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MOUNT BACHELOR CASCADES (CENTRAL) | OREGON | UNITED STATES
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| CANYON | This Route is not officially added | |||||
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The Cone | 35-45 Degrees | East | 700 ft. | 45min | |
| TIPPYTOE | This Route is not officially added | |||||
December 2, 2012
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November 11, 2010
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Floatwheeldrive: March 6, 2013 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 800 ft.
Heavy winds over night blew it all away! Crust under a few inches....[view]READ MORE
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Floatwheeldrive: January 29, 2013 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 1,600 ft.
A little more firm from wind impact today. Still rocking. 7"...[view]READ MORE
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Floatwheeldrive: January 28, 2013 Uphill: 3,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,200 ft.
Deep | Stable | Dumping | 30mph @ top | sic!...[view]READ MORE
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Floatwheeldrive: January 10, 2013 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 800 ft.
6" of cold snow on top of some pretty crusty crust....[view]
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Floatwheeldrive: December 19, 2012 Uphill: 2,100 ft. | Downhill: 2,100 ft.
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Floatwheeldrive: December 16, 2012 Uphill: 2,100 ft. | Downhill: 2,100 ft.
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Powderjunky: November 13, 2012 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 700 ft.
I nice dense layer of wet snow made for a good base. Didn't hit much of anything...[view]
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Gsanders: November 12, 2012 Uphill: 1,200 ft. | Downhill: 1,200 ft.
Decent snow...a bit heavy and some rocks underneath but fun turns for November....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: October 22, 2012 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 700 ft.
First day of the season. Mostly skiing on rocks, need about 10 more inches, but great to see so much snow up there, a solid 8-10 inches already....[view]
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Pnwpow1984: January 21, 2012 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 2,300 ft.
WINDY! Drier than expected in the morning. Massive amounts of snow and high winds made for some tough visibility. Excellent in the trees....[view]
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Powderjunky: November 23, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Last day before bachey starts spinning the lifts. Much better than yesterday. Up high was nice wind buffed snow, a little grabby but really fun. Down low is pretty gross. Way to warm out but that shou...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 22, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Got out late, it was way too warm and our light pow has turned into base building cement. But at least the rocks are getting covered....[view]READ MORE
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Jjmars72: November 21, 2011 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 700 ft.
Tracked out - but still fun for the 1st line of the season!...[view]READ MORE
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Skifreenw: November 21, 2011 Uphill: 1,800 ft. | Downhill: 1,800 ft.
Fun day for the first time out of the year. The snow is definitely here. A storm kept us off of the summit and the snow was a bit choppy from the wind, but nicer in the trees. Great day....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 19, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Light and fluffy with a heavy base, kind of like if Pink Floyd covered Phish...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 18, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Let's see, Ski pants with huge 3 foot rip at the in seam, zipper on my jacket doesn't work, and my left skin has no glue, Classic First day.At least there was an epic amount of face shots , and a good...[view]READ MORE
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Pnwpow1984: June 4, 2011 Uphill: 3,365 ft. | Downhill: 3,365 ft.
Lots of sunshine!! Windy and significantly colder up at the summit with some soupy potatoes down low. Earning some turns with a painful sunburn!...[view]
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Schneefrau: May 31, 2011 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,000 ft.
As part of Reverse PPP, hiked to top of Leeway -final leg. great snow!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: May 31, 2011 Uphill: 3,365 ft. | Downhill: 3,365 ft.
Bachelor is closed for the season which means easy turns for me! Even though it was storming in town most of the day, the sun was out when i got up there around 6pm, snow was wind buffed pow. Great da...[view]READ MORE
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Schneefrau: April 29, 2011 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Hiked other side of the mtn. which is now closed. Found deep, cold pow, crusty snow and sun-baked crud. Glad we went out then as today was quite warm up high. Time for some corn, I say. Sad to hear ab...[view]READ MORE
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Schneefrau: April 7, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
Dreamy foot + of powder down low and much deeper up high. Bluebird sky. 3 laps then off to the resort. Cold temps. Hard to believe it's April 7th!...[view]READ MORE
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Schneefrau: March 9, 2011 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 8,000 ft.
Sehr gut, aber ein bisschen warm...der Schnee kommt wieder diese Woche. Hurrah!...[view]READ MORE
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Schneefrau: February 16, 2011 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 10,000 ft.
WOW! Biggest snowfall in North America happened right here at Bachy!In a word, stupendous!...[view]READ MORE
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Schneefrau: February 8, 2011 Uphill: 500 ft. | Downhill: 12,000 ft.
