Mt. Hood Meadows, OR to Begin Daily Operations From Friday 6th December Following a three-day preview, Mt. Hood Meadows, OR plans to open for daily operations beginning Friday, December 6. Resort officials are elated by the turnout over the Thanksgiving weekend preview and are happy about the sizeable storm forecast that arrived on Wednesday. Related: Skiing the PNW – The Best Months to Ski Oregon and Washington General Manager Greg Pack is […] SnowBrains | December 5, 2019 0 Comments
Trio of Huge Avalanches Forces Closure of Popular Area at Mt. Hood Meadows, OR Three huge avalanches triggered earlier this week inside gate-accessed terrain at Mt. Hood Meadows, OR resulted in the resort closing entry to the popular Heather Canyon. Two of the slides occurred on Tuesday and the third Wednesday as a result of mitigation work by the resort. Meadows sees slides of this magnitude maybe two to three times every couple of years, […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 12, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mount Hood Meadows, OR Had to Evacuate 150 Skiers from Chairlift on Wednesday Mount Hood Meadows, OR evacuated 150 skiers off a chairlift Wednesday after power fluctuations prompted the resort to shut down the lift. A storm overnight Tuesday had dumped 10″ of fresh snow at the resort but not before freezing rain left everything coated in ice. A Meadows spokesman told OregonLive.com that “power fluctuations” on the resort’s Blue chairlift prompted the resort […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 14, 2018 0 Comments
Mt. Hood Meadows, OR Opens Today Friday 30th November | Forecast Calls for Weekend Freshies! Mt. Hood Meadows, OR will be open for daily operations starting today (Friday, November 30). The resort received 6″ of snow in the base area the last 48 hours, with a settled depth in the base area and up to 30 inches at mid-mountain. The base area snow depth has been supplemented by Meadows’ innovative snow harvesting efforts, allowing the […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 30, 2018 0 Comments
Top 5 Biggest Ski Areas In The Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest is a land of lush evergreen forests, that receive a ton of precipitation with a marine west coast climate. The areas ski resorts gets some of the most snowfall in the U.S. with Mt. Baker, Washington getting the most snowfall in North America last year with 866″. The area is dominated by the Cascade Mountain Range which is […] LadyBrains | November 16, 2017 5 Comments
VIDEO: Tandem Skiers Chug Beer & Skim Across The Pond At Mt. Hood Meadows https://www.instagram.com/p/BTfhW5ilWX2/ These guys just topped the best pond skim of the season. They made it across the water while tandem skiing and chugging a beer. This all took place at the Mt. Hood Meadows pond skim and it sure was quite the show. Chris Wallner | May 3, 2017 0 Comments
Mount Hood Tree Well Claims The Life Of A 57-Year-Old Skier According to Oregon Live, a 57-year-old man was found dead in a tree well last week after hitting a tree well at Mt. Hood Meadows in Oregon.. It has been reported that Steve Leavitt hit a tree on the morning of March 7th and was buried in deep powder. Later in the day, rain hit the area and compacted the powder that […] Industry News Chris Wallner | March 21, 2017 0 Comments
Mt. Hood Meadows Conditions Report 3-17-2016: Full Blown Bottomless Powder Storms really set things off in Oregon recently. El Nino March hit the West Coast hard, and Oregonians have been taking full advantage of the storms. Overnight it snowed 24”+ at Mt. Hood Meadows, making for the BEST powder day of my life. The snow was so deep that you actually had to slow down a little bit. If you skied […] Conditions Report Jack Lafeman | March 17, 2016 0 Comments