Riding Oregon

We've been planning this for months and finally it happened. Ann, Saundra, Jason, Kazu, Travis, Jodie, Lee and I all drove to Oregon for our annual ski/snowboard trip. This year we decided to go to Mt. Bachelor in Oregon. We left on Sunday (02-04-07) and rode at Mt. Hood Meadows for the afternoon. We had bluebird skies and soft (sometimes really wet) spring riding. It was our first time to ride at Hood and we all loved it!




We rode about 11,720 feet in 3 hours and 18 mintues. Not bad for a half day of riding. We all piled back into the cars and continued the drive to Redmond.







After a long night and very little sleep we drove to Mt. Bachelor for another day of snow. Mt. Bachelor is an amazing mountain and we had a complete blast. The snow was great considering that we have not had any fresh for 3 weeks in the northwest. The sun was out and the snow was soft! They didn't open the summit chair until in the afternoon and Jason and I were the first to be on it. We made a quick hike up to the summit and dropped down the steep bowl. It was a great ride down awesome spring corn!

At the end of the day we rode 17,860 vertical in 5 hours and 24 minutes. What a great day!

On Tuesday Ann, Travis and Kazu had to leave and get back to real life. They weren't going to leave until about 1 so we thought we would drive to Smith Rocks for some hiking and maybe even some rock climbing. Well, Travis and I were only able to climb Cinnamon Slab before we had to pack up and send them on the way.

While they were driving back to Seattle; Saundra, Jason and I drove back to Mt. Bachelor to meet Jodie and Lee for an afternoon of snowboarding. After about an hour we were strapped into our bindings and riding again. The snow was more like ice though and not very enjoyable. But we continued on until the lift lines closed. We were still able to log 9,680 vertical in 1 hour and 39 minutes.

The next morning we decided not to ride Bachelor because of the icy conditions. We instead decided to drive to Hood Meadows again to see if we could get some runs in. When we arrived it was kind of rainy so we just got back in the car and headed for home. It was a great trip with great friends and we can't wait to go back to such a great mountain!