2012-2013 TRIP PLANNER SKIOREGOSkiOregon.orgN PURE Adventure Snowplay, ski towns and trip ideas Take me to Timberline. Timberline Lodge was constructed and dedicated to the American people by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in during the throes of the Great Depression. It continues to operate today as a national historic landmark, ski area, hotel, and mountain retreat for all to enjoy. Visit and find the only trail-side lodging in Oregon, the longest snow season in the country, savory Northwest Alpine Fresh cuisine, and the best freestyle terrain parks on Mt. Hood! Lodge Reservations: Visit us on the web: -- TimberlineLodge.com AMERICA’S YEAR ’ROUND PLAYGROUND IN THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST SkiOregon2012 -2013 15 Snow Play Six more ways to enjoy the fluffy stuff, from snowshoeing to sled dog rides. By Kim Cooper Findling & Eileen Garvin 21 Pushing the Boundaries Get out of your comfort zone with cat skiing, night skiing, backcountry skiing and terrain parks. By Tina Lassen 23 Beyond the Slopes Après-ski: Places to relax after a day on the slopes. By Kimberly Gadette Mt. Hood Meadows Brian W. Robb Brian W. www.SkiOregon.org 3 Legendary terrain... Challenging, unique, compelling and fun. Enough variety and steeps to keep you intrigued. With six high speed quads and now RFID gates at every lift, we’re making it easier and faster to access your favorite terrain. No more waiting while others fumble for tickets. Get here and ride! • Direct to Lift – pay as you go pass • $79 Peak* Days (Save $10) (auto-charged to your credit card) • $59 Off-Peak (Save $15) • 1st and 5th day FREE! Then every 5th day Free! Contents Lodge at Suttle Lake, p. 25 Standing Stone Brewing, p.24 Winter fashion, p.10 Hiking at Mt. Hood, p.14 Nordic skiing, p.12 Blaine Blaine Franger P.O. Box 6945 Portland, OR 97228 7 FIRst TRACKS 30 OREGON’S 40 PLANNING Phone: 503.768.4299 Fax: 503.768.4294 8 Pipe School SKI AREAS YOUR SKI TRIP [email protected] 32 Mt. Hood Skibowl Driving time map, win- www.SkiOregon.org 9 Seasonal Cheer 9 New Year’s Special 33 Mt. Hood Meadows ter driving tips, permits, SKI OREGON MAGAZINE travel guides and other Director of Megan Kirkpatrick 10 A Passion for Fashion 34 Mt. Bachelor Custom Publishing resources Editor Eileen Garvin 12 Into the Woods 34 Cat Ski Mt. Bailey Creative Director Nickie Bournias 14 After the Snow Melts 35 Timberline Lodge Account Executive Holly Rorick 47 sEttING Ski Area Media Manager Cerissa McFarlane tHE PACE Ad Production Bjorn van der Voo 18 SPRING AND 36 Anthony Lakes Manager Ski Area Oregon’s Dylan Hood Copy Editor Morgan Stone SUMMER SKI By Peter Frick-Wright AND SNOW- 37 Hoodoo Ski Area Ski Oregon is published by 38 Cooper Spur MEDIAMERICA INC. BOARD CAMPS President/CEO Andrew Insinga Blue skies and sunny slopes 38 Mt. Ashland Controller Bill Lee 38 Spout Springs 715 S.W. Morrison, Suite 800 Portland, OR. 97205 38 Warner Canyon Phone: 503.223.0304, Fax: 503.221.6544 Ski Area www.mediamerica.net 38 Willamette Pass Resort Cover photo by Randy Boverman 39 Ski Chart www.SkiOregon.org 5 THIS IS THE TERRITORY WHERE WHAT GOES UP COMES DOWN WITH A SMILE There’s a big mountain calling your name. It’s covered with snow and chock full of gravity. Whether you’re on skis, a snowboard, snowshoes, an inner-tube, or just there to cozy up to the fireplace with a good book, there’s no better place to experience the wonder of winter. CREATE YOUR ADVENTURE AT MTHOODTERRITORY.COM. OMHT_Winter_Ski_Oregon_Magazine_7.5x4.875.indd 1 10/1/12 4:18 PM Job Number OMHTXXXX Client OMHT AD BB September 27, 2012 3:19 PM Size 7.5x4.875 Created 9/20/2011 Prod AM Bleed 7.75x5.125 Rev. 1 Colors Live 7x4.375 Close Date 8/26/2011 File Name: OMHT_Winter_Ski_Oregon_Magazine_7.5x4.875 Pub: Ski Oregon FirstTracks Terrain Parks >> Microbrews >> Oregon Apparel >> Cross-country >> Summer Fun Crater Lake Pure Adventure Winter in Oregon is for adventurers, whether you’re carving on a snowboard, pointing fat skis down the hill or touring on snowshoes. When you visit Oregon, you won’t find the hustle and bustle of high-end ski towns in our friendly mountains. We’re about snow play the way it used to be. It’s about riding on the edge of the wilderness; kicking back at our small, casual resorts; or taking your skinnys on a private tour of the quiet woods. Winter in Oregon is about flying through dense, powder-laden trees and summiting craggy basalt peaks for unbroken views of our majestic chain of sleeping volcanoes. Come visit, and