TAY photos : skiing and snowboarding Mt. Hood Meadows backcountry

www.turns-all-year.com	Skiing photos: Mt. Hood Meadows Bowls backcountry skiing and snowboarding, Oregon Turns All Year: Previous Home Page Galleries
	This is a gallery of Oregon backcountry skiing photos which appeared on the Turns All Year home page in the past. Thumbnail images on this page can be clicked to view the full-sized photos, and lead into a slide show sequence for the gallery. The photos are from an Oregon backcountry skiing and snowboarding trip to the bowls in the closed Mt. Hood Meadows ski area. Lots of powder snow treats and a few tricks for this Halloween ski trip.
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from November 8, 2004:
Mt. Hood Meadows Bowls, Mt. Hood, Oregon, October 31, 2004

Skinning near a lift in the
not-yet-open ski area

Skinning toward a
run in 4 Bowl

Ken in Mt. Hood
Meadows 4 Bowl

Skinning for another run

Ann skiing in Mt. Hood
Meadows 3 Bowl

Andy looking into 1 Bowl

Andy telemark skiing in 1 Bowl

Ann telemark skiing in 1 Bowl

Andy spoonin'

Andy skiing in Mt. Hood
Meadows 2 Bowl

Heading up Ridge Run

Andrew snowboarding
in 2 Bowl

Ravin snowboarding at
Mt. Hood Meadows

Mt. Hood's Wyeast face

Ravin snowboarding at
Mt. Hood Meadows

Photos by Jeff Huber

Backcountry skiing trip report:  Mt. Hood Meadows Bowls
   Conditions were absurdly good today. Mt. Hood Meadows remains closed which is to the gain of backcountry skiers. I arrived at the Meadows closed gate around 9am were I followed a party of 2 and their cute pooch, Luna, from Hood River into 4 bowl. Skinning up it was windy, cold and their were intermittent dark clouds. In 4 bowl conditions were great, 5-10"s of relatively light snow on-top a supportive base. Snow conditions would be like this virtually the rest of the day. At the base of 4 bowl I met Andy P--who is a TAY poster!--and his significant other Ann. Like me, Andy and Ann just completed their first consecutive year of skiing. We continued making laps of the various bowls. As the day went on the weather improved, the temp warmed and the wind lessened. Towards the end of the day Andy and Ann's friends, Ravin and her husband also named Andy (we'll call him Andrew per Ravin's suggestion) showed up to do some snowboarding. I did a couple laps with them before heading home. The snow remained fun all day but were it had received lots of sunshine it was transforming into breakable crust.
   Jeff

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