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The Cone | MOUNT BACHELOR | CASCADES (CENTRAL) | OREGON | UNITED STATES
The Cone
Date Created: 04/28/2009
Last Updated: 04/28/2009
| Ranking: | Good |
|---|---|
| Skiable Vert: | 700 ft |
| Climbing Vert: | 700 ft |
| Top Elevation: | 7050 ft |
| Trailhead Elevation: | 6350 ft |
| Ascent Mileage: | .6 |
| AVG Ascent Time: | 45min |
| Ascent Type: | Bootpack, Skin |
| Trees: | Nicely Spaced |
| Slope Aspect: | East |
| Steepest Section: | 35-45 Degrees |
| Slope Type: | Face |
| Exit: | Clean |
| First Descent: | |
| Nearest Town: | Bend, OR |
| AVG Snowfall: | 400 |
| Snowpack: | Maritime |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Floatwheeldrive: November 10, 2010 Uphill: 1,100 ft. | Downhill: 1,100 ft.
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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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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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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 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 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 6, 2009 Uphill: 500 ft. | Downhill: 500 ft.
a foot of new snow, no base, but no core shots!...[view]Need A Guide?
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