Mount Hood Meadows riding guide - World Snowboard Guide

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Freeriding

Freeriders-this mountain is very much for you: the terrain, which may not offer a super amount of challenging stuff or be the most extensive in the world, nut it's still perfect wherever you go. The Super Bowl is a black graded area, with a series of descents on open terrain. The notable thing about the Super Bowl, is that it's not serviced by a lift line; instead you get up on a snowcat for around $12 a go or $50 for 5 runs.Also of interest is the under utilized terrain in the “Badlands” area along Vista Ridge overlooking the Wild White River Canyon.

Freestylers

Freestylers-there are natural hits everywhere and also a good fun-park off the Hood River chair. However, the fact that skiers are allowed in the park with so much good natural terrain on offer, make it hardly worth using. You can have a great time riding the hits around Chunky Swirl and the Texas run. If you're a pipe hound, then you'll usually find it well maintained but often very busy with local air heads. A ride up Vista Express will allow freestylers to hit Vista Park, City Park and the SuperPipe all in one run, now thats a lot of hits in one descent.

Pistes

The runs from Cascade are the best in terms of wide, open riding trails, with a couple of decent blue trails down to choose from. There isn't an abundance of steeps for long fast descents, but what is there is excellent.

Beginners

Beginners are treated to a good number of trails that are easy to reach and easy to negotiate. Mt Hood Express gives access to some interesting green runs and some tame blues. The local snowboard school has a host of teaching programmes for all levels, including a Mountain Master Programme.

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Nov to June
Summer: July to August

Lifts

Total Lifts: 10
Chair lifts: 10
Max people per hour: 16,145
Board Leashes required: Yes

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 87
Total ride area: 2150acres
Longest run: 3miles (5km)

Top lift: 2225m
Vertical drop: 846m
First lift: 1379m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 15%
Red runs: 50%
Black runs: 35%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	USD	GBP	Average	USD	GBP	Average
Day Pass	54.00	35.66	3%	69.00	45.57	19%

	USD	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	900.00	594.36	11%

Lift Passes:
1 Day pass $48-52
Half-day $41-45
Night only $22
4 of 6 Days $160
Season pass $999 for 15 to 22 year olds $499
Super Bowl Snow Cat provides 1,700ft
vertical dropping into Heather Canyon. Head to top of Cascade Express $10 a trip.
Lift times:8.00am to 10.00pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 9.15metres
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 0%

Facilities

	USD	GBP
Days Rental of Board & Boots:	37.00	24.43
4hr Group Lesson (full day):	40.00	26.42

Snowboard Schools: Group lessons $35 for 90mins
Beginner package $99 for 3 days lift, lesson & hire
Private lessons $65 per hour
Snowboard Hire: Board & boots $28 per day, demo kit $40 per day
Night Riding: : 240 acres including park & pipe. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday nights until 9:00 PM. Friday and Saturday nights until 10:00 PM.

Other activities

Heliboarding: : Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.skihood.com
Email:info@skihood.com

Full-on freerider's resort offering great, open and tree-lined terrain with crowd-free slopes suited to novices. Good but very basic local services.

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ON THE SLOPES: Very good indeed
OFF THE SLOPES: Basic but good
MONEY WISE: Prices vary for lodgings, but overall this is a very affordable place.

HALFPIPE: Yes - 1
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 3
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Yes
TREE RUNS:A few

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