FINALLY some new snow. LIGHT fluff settled in nicely in the gullies, deep in some areas. SO GREAT to finally have some new snow to freshen up the dirt and pine needles out there. No wind, good vis. In...[view]READ MORE
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Skibum74: December 28, 2010 Uphill: 18,000 ft. | Downhill: 18,000 ft.
20+" of some fluffy stuff! just kept making laps on the cone two days in a row....[view]READ MORE
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Illbeback: November 30, 2010 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 700 ft.
Windy with light rain at top....[view]READ MORE
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Skibum74: November 26, 2010 Uphill: 3,365 ft. | Downhill: 3,700 ft.
Dank first tracks off the peak into the fluffy in cirque bowl...[view]READ MORE
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Schneefrau: November 25, 2010 Uphill: 3,900 ft. | Downhill: 3,900 ft.
Found some dreamy stashes of more settled powder in the gullies. Wind worked up high and ridges very exposed. Minor signs of slabbing. This next storm coming in warmer so will hopefully bond nicely to...[view]READ MORE
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Illbeback: November 23, 2010 Uphill: 1,300 ft. | Downhill: 1,300 ft.
Knee deep powder and cold 5-10 F....[view]READ MORE
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Dcapasso: November 23, 2010 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,000 ft.
Mr. Deep Dickens showed up and invited me to his office. Left town at 5am, you fall, you drown type snow. Back to town for sunshine and work....[view]READ MORE
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Maverick29: November 23, 2010 Uphill: 2,100 ft. | Downhill: 2,100 ft.
WOW! Were do I begin. We started by skiining up leeway and then took an almost too deep red chair run with light wind high overcast and light snow falling and very cold temps, probably single digit. T...[view]READ MORE
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Schneefrau: November 22, 2010 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 1,450 ft.
Now that's a blizzard! Despite high winds, mega deposited snow (= deep!) on the ole standby cinder cone, got in 5 laps and not a soul out there for the last one. In fact, the most difficult part of th...[view]
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Maverick29: November 22, 2010 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 700 ft.
The mountain called 14" on the snow report this morning and it was every bit of that and the howling wind must have deposited even more. Unfortunately the wind gave the snow a couple inch thick crust....[view]READ MORE
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Schneefrau: November 21, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
Good coverage. Not much base, but VERY light and deep snow if you know where to go. Cold temps, more snow on the way in the Cascades....[view]READ MORE
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Pnwpow1984: November 20, 2010 Uphill: 3,365 ft. | Downhill: 3,365 ft.
Snow was awesome even up high near the summit. Visibility was minimal until down lower in the trees. Still seemed to find some of that buried lava rock!...[view]
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Knuckledragger: November 19, 2010 Uphill: 2,400 ft. | Downhill: 2,400 ft.
Spent friday morning breathing in the brisk mountain air while making 3 trips up the cone and one up the Red Chair, making for a good workout and an amazing day of rewarding powder runs.BAM!...[view]READ MORE
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Fluffskis: November 19, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
scratchy at the top, decent mid way down with small crust before the lava love. treeline is sketchy! nice light snow, though....[view]READ MORE
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Knuckledragger: November 11, 2010 Uphill: 750 ft. | Downhill: 750 ft.
Run number two at the Cone. Much more snow, blue bird skies, not a bad way to begin a Thursday! Tracked out but still not half bad....[view]READ MORE
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Pnwpow1984: November 11, 2010 Uphill: 3,365 ft. | Downhill: 3,365 ft.
Always a great day when its time for the first turns of the season! Heavy down slope winds above the trees. Great snow in the more sheltered areas, get out and get it before the potential rain this w...[view]READ MORE
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Skibum74: November 11, 2010 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 800 ft.
High winds and about a foot of fresh pow. Clear day and a very low avalanche potential on the cone...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 11, 2010 Uphill: 3,365 ft. | Downhill: 3,365 ft.
Skied from the summit. Above treeline was super windy and the snow was not as primo as the snow below treeline. Blue skies faded fast to clouds around 2pm. Coverage is pretty good, but there is still ...[view]
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Floatwheeldrive: November 10, 2010 Uphill: 1,100 ft. | Downhill: 1,100 ft.
