Conditions improved this week for Mt. Hood Skibowl to resume operations for skiing and snowboarding.
On Friday, the resort was reporting a base of up to 52 inches at the top of the Upper Bowl.
The resort was operating out of Skibowl West with Lower Bowl, Upper Bowl and Multopor chairlifts operating 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Sunday, Jan. 5.
Then the resort will resume normal schedule of night skiing from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The forecast at Government Camp calls for snow all weekend with high temperatures in the low to mid 30s and lows in the mid 20s.
Lift tickets can be purchased in advance at skibowl.com. Day-of lifts must be purchased at the resort.
The popular annual twilight snowshoe tours have begun at White Pass and will be held every Saturday through Feb. 22.
Tours led by White Pass guides go from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 or 6 p.m., depending on conditions, circling around Leech Lake and traversing the Pacific Crest Trail. Afterwards, participants can relax in the Nordic Yurt with light snacks and beverages.
Tickets must be purchased in advance for $65 at skiwhitepass.com and snowshoes are included, along with headlamps if needed. Tours are recommended for adults, but kids ages 12 and up can join so long as they can stay with the group.
A 72-year-old snowboarder was found unresponsive and pronounced dead Monday at Schweitzer ski resort near Sandpoint, Idaho.
Ski patrol found the man from Laguna Beach, California, after he had been reported missing at about 12:30 p.m. near the black diamond Detention ski run in the Outback Bowl of the back side of the North Idaho resort.
The man was found with the help of another guest skiing in the area, Schweitzer said in a statement.
The unresponsive snowboarder was transported to the base of the resort, where the Bonner County coroner pronounced him dead. The man’s name and cause of death were not released.
Schweitzer directed questions to the coroner’s office. Coroner Robert Beers did not immediately respond to a request for information Thursday.
“Schweitzer extends its deepest condolences to the guest’s family and friends in the wake of this tragic incident,” Schweitzer spokeswoman Taylor Prather said in a statement.
In March 2021, a 49-year-old Liberty Lake man died while skiing at Schweitzer after hitting a tree branch. Heath McHenry’s wife described him as “an expert all-terrain skier capable of any run on Schweitzer Mountain” in an interview with The Spokesman-Review following the incident.
Last year, another 72-year-old man died of a heart attack at the top of Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area near Mullan, Idaho.
