Today is officially the first day of spring break here in Oregon. We'll put the emphasis on Spring since the weather has been either sunny or consistently rainy at lower elevations. Today is a true spring day at The Pass.
Maybe a little too spring-y. The base at the bottom is a little thin now.
Good thing that By George is not the only run. Good thing By George gets the most sun exposure--otherwise all hope would be lost. It's kind of remarkable that they are even able to operate. Given the numbers in the parking lot, there's little probability that they are breaking even on operations. To the south, Mt. Ashland called it quits this week and will not operate at all this year. The higher elevation Oregon resorts (Mt. Bachelor and the Mt. Hood areas) are doing ok. Washington has had pretty good conditions after a slow start.
We ran into The Kid again today. He rode with us a little last year. He was showing Dylan all the jumps.
Dylan liked it. There was not much else to do today.
Except for tap the stumps.
That all aside, conditions were remarkably ok today. Perfect corn on the less exposed runs and temperatures in the 50s.
All this lack of winter has broken the ski area. We had a discussion with Tim the owner, who said next weekend was going to be it for this year. It's not very surprising, people gave up before it even started. They operate Friday through Sunday next week, so we're hoping something happens to make it a good closing weekend.
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