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Keren! University graduate Dave Morgan mts through Cas
cade snow. Three ski areas are within easy driving distance of
Eugene.
Eugene blessed with nearby skiing
By Don Peters
t meiaUJ AvvOoate t Ci !0'
It s winter Crisp .11 r and
snow l ime to ski again
After last visit s disastrous
season m vs hull local down
hill resorts were plagued In
lack nf snow this \c.ir is look
ing In I>11 a complete turn
around Marly snowfall has
iin-iint early starts lm two local
ski areas, with a third Hoo
doo Ski Him! si huduled to
npt-n any day
Oregon downhill sku-rs have
<1 varii-l\ of difforerit areas to
i house from Mugeiie residents
an- blessed, vvitli three top re
sorts within easy driving dis
lance; Hoodoo. Willamette Bass
and Mount Itai helor
Ml Bachelor is the biggest
resort of the three The Bend
area resort. 1 12 miles from Mu
gene, opened for the season
Nov. 20 Nine 1 hair lifts and 5-4
runs await those who brave tin
two and a half hour drive (Jel
ling to Mt Bachelor is easy
from Kugene Take Highway
12t> east to Highway 20 and lol
lmv the signs
As of l-Tidav morning. Mt
Bachelor was reporting a 33
ini h liase with five ini lies of
new powder There is no night
skiing
The resort tw.it the traditional
Thanksgiving da\ opening tin
like last year
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'll was a normal opening."
said Laurie Engster. sales agent
for the resort "Only three
times m the past to years have
we not fieen open on Thanks
mg "
Kngster said Ml Bachelor is a
'‘family-oriented‘’ mountain
with plenty of cut-price pack
ages available Lift ticket prices
are $29 a day for adults. Sll> T>0
for children ages li-12. A sea
son pass will set you hack
$029.
Willamette I’ass is a smaller
resort with four chair lilts, one
rope low, 18 runs and 20 kilo
meters of < ross-country ski
a m to -4 p,m children i>-12
pay just SH There is Friday
and Saturday night skiing from
12 :t() to ') p m Cost is $im
Season passes are $325. hut
University students with proof
of enrollment pay just S2.->().
Hoodoo Ski Howl was tin
last local resort to open, wel
coming skiers this past Satur
day with a 23-inch base
Hoodoo has a host of amen
ities for avid skiers. Three lilt
c hairs and one tow rope service
24 runs. There are free timed
runs down the resort’s down
hill course on the weekends,
and night skiing opens after
‘It was a normal opening. Only three
times in the past 30 years have we not
been open on Thanksgiving. *
— Laurie Engster
runs It opened Nov. 1!8. two
months earlier than last year
"l.as! year was unusual."
said Willamette Pass spokes
man Dick Honebrake "It's
great to lie open "
On Friday morning. Willam
ette Pass could boast a 19-inch
base with lour inches of new
snow Itonebrake said heavy
snowstorms were ex pm Jed for
the next week
The- resort has been trying to
bring a new snow machine on
line- but lias been stymied so
tar Most of the equipment is
installed, but the Waldo Wil
derness Council has opposed
an application for a pipeline
from Odell !.ake As of now .
Willamette Pass could use well
water, but capacity is limited.
W illamctte Pass is the closest
ski area to Kugene. just (>'l
miles down Highway ">8 Lift
In kets are $18 for adults from *1
Christmas.
lxicated Hti miles from Eu
gene. Hoodoo is easy to get to
lust take Highway K!<> to High
way 21) and the top of the
Santiam pass.
Lift tickets are the cheapest
around: just $17 for adults ')
a m to -1 p in . $ 1 :l for children
(i-12 kills under t> and seniors
over tin ski for free
When night skiing opens, the
cost will he $12 for adults. $11)
tor children I’svi holies who
wish to ski from ') a.m. until It)
p m i .in do so for $22 A mid
dav pass (1 to It) p m I is also
available. $17 tin adults. $1.1
tor i hildren.
Season passes are $325 for
individuals $525 per couple
and $t>5() for a family of three.
Each additional family member
pass will i ost $77> more Stu
dent passes are available for
$225.
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