Snowsure: 3.8
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Mt Hood Meadows is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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March 23, 2009
adam from
USA - California
adam from
USA - California
Mt Hood Meadows rocks. I've been skiing here for about 8 years and know where to find all the good stuff. I've skiied all around Oregon and even up in Canada (Fernie kicks Meadows hands down) and Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) is probably one of the funnest places ever. You can get off the Heather lift and ski directly back to Jacks Woods without hiking at all. It took me a couple of years but I found a way. The new terrain they opened is absolutley 'sick' for backcountry freestyle. They don't have any AK style lines so you have to be creative but it's perfect for jumpin/jibbing in powder. That's why so many people have EP pros and K2 hellbents up there. I myself have 09 Armada JJ's and think they are perfectly suited to the mountain. The park at Mt Hood Meadows sucks really bad but I prefer to take my tricks back to a place where you don't have to wait in line and there's plenty of powder to cushion your landing.
March 16, 2009
Tony from
USA - California
Tony from
USA - California
Timberline, Ski-Bowl and Mt Hood Meadows are all on the wet side of the Cascades. That means occasional great powder, sometimes ok-ish powder and frequent cascade concrete.
MHM (Mt Hood Meadows) has much better snow quality than Timberline and due to the low-elevation, Ski-Bowl is usually just too iffy (agreed, when it's on, it's great but that isn't very often).
Even with the opening of the new lower runs at Timberline, MHM (Mt Hood Meadows) still has the best terrain hands down (though I agree, I think Timberline may be better for boarders/terrain-parks).
Obviously colder climates such as Utah, Colorado and Wyoming are going to have much higher quality snow but they are nowhere near Oregon and they'll cost you.
The $444 season pass for MHM (Mt Hood Meadows) is only if you get a bunch together, I think the regular rate is quite a bit higher but if you can do it, it's a great deal. $99 for a Mar/Apr spring pass; unbeatable. Timberline this year went to premium pricing for every weekend in Jan and Feb. Bleh.
My complaints about Mt Hood Meadows are:
a) the whole Cooper Spur thing, which led me to boycott them for years but hopefully is now over
b) the non-snow management, customer service, food quality, food prices etc. The only one that really annoys me (as I take my own food) is the customer service. The staff are just useless and think they're too cool for their jobs. We had a recent experience in the ski shop that was just surreal. Another time they never opened due to high winds. Fair enough but the staff had no info, management gave them no info. The guys who knew what was up, and who I should have listened to (and gone home at 9 rather than waiting till 11) were the guys running the ski-check.
Mt Bachelor in Bend is just so much better in this regard. If you like to eat at the resort, a lot of the food is made on site and it's close to in-town pricing rather than movie theater pricing. The staff are so friendly that it takes a while to get used to. A convo on the lift with someone who now refuses to ski at MHM (Mt Hood Meadows) said that Bachelor had made a real effort to improve service in the last few years. It shows. MHM should do the same.
But it still has the best snow quality, best terrain and best pass prices on Mt Hood Meadows.
February 03, 2009
peter park
peter park
I will never buy a pass to go to Mt Hood Meadows again. The Fusion pass is the way to go (Skibowl/Tline). Mt Hood Meadows has good terrain but all the good runs are closed most of the time. The ski patrol showed me the good lines that were all out of bounds.
The parks are horrible. There are two 20ft jumps and a rail a park. Plus the lips have no pop and put you out beyond the mogul landing. I regret buying my pass this year. I'm waiting to buy the Timberline spring pass.
If you like to ride park do not buy a Mt Hood Meadows pass. Timberline park is sick.
January 14, 2009
Sam from
Pakistan
Sam from
Pakistan
Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) rocks. I love it. Have skied there for well over ten years (I'm only 22). On a powder day the only thing that beats it is Ski Bowl on an amazing day. During a weekday powder day I can get first tracks all day long, 9 to 4. You just gotta know where to go and look. Even if cascade is closed, which I prefer on pow days, there is a lot to access over there without hiking; a great way to score good turns late in the day.
The park isn't always great but it can be really good. However, the new patrol (most patrollers have only been at mhm a year or two) need to get it together when dealing with Heather. The old patrol (we'll say about 4 to 6 years back) had lower Heather open even during a storm. Simply put, the new patrol lacks experience in that canyon and thus has a hard time calling when it's good to go; hopefully they get there. Also, the cat track out of Heather isn't bad. I always am able to slide, never need to walk.
I love this place. It's my second home.
