For winter out of doors lovers in search of mountain choices in addition to snowboarding and snowboarding, Mt. Hood Meadows provides a number of snowshoe excursions.
Tour tickets embrace a guided tour and snowshoe leases and strolling poles, though members can convey their very own snowshoes in the event that they select.
The Vista Snowshoe Tour makes its return on Sunday, Feb. 9 and will likely be out there at 1 p.m. each Sunday by way of March.
The 90-minute guided tour begins with a trip as much as the 6,600-foot elevation through the Vista Categorical chairlift and descends alongside Vista Ridge path by way of the Mitchell Creek space and again to base, ending with a meal at Sahale Lodge. Ticket features a meals voucher.
Different out there excursions embrace:
The Sahalie Falls tour: A two-hour tour for newbie and intermediate snowshoers that departs at 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Umbrella Falls tour: A two-hour tour for newbie and intermediate snowshowers that departs at 1 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Illumination tour: A 90-minute tour for newbie and intermediate snowshoers that departs at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays by way of February.
Grand Falls tour: A harder tour that final three to 4 hours that departs at 1 p.m. on Fridays in February.
Snowshoe excursions price $29 to $39, apart from the Vista Tour, which prices $99.
For extra data, go to skihood.com.
Recent snow on mountain
With six consecutive days of snowfall totaling over 2 toes, Mt. Bachelor in Central Oregon is ranked among the many prime 5 resorts in North America for deepest base depth (116 inches) mid-mountain depth, and season-to-date snowfall (275 inches).
For the reason that storm rolled in on Jan. 31, friends at Mt. Bachelor have loved recent tracks and light-weight, dry snow day by day. Groups opened Northwest raise on Monday afternoon, providing untouched turns in wide-open glades and thrilling tree runs by way of expert-only terrain.
With extra snow within the forecast, there will likely be a lot extra powder days forward this week and into the weekend. Mt. Bachelor encourages friends to watch out for tree wells and snow immersion suffocation dangers on the slopes.