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IfThe Statesman, Salem, Of Stmday. January II, 1853
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Skiers Galore Are Taking
Advantage of Facilities Atop
Picturesque Santiam Pass
By PHILIP SLOCUM
Statesman Staff Writer
Hoodoo has it.
Expert skier, beginner or sight
seer it makes no difference.
You caq set your own pace at the
Hftodoo Ski Bowl just off U. S.
Route 20 at the summit of Santiam
Pass only a little more than a
two-hour drive from Salem.
In the words of Ed Thurston,
manager of the Bowl since its be
ginning as a ski area in 1938; "We
really like the' everyday skier."
Tow facilities range from a
600-foot rope tow to the. 4,000-oot
double chair lift only one of .its
kind in the Northwest which
takes the rider to the top ofHoo
doo Butte and a view of the Cas
cade Range that is almost unequal
led. There unfolds the snow-covered
Three Sisters, Three-Fingered
Jack, Mt. Washington, Mt. Jeffer
son, Diamond Peak and a corner
of Mt. Hood.
Hoodoo Butte rises 5,950 feet to
command the Bowl which is ser-
Sections of the North Santiam
viced by four rope tows: two! 1,000
feJ in. length, o6e 800 and one 600
feet.
Novice and professional can find
their stride or challenge as the
slopes range from eight to 55 per
cent grades.
Five trails, all reached by the
chair lift which has a capacity of
380 persons an hour, feed down
from the summit of the, Butte.
Again they are gearedxoj' begin
ner and expert.
The Bunny Trail offers the no
vice, or "let's take it easy the first
day out' skier, a 2Vt mile run and
never exceeds an 18 percent grade.
It's plenty wide.
For the experts and intermedi
ates it's Devil's Dive, Angel's
Flight and Canyon Run. Devil's
Dive is well tagged. The slope
reaches 45 per cent in places.
All the trails are 80 feet or more
in width and some sections are
truly open slopes.
And there's forest "slaloms for
the fast-turn artists.
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Hoodoo Ski Bowl, on U. S. Route 20, thronch Ore ton's scenic Santiam Pass la thavhUh Cascades, of
fers the skiing enthusiast a variety of excitinc terrain for winter pleasure. In the photo above at left
a skiler stops to view part of the Bowl. The double chair ski lift, only one of Its kind In the North
west, rises at left. Above at right,, against a backdrop of ML Washington (left) and North and
Middle Sisters, Kathy Thurston, daughter of Hoodoo Ski Bowl manager Ed Than ion, flashes down
a steep run at the bowl. Her brother, Craig Thurston, looks on. The bowl has Inclines of all grades,
for novices or experts. In the photo at the left pretty Sosle Larson of San Francisco, Calif., has a
smile for the cameraman as she starts a 4,000-foot ride on the double chahr lift at Hoodoo Ski BowL
The lift has a capacity of 380 persons an hour. It takes the rider atop Hoodoo Butte, which rises 5,950
feet Into the blue, where a magnificent view of the Cascades awaits him.
til the first of May snow graces
the Bowl sometimes as deep as
22 feet, as in 1949.
Ed Thurston used to tell people
the average snow depth was about
10 feet, but in the last four years
its been 14 feet or more. Last year
the snow held at 14 feet for five
or six weeks.
"We get our share of powder
too,' 'he says, "but generally it's a
packed base in the BowL Of
course a skier can usually find
powder off the trails near the
top."
There's plenty of space for the
cross-country .skier too. The fa
mous Skyline Trail runs through
the area and the hardy can break
their own way.
Highway have been Improved
this year, helping to speed Salem
skiers to the Bowl, Once there,
lodging and eating spots are at
hand. -. ;
The Santiam Lodge, under the
direction this year of Harold
Hanson, of Salem, is located on
U. S. Route 20 a tthe summit of
the ' pass at the junction of the
three-quarter-mile paved road
which leads Into the Bowl.
The lodge includes a; restaur
ant, five dormitories housing
about 100 people, and a ski shop
offering equipment rentals.
In Sisters, 22 miles from the
Bowl, there are motels, a hotel
and choice of restaurants '
At the Bowl itself, Thurston is
building a 50-room lodge. How
ever, it will not be completed this
winter.
But a large coffee shop com
plete ' with fireplace, plus a ski
shop with rentals are at hand.
Two Forest Service warming
huts are in the area plus the Ski
Patrol hut.- The patrol is on the
job at the Bowl during every day
of operation.
Present running schedule is
Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 to
4:30. During Christmas and Spring
vacations the area stays open for
10 days to two weeks.
The Bowl bills itself as "Ore
gon's Central Ski Area" and It
is for beginner and expert, young
or old. ' , ,
153 fj. Liberty
Phone J-3191
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