January 05, 2009
Jorge from
USA - California
Jorge from
USA - California
Meadows sucks. Ski Timberline instead. There is no reason to waste your time going to lame @$$ Meadows. There is no good terrain, the patrollers poach all the good lines and you can't find deep pow anywhere on that mountain.
No good terrain? Timberline is the flattest, most yawn-inducing hill I've ever skied. Meadows has the second best terrain on Mt. Hood (Skibowl #1). Timberline is better at opening terrain because there's nothing steep. Oh, and those patrollers "poaching the good lines" are actually insuring the safety of you and me, so you should be thanking them. No deep pow? Ever ski private reserve? My guess is you should stick to groomers.
December 24, 2008
Jon from
USA - California
Jon from
USA - California
I feel that Mt Hood Meadows has a lot to offer for the seasoned skier. It's not just a beginner resort. As with all ski resorts you have to get a bit creative when searching out powder. It's not going to fall in your lazy laps. The whole southern ridge of Heather holds powder stashes days after a big storm. Stashes like Elevator, Marmot ridge, 3 bowl, the trees off of Boardwalk and Jacks Woods, 225, A-Zone, Rock Garden and 1 Bowl are all great days after a dump because people overlook these spots or they are too steep for most.
T-Line is a joke, don't waste your time. But if it is steeps, cliffs, trees and just plain challenging terrain it is you seek then Ski Bowl is the best by far on Hoody. The upper bowl and outback are virtual playgrounds for huckin' and letting loose.
Won't be tellin ya'll where the stashes are there though.
December 22, 2008
thecheetah from
Armenia
thecheetah from
Armenia
I have had a pass at Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) for two years, and before that Timberline for 3 years. Both are fun mountains, and both get a ton of snow. I love Timberline because it is never crowded, you have the whole place to yourself, even on a weekend with fresh snow. The problem with it is that it is not steep and the runs are too short, although there is some great stuff where to find it. I am sure the new high speed quad and terrain make it much better too. That lower area is sometimes way better because the top gets so fogged/snowed out. Meadows is way bigger with longer runs and way gnarlier terrain. But it is so crowded, I always leave by noon on the weekends. Still, it is so close to Portland and has good snow and steep, challenging terrain. Best in Oregon? I would have to give that to Bachelor, but Meadows is still a great mountain.
December 21, 2008
Rose505bud from
USA - California
Rose505bud from
USA - California
Wow, what a place to be right now! We had pretty much a dry start at Mt Hood Meadows but since it started snowing 8 days ago it has not let up - if you can find an open road to make it up here then you'll be waist deep in fresh pow. 10 inches here, 10 inches there...before you know it you're nipple deep. Mt Hood Meadows has awesome terrain. If you're into the parks then you might want to wait until the snow stops so they can actually get it up and running...everything just keeps getting buried by freshies ...ride on!
December 19, 2008
Nipp Deep
Nipp Deep
You are right. Meadows sucks. Ski Timberline instead. There is no reason to waste your time going to lame @$$ Meadows. There is no good terrain, the patrollers poach all the good lines and you can't find deep pow anywhere on that mountain.
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December 17, 2008
Powderhound from
USA - California
Powderhound from
USA - California
The facts about Mt Hood Meadows.
It is a very good resort, with a varying amount of terrain. I have skied Lake Tahoe, B.C., Jackson Hole, Montana, Idaho, Utah, etc. and for a smaller sized resort, it rocks.
It usually gets dumped on. Very few resorts in the US get as much snow as they do. There are down years, but even then, you still get 200-300 inches of snow a year. Other resorts would call that an epic year.
Heather canyon and Clark Ridge's terrain are as good as it comes. You want steeps, cliffs, trees, chutes, rocks, jumps, it's all there. Also, the S&R cliffs are as dangerous as anything anywhere. Just ask one of us locals, and if you play your cards right, we might even take you to them.
Heather Canyon; 1 Lift; 'Ho Chi Minh' trail (as mentioned earlier).
Mt Hood Meadows sucks on weekends. If you are there to ride seriously, you'll go on a weekday. If I go on the weekend, I'll take my kids.
Mt Hood Meadows is not geared to Park rats. They do not put enough effort into them to make them world class. Why would they when they when there is so much else to ski and it snows so much. Too much effort to maintain.
If you like to ski fast, stay away from HRM. Stay on the upper mountain and the patrol will leave you alone.
I admit that I am biased. 15 Consecutive season passes does that to you. But, when all is said and done, Mt Hood Meadows is the little resort that ROCKS!
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