prepare to be changed forever. Oregon: pure adventure. Tyler Roemer Tyler www.SkiOregon.org 7 FirstTracks to want to do the trick. Otherwise, it is not going Pipe School to happen. Ben Ferguson, member of the U.S. Snowboarding Any final thoughts? Snowboarding is definitely Rookie Team and a resident of Bend, Ore., took gold a super-fun thing to do. in the half-pipe at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic When you are outside having Games in Austria. Ferguson, 17, took time out to fun with your buddies, it is school us about snowboarding terrain parks. Whether awesome. you are a boarder looking to raise the grade of your Terrain Parks Mt. Hood Meadows tricks or an enthusiastic spectator looking for a lesson in snowboarding Look for six freestyle terrain lingo, sit up and pay attention: Class is in session. parks — Park Place, Rose City Slopestyle, The Zoo, Forest Park Ski Oregon: Let’s start What makes a fun terrain How do you work up to and Shipyard, as well as the with some basic defini- park, in your opinion? something like that? SuperPipe, a 500-foot in-ground tions for the uninitiated. Variety is sweet and lots of It is good to have air aware- pipe. What’s a half-pipe? it — little jumps, big jumps, ness. You have to go through Mt. Hood Skibowl Ben Ferguson: A half-pipe boxes, rails and a half-pipe. the steps — five, then seven, Check out Govyville Terrain is a man-made snow feature then nine, then 10. With Park, West Side/Jesse’s Flight with two 22-foot vertical How does a beginner start double corks, you kind of just Terrain Park and Skibowl West walls on either end. If doing tricks? have to go for it. Rope Tow Park. you took a metal pipe and Just hitting jumps is pretty Timberline Lodge chopped it down the middle, challenging when you are You’ve said you really love Timberline terrain parks are that is the shape it makes. A starting off. It can be scary free riding. How does it built for freestyle progression. normal half-pipe is 18 feet, because you’re in the air. differ from riding in the Start with the Glade, step it up and the super-pipe is 22 feet. Then people can try 180s, terrain parks? with Conway’s, find the largest Mainly, they use 22-footers in 360s, grabs and spins. Free riding on the mountain features in Paint Brush, and most competitions now. is different. You usually want check out the natural gully terrain in The Bone Zone. More advanced tricks? to do that when there is fresh What about some of the Double corks, 1080s and snow. It’s about finding the Mt. Bachelor other features in terrain 1260s are out there now. A natural obstacles. You kind of Bumps and jumps for riders of parks — rails, boxes and double cork is like a double have to search for them when all levels — Short Sands, Pacific City, Seaside, Cannon Beach, rollers? back flip. You do a 1080, you are free riding. The Point, Events Arena and A rail is a metal bar, like a basically, and your head goes Halfpipe. handrail that you would see under your feet twice. Do you have advice for Willamette Pass on a staircase. It’s the same riders trying to improve? Check out the main terrain park idea with boxes except they What are you adding into Be tough and be ready to on By George and the secondary are easier to ride because they your bag of tricks? fall. Keep trying, don’t get park on Timburr Glades for are wider. A roller is just like Double corks, 10s and some frustrated, and it will work boxes, rails and booters. a bump. You can pump it 12s to try to step up the game out eventually. It is all about Hoodoo Ski Area and get some air off of it. a bit. commitment. You really have Family-friendly Hoodoo has rails, tables and hits on the Blue Valley Run. Anthony Lakes Ski Area Terrain parks vary depending on snow conditions, but look for rails, slides, quarter-pipes and fun boxes. Warner Canyon Check out the small half-pipe, jumps and rails at this Southern Oregon mountain. Remember to ride within your limits and look before you leap. Ben Ferguson at Mt. Bachelor Safe riders ride the longest. Tyler Orton Tyler (2) 8 www.SkiOregon.org Pouring Seasonal Cheer Winter is a celebration here in Oregon. Temperatures drop, teams out there who make the wilderness a safer place for snow flies and mountains fill with powder stashes. We think all.” Enjoy this beer, and the mountains, safely. that’s all worth toasting. So do Oregon’s brewers, who From Beer Valley comes a seasonal Highway to pull out all the stops this time of year to bring special Ale Barley Wine.