Mt. Hood Meadows opened the 2020/21 season today amidst a powerful NW storm that dropped six inches of snow in just eight hours. Lifts are now scheduled daily from 9 AM - 4 PM.
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Mt. Hood Meadows will begin daily operations for the 2020/21 ski season Monday, with lifts scheduled to operate from 9 AM - 4 PM.
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As we prepare for Monday’s opening, we’ve adjusted some of our indoor protocols due to the current COVID restrictions. It looks like the two week pause may be extended past December 2, which means we need to limit the number of guests that come indoors.
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Daily lift tickets, lessons and rentals for the holiday time frame can now be purchased online. Meadows has made available inventoried daily products for the December 21 through January 3 time frame. This will allow those planning to ski or snowboard at Meadows over the holiday the ability to reserve and pay for these date-specific products.
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As we gear up to open Monday, we take this time to share some Thanksgiving thoughts with you. Thanks to those team members willing to share - many are working hard today and through this weekend to assure we have a magnificent opening in such an extraordinary year.
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As we prepare for our November 30 opening, we want to share our plan for streamlining your experience to get you on our lifts as efficiently as possible. VP of Resort Operations Jeremy Riss and Guest Services Manager Lisa Cordie have all the details.
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Meadows Ambassador Erika Vikander is an elite athlete, one of only six women to compete in the Freeride World Tour. She has some great advice to help prepare for this season.
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We are so grateful for this snow that will give us the opportunity to launch our season. Our snow harvesting and grooming teams are masterfully moving parking lot snow to our lifts to build out our mazes which will be significantly spread out this season. The forecast is even more promising to be able to open more lifts and terrain than we normally have at this time of year and that too is a real blessing.
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In the summer of 2014, Mt. Hood Meadows grooming and vehicle maintenance crews teamed up to build a high-capacity snow trailer to transport snow. They gutted a snowcat, and built the aluminum frame hydraulic bed on the chassis. No one knew then how critically important that snow hauler would become for a snow-starved 2014-15 season, and for seasons to come. The innovation is credited for being able to open terrain that season that would not have been possible with the skimpy snowpack. Snow harvesting and transporting was born.
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In reviewing the COVID-19 guidelines issued by Governor Brown today, we are pleased that outdoor recreation and sports are excepted from the two-week pause of certain activities intended to curb the spread of the virus.
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Time lapse from the Top of Blue Toyota Mountain Cam from Saturday, November 7
We have a very active weather system heading our way over the next week or so. It starts with a ferocious promise of several feet of snow...
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Sahale Lodge - our new 23,500-square-foot skier services, restaurant and meeting center - is on schedule to open later this month. It’s always a race to the finish - especially when the lodge serves so many different kinds of purposes.
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Two of the primary ways you can prevent the spread of Coronavirus is to socially distance - and wear a mask. The mask, when worn correctly, reduces your chance of getting infected, and, just as importantly, reduces the chance that you will spread it to someone else...
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“Mt. Hood Meadows Lift Operations department is responsible for the safe uphill transport of our guests and team members,” says Lift Ops Manager Cody Howe. With the social distancing and safety protocols brought on by COVID, there will be some additional challenges this season, requiring the cooperation of our guests who share the responsibility to help keep us all safe.
Get to know our plan