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BALL BUTTE CASCADES (CENTRAL) | OREGON | UNITED STATES
Summary | Elevation: 8,091 ft
BALL BUTTE
Current Weather in Sisters, OR Partly Cloudy 57°F
| Recent Snowfall | Avalanche Info | Forecast | Web Cam |
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Base: 0 in 48 hours: 0 in | Mt. Hood |
Tue low 33°F high 57°F Showers Wed low 35°F high 59°F AM Showers
Weather courtsey of Yahoo
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February 27, 2012
Submitted By PNWPOW1984
February 23, 2012
Submitted By PNWPOW1984
February 19, 2012
Submitted By PNWPOW1984
February 19, 2012
Submitted By PNWPOW1984
February 11, 2012
Submitted By PNWPOW1984
February 11, 2012
Submitted By PNWPOW1984
February 11, 2012
Submitted By PNWPOW1984
February 10, 2012
Submitted By PNWPOW1984
December 1, 2011
Submitted By powderjunky
May 18, 2011
Submitted By powderjunky
December 7, 2010
Submitted By powderjunky
December 7, 2010
Submitted By powderjunky
December 7, 2010
Submitted By powderjunky
October 29, 2010
Submitted By powderjunky
October 29, 2010
Submitted By powderjunky
October 29, 2010
Submitted By powderjunky
May 12, 2010
Submitted By powderjunky
May 12, 2010
Submitted By powderjunky
January 23, 2010
Submitted By Karhuligan
January 23, 2010
Submitted By Karhuligan
Submitted By powderjunky
Submitted By powderjunky
a quick shovel test By powderjunky |
Snow was smooth and fun By powderjunky |
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Pnwpow1984: February 27, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Two fluffy lines on Ball Butte and a great tree run on the NW side on Tumalo. Great snow, super light and more on the way!...[view]
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Pnwpow1984: February 23, 2012 Uphill: 500 ft. | Downhill: 1,000 ft.
Icy! Was hoping to see a little more snow deposited in the bowl from those winds, instead found more ice.....[view]
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Pnwpow1984: February 19, 2012 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
12" and more blue skies! little heavy later in the day. A lot of people out today, broken top was getting tore up! great day....[view]
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Pnwpow1984: February 11, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Awesome day! Minimal cloud cover. The untouched bowl on ball skied great!...[view]
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Pnwpow1984: February 10, 2012 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Skied a quick lap on moon then headed to ball. Crusty till noon or so. Great day!...[view]
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Powderjunky: December 1, 2011 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
Another gorgeous sunset session on bad snow. Slightly better than the day before. Some powder pockets out there but keep the hopes low....[view]
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Powderjunky: November 29, 2011 Uphill: 1,200 ft. | Downhill: 1,200 ft.
beautiful day, crappy snow......[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 26, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Clouds rolled out laying blue skies for the rest of the day. Super duper warm, sweating more than usual, snow felt more like spring pow than november pow.South facing couloirs in the crater still need...[view]
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Powderjunky: May 18, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Quite the interesting day. After storming all day, it cleared a little up in the afternoon. My first lap was in the sun and took this really cool picture of the clouds and the storm around me. As I re...[view]
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Powderjunky: May 12, 2011 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
Back at it after a nice surf and sun trip.Nice, warm and sunny, and the skiing was great. Great to be back in oregon. Looks like tomorrow could be a great spring day....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: January 4, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Went pow hunting on North facing high elevation spots but really only found manageable mank. The recent warm weather has stolen our snow.Saw a couple small fracture lines, on the west face of Ball But...[view]
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Dcapasso: December 7, 2010 Uphill: 2,700 ft. | Downhill: 2,700 ft.
The freeze/thaw with accumulating snow bonded into some type of huge 220cm block snowpack. Stable-ish, except small top wind layer. The five aspect, 360 degree tour was super mellow with a soft, chal...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: December 7, 2010 Uphill: 2,700 ft. | Downhill: 2,700 ft.
Skied every aspect of Ball Butte. Snow seemed pretty stable. Dug a pit and everything seemed solid. Didn't see any signs of instability anywhere in the area.Lots of wind.A great tour. Overall the snow...[view]
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Powderjunky: October 29, 2010 Uphill: 1 ft. | Downhill: 1 ft.
Did a recon mission to the higher elevations and found a bunch of crusty snow. The snowpack looks bad. Check out the picture, but basically an ice layer 6 inches off the ground that will definitely ca...[view]
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Powderjunky: May 12, 2010 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 1,600 ft.
Snow was actually really soft and nice. We could even ski through debris with no issues. We hit the reverse corn cycle which is probably the most underrated snow condition in the world of skiing. The ...[view]
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Awesomepatrol: March 16, 2010 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,000 ft.
Got in a lap on Ball's east side before the weather comes in....[view]
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Waheenie: January 2, 2010 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,000 ft.
Wow. Unexpectedly awesome day! I probably got another 500 downhill vert if you count the turns behind the snowmobile. BEAUTIFUL sunset- funny how we are always out so late... Cream cheesy powder is...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: December 9, 2009 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
There's soft snow in places, but mostly a real good sliding surface for any new snow in the future. Still hitting rocks, my ski bases look like they but put through a meat grinder and then spat on for...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 28, 2009 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Ball was completely wind funked, The lake had some better snow, but the warm temps and winds have really messed up the snow....[view]Need A Guide?
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plankrider wrote on 04/16/09 at 10:34:47 am pst:
I was up there last weekend and got stuck in a white out!freeheelgirl wrote on 11/29/09 at 09:40:07 am pst:
Oo - well, at least you got out! Not much available around Boise right now...windlipslasher wrote on 01/03/10 at 9:28:22 pm pst:
The unknown snowboarder ripping Ball is my brother Corey Reed. Just found this site and stoked to see the shot of my bro. Fun day.powderjunky wrote on 01/11/10 at 11:18:20 pm pst:
It was a great day. Glad we can put a name to the shot! and welcome to the site!!Sign Up for free or login to post comments.
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