Mt. Bachelor

I woke up early to make the drive to Mt. Bachelor today, and I was rewarded with light, dry snow and partially overcast skies. An absolutely beautiful day to be on the mountain, although the cover is a little thin. Only Pine Marten and the bunny hill were running today, but there was enough to keep me busy all morning. I'm taking a break for lunch and a board tune, and then I will probably be on my way. Three hours straight of turns is a pretty good workout, and the rocks are doing a number on my new board, so I think calling it a day is prudent. I'll post some video from today when I have a chance. I might have to visit Bachelor again before the season is through...

Meadows, Timberline

Today I decided to head around to Mt. Hood Meadows, just to see how they looked for opening day. Not very impressive, but at least they had two lifts turning for the junkies. I did a few laps on Buttercup, but the line for Easy Rider was so long, I just bagged it and drove over to Timberline. Turns out they had a lot of Pucci runs open for business, so I made a fool of myself on the lower mountain for the rest of the morning. There were plenty of rocks to dodge, but the powder was still free of ice, and it was a nice day for riding weather-wise.

When I headed back down, I witnessed an SUV being pulled out of the ditch barely 100yards up the road from Hwy 26. The road was a bit icy, but that's why we drive slow. More adventures tomorrow...

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Timberline Alone

Headed to Timberline again today, and took along the helmet cam for a little test. I purchased an ATC2000 (ATC2K) helmet cam, and strapped it on for my first field test snowboarding. So you can see what you get on the first try with a $120 camera. It's a neat little waterproof unit, available at your local REI.



Also, here is a link to the raw video file, in case you have a lot of bandwidth and patience at your disposal. Note the guy who drops in around 3:00