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Powderjunky: November 9, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
A good 4-6 inches on top of whats left from the previous storm. The base is not as good as it was so expect to hit more rocks then in the last couple weeks. The snow is super light and fluffy, the nex...[view]
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Powderjunky: November 3, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
Well, about as good as it can get when its 50 degrees at 6pm at 7,000 ft. Parts of the snow firmed up which were really fun, and the lower half was pretty manky. But the sunset was awesome and we skie...[view]
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Waheenie: November 3, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
The views from mt bachelor never get old. Especially at magic hour! But I gotta be honest- the skiing was exceptionally bad. :)...[view]
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Powderjunky: November 1, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
Soggier than middle school underwear after gym class. Coverage is starting to thin on some aspects. The cone is showing dirt on the ascent side. But if you wax your skis it is still kind of fun. ...[view]
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Knuckledragger: October 29, 2010 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
From the lodge up the Pine Marten lift line. A mixture of slushy and icy packed snow. Gorgeous view!...[view]
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Powderjunky: October 28, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
Old man winter is man humping mount bachelor. The light deep pow from the last too days is gone, the cascade concrete has made its first appearance of the year. The visibility and depth perception was...[view]READ MORE
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Waheenie: October 27, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
There's something magical about a sunny day of backcountry skiing. I'm so excited that winter is here!The cone looked pretty tracked up, so we decided to check out tippy toe. It was fairly wind affe...[view] READ MORE
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Powderjunky: October 27, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
A little more wind-funked and definitely heavier and thicker. Went up to the top of Pine Marten and it was a wind warzone. Not much worth skiing up there yet. But the protected runs are still skiing f...[view]
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Floatwheeldrive: October 26, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
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Canuckonplanks: October 26, 2010 Uphill: 1,850 ft. | Downhill: 1,850 ft.
Skiing on October 26th - crazy!!!...[view]READ MORE
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Spring Alaska: October 24, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
3ft, solid first snow, fluffy kittens~...[view]READ MORE
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Knuckledragger: October 4, 2010 Uphill: 750 ft. | Downhill: 750 ft.
Jumping the gun, we hiked the cone only to find a thin coating of powder covering the volcanic rock of the Cinder Cone. New scratches....check. Poor visibility, but snowing hard....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: May 22, 2010 Uphill: 3,600 ft. | Downhill: 3,600 ft.
Powder in May? Why not!! About 6 or 7 inches of pretty cold powder. Thank God the sun stayed hidden, mostly cause it was hot and scorchin the snow like an albino at the beach....[view]
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Powderjunky: May 20, 2010 Uphill: 2,400 ft. | Downhill: 2,400 ft.
With Bachelor closed for thes season it seemed like a great place to get some quick turns in. A couple of power inches with more on the way. Drier and lighter the higher we went. Took a couple laps on...[view]
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Dcapasso: November 17, 2009 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 2,300 ft.
Lichen your vert tracker, kinder than paper!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 17, 2009 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Not too shabby, temperature dropped quick!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 14, 2009 Uphill: 4,200 ft. | Downhill: 4,200 ft.
took a nice face digger into some nice pow, beautiful sunset!...[view]READ MORE
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Dcapasso: November 13, 2009 Uphill: 2,400 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
Yea...kind of alot of snow...pow!...[view]READ MORE
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Waheenie: November 12, 2009 Uphill: 2,400 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
Wow, skiing is fun. skiing powder is really fun. i actually motivated for the 3rd lap. and yes, the sun peaked through for a few minutes!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 12, 2009 Uphill: 2,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,400 ft.
Super Fluff. Good Dry Powder...[view]
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Dcapasso: November 12, 2009 Uphill: 2,400 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
Great snow quality!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 10, 2009 Uphill: 2,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,600 ft.
Great powder day, Light and fluffy, the base keeps getting better!...[view]READ MORE
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Waheenie: November 8, 2009 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
most amazing beautiful day, the light was gorgeous!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 8, 2009 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
Great powderday! The base is getting better, with more snow on the way....[view]READ MORE
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Waheenie: November 7, 2009 Uphill: 1,100 ft. | Downhill: 1,100 ft.
Skied with my touring boots on k2 merlins (1999 ish), who knew they were such a good fit!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 7, 2009 Uphill: 1,100 ft. | Downhill: 1,100 ft.
heavier snow than yesterday made for a better base. good pow!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 6, 2009 Uphill: 500 ft. | Downhill: 500 ft.
a foot of new snow, no base, but no core shots!...[view]READ MORE
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Waheenie: November 1, 2009 Uphill: 3,365 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
Rockin the old school K2 rock skis- oh yeah....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: November 1, 2009 Uphill: 3,365 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
Skiing on 1 inch of ice, better than expected....[view]Need A Guide?
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