Tag Archives: Mt. Hood

2 snow chestnuts for a warm(ish) summer day

By Halle | Published: August 19, 2010

Must go up… To get down…

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Why I always ski Superbowl Sunday

By Halle | Published: February 8, 2010

For one day this season we were ok with El Niño. Superbowl Sunday. Chris and I had a surprisingly good day skiing der Hood. We ditched the car in Govy, stuck out our thumbs and the first car up Timberline Rd. obliged. The clouds lifted and the snow up high was as good as Hood [...]

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Primo Picking

By Halle | Published: October 21, 2009

Claudia and I experienced a banner day picking today. Chanterelles are more pleasant and are easier to clean when dry!

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One of My Favorite Things: Skiing to Ramona Falls

By Halle | Published: May 26, 2009

The tour to Ramona falls is one of my favorite things. Yesterday Steven, Ralph and I skied the route with a snowcat assist part way up the Palmer. It was a great day spent with friends on the mountain. We encountered a handfull of giants along the way.

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Smokey says, “shred the gnar.”

By Halle | Published: April 27, 2009

Spent a nice day with the family at Timberline yesterday and couldn’t resist this picture of my daughter and Smokey the Bear.

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Mt. Hood January Corn Snow

By Halle | Published: January 18, 2009

Today’s was an exploratory tour I’ve wanted to ski for a while. After a long approach Lynn, Blake and I found great corn snow to the southeast of Lookout Mountain near Mt. Hood. We could have chosen a better line to ski and were forced to traverse through thick trees and over lots of bits [...]

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hoofing it or hooving it

By Halle | Published: January 4, 2009

One of my favorite things about Mt. Hood Ski Bowl besides the lack of lines at the upper bowl chair, the WPA era warming hut and the overall friendly vibe is the proximity of Mirror Lake. Enough said.

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Gnarl Ridge Wildland Fire

By Halle | Published: August 18, 2008

We spent a scorcher of a Saturday-our thermometer topped out at 104.2ºF-mostly on the porch. Around 1pm we couldn’t help but notice the spectacular Gnarl Ridge Wildland Fire plume: The politics of wildland firefighting is a fascinating subject. Lots and lots and lots of taxpayer dough spent year after year after year…

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Volcano Corn Season Is On

By Halle | Published: May 6, 2008
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Winter’s End Is Near

By Halle | Published: April 17, 2008

AC and I did a half day tour near Mirror Lake Wednesday. Winter’s going down swinging this year. The end of winter means anything but ski doldrums in the Pacific Northwest. It means the start of something altogether new: volcano corn season.  

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