Thanks for everybody who showed up. I had a good time hanging out. Too bad we were able to hang out, but you get what you get.
Now for the important stuff. Conditions report. Winds were high, snow was being transported to sout east facing slopes. There is blue ice all over the place making skiing interesting. If you can link up the soft snow patches it was good turns. We only made it up to the half way point on Plamer. We made the call there cause visibility was not that great due to blowing snow and ice looked to be more problemmatic as we went higher. It is not all about the down, but that is a large portion of getting up there. I appeared that there was no good way down from hogs back due tow the blue ice on the slopes. Later this week as we get a corn cycle things will improve and creamy turns will be had. Think Wend-friday and possibly next weekend if the weather holds that long. In the mean time stick to the groomers for the best turns.
Here is a link to the pics
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How many skiers were in your group on Mt Hood Saturday? What time did you start?
I too skinned half way up the Palmer route on the SS of Hood and experienced the same icy, windy conditions. I was hoping that my 10:00 AM start time would lead to improving conditions, but the blowing snow kept blowing and the sun did not quite show itself.
I skied down and then went "lift served" the rest of the day. The slopes at the Timberline Ski Area were in good shape. I even put down a few fresh tracks in the trees.
William
We left the parking lot around 8 am. We left early because we wanted to summit. If just for turns we would have left later. We had 6 skiers in our group. I also thought condtions would improve later in the afternoon.
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