the Pacific Northwest, […]
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Top 10 North American Snow Totals This Past Week:

There were some ridiculous snow totals in North America last week. We feel that it’s very necessary to report and celebrate these silly snow totals. It’s been a rough year for so many locales and now it’s time to party. Mt. Bachelor got nuked on. Tahoe went from zero to hero. Colorado went off. Washington is getting into it now. We know we likely missed someone in here (wolf creeks’ website has been down). Let us know who we missed […]
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7th Annual Dirksen Derby @ Mt. Bachelor, OR

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It’s only mid December and one of the best snowboarding events of the season has come and gone, the Dirksen Derby. Hosted by Mt Bachelor in Bend Oregon, the Dirksen Derby was created by snowboarding pro Josh Dirksen to help raise money for Tyler Eklund. Tyler became paralyzed in a snowboarding accident in 2007 while practicing for a competition. The Derby raises thousands of dollars and has become a rally call to get Tyler back on the mountain with a little helps from some friends. Now in its 7th season the Derby has grown to be the biggest yet and needed to cap registration at 500 riders. […]
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Mt. Bachelor OPENS Tomorrow

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Mt. Bachelor ski resort in Central Oregon will be opening for the 2013/14 winter season tomorrow, November 29th, 2013. They had a limited opening this week with one terrain park open but tomorrow they’ll bust out the big guns. Ski lifts Pine Marten, Skyliner, Sunrise, & Sunrise Accelerator will be open starting tomorrow. We’ve spent the last couple weeks moving snow from the parking lots and placing it in stategic areas around the mountain. Thanks to the hard-work of our Mountain Operations department, we are pleased to announced that the Pine Marten, Skyliner, Sunrise and Sunshine Accelerator lifts will open […]
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