After making the decision to move to Oregon, I started looking into the skiing scene that would await in my new playground. Sure, Oregon has gigantic monoliths for mountains and Mount Hood alone has 5 ski resorts operating on its flanks, but I wasn't sure how I'd adapt after experiencing the immense possibilities (in both resort and backcountry access) available throughout the mountain ranges of Colorado. Based on the recommendations from friends, I decided on a season pass for Mount Hood Meadows this year while I research and become familiar with the surroundings. Here's some photos from a half-dozen days around Mount Hood so far:
Timing is a big part of the perfect season pass picture:
Devon is all smiles during a powder session on Meadows opening day Nov 20th:
During a rare break in the clouds, Mount Hood rises spectacularly above the resort:
Devon skinning on our lone semi-backcountry trip:
Devon enjoying Pacific Northwest powder:
Rob riding the soft stuff:
So far, so good. With the new year should also come some increased explorations of the backcountry areas around Hood and mountains of the southern Cascade range.
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