Willamette Pass Ski Resort
Oregon, USA
| Resort Statistics | | vertical drop: | 1,563 feet | | summit: | 6,683 feet | | base: | 5,120 feet | | lifts: | 8 | | trails: | 29 | | longest run: | 11,088 feet |
Snowboarding | | permitted: | Yes | | terrain park: | Yes | | half-pipe: | No | | | Snow and Terrain | | annual snowfall: | 340 inches | | snowmaking: | 11% | | skiable area: | 550 acres | | easiest: | 20% | | more difficult: | 45% | | most difficult: | 35% |
Other Activities | | x-country: | 20 km | | snow tubing: | Yes |
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Willamette Pass Ski Resort News
More resorts set to open; Hoodoo opening Saturday, Willamette Pass begins limited operations today
December 20, 2008 - With the recent heavy snowfall, most ski resorts in Oregon are either already open or expecting to open by this weekend.Hoodoo Mountain Resort near Sisters will open on Saturday, according to Matthew McFarland, general manager of the resort. Hoodoo was hoping to open today, but scouring caused by high winds left some areas on the mountain bare on Thursday despite new snow.
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First run of the season at Willamette Pass
December 20, 2008 - Come this weekend, visitors should get a fully operational resort, with lift hours limited from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., but night skiing could be available as soon as next week. | SKI REPORT
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Willamette Pass ski area opens Friday
December 18, 2008 - Willamette Pass Resort opens for the ski season Friday with two lifts open. Elsewhere in the region, Mount Bachelor is operating two lifts and Hoodoo Ski Area hopes to open Friday or Saturday.
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Willamette Pass Resort opens for the ski season
December 18, 2008 - Willamette Pass Resort opens for the ski season Friday with two lifts open. Click for the full story.
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Shelter Cove keeps cross-country skiers happy
December 09, 2008 - Torsten Kjellstrand/The OregonianFeeding a gray jay on the Willamette Pass ski trails. Time stands still two miles off the highway. At least that's how it feels when you turn off the busy Willamette Pass Highway, wind your way through the...
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Bring on the snow!
November 22, 2007 - Willamette Pass ski officials say they are waiting for Mother Nature to dump the snow, and hoping to open by next week
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Gondolas
give majestic lift to hiking and biking trails
July 29, 2004 - Salem Statesman Journal, OR - It is
July, and the mercury is climbing toward 98 degrees in the Willamette
Valley as a retired ski coach stands at the top of a ski lift with one
of his long-ago skiing stars, cool as a cucumber at 71 degrees, in utter
amazement of what stretches out before his eyes. ?Oh my, it?s just
outrageously beautiful,? said Roger Gildersleeve, for 35 years an
Oregon resident and a frequent winter visitor to Willamette Pass Ski
Area. ?But this is the first time I?ve been up here in the summer,
the first time I?ve appreciated the whole ball game.?
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Pine
Marten Express busy at Mount Bachelor
July 23, 2004 - The Register-Guard, Oregon - Willamette Pass isn't the
only ski area in the central Cascade Mountains to operate one of its
lifts during the summer months. Mount Bachelor runs its Pine Marten
Express, which goes from the base area to "mid-mountain" at
about 7,500-feet elevation. However, the Bend-based ski area does not
allow mountain bikes on its lift.
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