UPDATED Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Mt. Bachelor would like to thank you for your patience and understanding during our recent storm-related complications. This has been one of the most severe winter storms to strike Mt. Bachelor in decades. More than 8 feet of snow fell during a six day period between Monday, January 16th, and Saturday, January 21st. During the 24-hour period between 6:00am Wednesday, January 18th and 6:00am Thursday, January 19th, 35 inches of new snow fell - a record 24-hour snowfall total for Mt. Bachelor. The heavy, dense snow was also accompanied by strong wind gusts in excess of 80 mph each day.
Now that the the worst of the weather has passed, we can enjoy the pictures and video of the storm!
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Riding the Powder during the Storm! Video produced by Kyle Grant. |
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Bottom of Outback lift. Storm Recovery on the westside is a multi-day project. |
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Bottom of Northwest lift. The base terminal dig-out is but one of many projects involved in getting that lift re-opened. The ice on the haul rope is 12" thick up higher, and the towers are completely enveloped. |
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Carrousel Chair needed some serious dig-out work too! |
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These were the Lift Access gates at Sunshine Accelerator lift at West Village. We had to shovel & groom-out that area so the gates became waist-high once again. |
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Our crews worked hard shoveling out the bottom of Pine Marten lift. Not only did the top & bottom terminals need to be dug-out, but Ski Patrol had to ski the lift line to ensure that there weren't any trees toppled across the haul rope and to confirm that the rope remained properly suspended from each tower. |
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This is what happens when a vehicle is left in our parking lot during the biggest snowstorm in decades! |
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Our Snow Sports yurts at West Village needed some shoveling attention too... |
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Not the best day to dine outside on the West Village Lodge deck! |
