Niche on the Hood
INDIVIDUALS SHARE THEIR PASSION FOR POWDER
BY JARED PREBLE
DESIGN EDITOR
As the snow piles onto Mt. Hood in
excess, sk ie rs, snowboarders and
even a rowdy handful of sledders pack
up their snow gear and make their
way to the land where the slopes rise.
Mt Hood offers three different ski
parks: Timberline, Mt. Hood Meadows
and Skibow l. Tim berline sits the
highest with an elevation of 6,000
feet. Meadows holds a comfortable
second place with an elevation of
4,523 feet and Skibowl trails in last
with an elevation of 3,600 feet.
Despite being lowest in elevation of
the trio, Skibowl is one of the oldest
ski resorts in the country, having
been established in 1928. Dozens of
renovations and ski lift innovations
have been made in that 91-year span,
allowing it to operate with ease in
2019. Skibowl also boasts the largest
night skiing area in America with a 3
p.m . to 11 p.m . lift run time and 34
w e ll-lit runs spanning throughout
the entirety of the park’ s 960 acres.
The park provides 69 runs total and
aw aits ap p roxim ately 25 feet of
snowfall every year.
Mt. Hood is one of Oregon’ s largest
tourist attractions, though it ’ s also
suitable for locals being only an hour
outside of Portland.
Trevor Thom pson, a student -at
C la ck a m a s C o m m u n ity C o lle g e ,
relishes the moments he can escape
to the clouds.
“ The essence of skiing is getting
out and b ein g rowdy out on the
Clackamas P rint'
m ountain,” Thompson said. “ Having
a few beers and getting loose with
your frien d s.”
CCC student Kenny jess attributes
his love for fresh snow to the feeling
of being free.
“ The nature o f snowboarding is
feeling like you’ re flying in one of
the most naturally beautiful places
in the w orld,” Jess-said. “ If you’ re
levels, and the park hosts rail jams
where riders can showcase their tricks
on rails. Conor and Colton Caroll are
Skibowl employees responsible for
maintaining, customizing and riding
the terrain parks. The brothers are
also sponsored snowboarders with a
large following on social media and
hundreds of videos exhibiting their
proficiency and outlandish style, not
just in snowboarding but skating and
surfing as well.
The pair can often be found filming
one another in the terrain park,
busting out trick after trick in what
seems like an endless arsenal.
Conor Caroll films sibling Colton Carol! shredding the terrain.
photos by Lexis Shull
“ Snowboarding is
feeling like you’re
flying in one of
the most naturally
beautiful places. . . ”
-K e n n y Jess
riding park I ’d say it’ s more about
riding and progressing with awesome
people.”
Je ss’ s park of choice is Conways
Park up at timberline due to the ever
changing lay out of the parks rails
and jumps.
“ The park crew is always being
creative and putting rails together
creatively and making it a fun place
to ride,” said Jess.
Skibow l is also w ell known for
terrain suited for all ages and skill
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