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Tim Bobosky | Photographer
left, and twin brothers Jaekang Koh, center, and Jaekun Koh were among the first to
Jan. 1 to catch a 7:15 a.m. bus to Willamette Pass from the Ullr Sport shop at 207 Coburg Rd..
A variety of winter
activities, from skiing
to snowshoeing, can be
found in the mountains
just outside Eugene
BY NATASHA CHILINGERIAN
SENIOR PULSE REPORTER
While winter in Oregon
means downpours of
rain and gray skies, it also means
snow on the mountains. Winter
term weekends — especially the
weekend of Martin Luther King Jr.
Day, from Jan. 15-17 — are the
perfect times for escaping to a
nearby ski resort for hours of
thrilling winter sports. Four of Ore
gon's ski resorts, all located close
enough to Eugene for a day or
weekend trip, have characteris
tics that will appeal to students
who are looking to hit the snow.
Hoodoo Mountain Resort, locat
ed on the Santiam Pass summit
83 miles from Eugene via Highway
126, has the right price for lift tick
ets. For just $16, skiers can prac
tice their sport from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m., even on peak days in January
and February. Hoodoo also has a
parkfortubing and offers lessons
attheir SnowSports School.
Seventy miles east of Eugene on
Highway 58 is Willamette Pass.
This destination offers a shuttle
that departs from Ullr Sport Shop
(which the resort owns) on Coburg
Road every morning at 7:15 a.m,, so
skiers who don't want to drive can
still get to the slopes. Willamette
Pass offers cross-country skiing,
snowshoeing, tubing, and group
and one-on-one lessons. Guests
can explore the two nearby lakes
— Crescent and Waldo — after a
day of sport. In addition, Ullr Sport
Shop employee Ben Marriott said
Willamette Pass has a chairlift that
is unique to Oregon.
"It's the first mountain (in Ore
gon) that has a fixed-person high
speed chairlift, which is a ski lift
that holds up to six people," he
said. "It helps you get up to the
mountain quicker."
Willamette Pass' ski passes cost
$35 for a full day and $20 for an
evening, beginning at4 p.m.
The shuttle is available for $14 per
person.
A bit farther from Eugene is
Oregon's largest ski spot, Mt. Bach
elor, which is two and a half hours
away via Highway 20 and State
Highway 26. Aside from skiing, Mt.
Bachelor caters to snowboarding,
tubing, sled dog riding, cross
country skiing and snowshoeing.
Ski lift passes this season range
from $49 for a full day on the resort's
peakdays (Jan. 15-17 and Feb. 19
21) to $40 for skiing from noon to
4 p.m. on a non-peak day.
Mt. Bachelor's season is going
well thisyearthanks to plentiful
snow; they currently have about
30 inches on the ground. Communi
cations Manager Chris Johnston
said that other Northwest ski re
sorts do not have the best snow
right now, giving Bachelor a leg up
on its competition.
"Other places around the
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