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 Mt Hood Summer Ski Camps May 2008 Newsletter

SNOW REPORT 
On May 14 Timberline is reporting 204 inches of snow at Lodge elevation (6200') with much more up on the Palmer Snowfield.  Yeah, 204 inches and it's the middle of May!  We are excited to get going with our first Summer session, that begins in 10 days.   We still have an estimated 2-3 feet of snow on our camp soccer field, elevation 3200 feet.  Soccer and ultimate frisbee might have to move down to our picnic place at Wildwood park the first couple of sessions if this snow sticks around.

30 YEAR CAMP ANNIVERSARY
This year marks our 30th year in business.  3 decades and approximately 30,000 camper alumni and counting. The first year of operation in 1978, we had 13 campers.  Those 13 campers were a ski team made up of mostly downhill racers from the east coast that coach Mike Annett (camp director) brought with him to try out the newly-built Palmer summer chairlift.  The following year, Mike added a couple more sessions to the mix, and over time it grew into the year round ski and snowboard camp we see today. 

COHO LODGE
Our 2nd lodge will look quite a bit different from last summer.  Wall to Wall carpet has been installed in all the dorm rooms, new shelving units in the hallways, and plans to turn the basement into a recreation room.  We'll also have a half dozen or so video review stations for coaches to sit down with their campers for extensive daily video analysis. 
 

camp director, Mike Annett, getting some air time!
 

Here's a May 14 photo of our soccer field with 2-3 feet of snow left. 

 

Mt Hood Summer Ski Camps April 2008 Newsletter

SNOW REPORT  
Sunny & warm weather showed it's face in the Pacific Northwest for 2 days in a row this past weekend before another series of storms reminded us that winter isn't over just quite yet.  Timberline's total snowfall to date is 741 inches, recorded since September 1, 2007, with a current base depth of 221 inches (elevation 6200') with much more up on the Palmer Snowfield where we ski all summer. 

SPRING CAMPS
Spring camps are wrapping up this week with a small group of adult skiers.  The powder skiing conditions have been amazing.  Below are a couple of photos from Spring Camp session 3.  The first photo was taken at the bottom of Heather Canyon at Mt Hood Meadows.  The 2nd photo was at the bottom of our tubing hill  above our summer soccer field under the zip line.  Andrej Jerman, will be back to coach with us sessions 3, 4 & 5.  Andrej

SNOWBOARD NATIONALS
Three of our Snowboard freeride coaches had outstanding results at this years' USASA Nationals, held at Copper Mountain earlier this month.  Head Snowboard Coach, Mark Stegall, took home the slopestyle and overall title in his division, which made him a 5-time consecutive champion!  Coach/video-man, Ryan Anderson, won the open men's slopestyle event as well as the freestyle combined.  Finishing 2nd in the men's open freestyle event was coach Rick Millett.

SUMMER 2008
The camp office phone has been ringing off the hook the last couple of weeks with people calling about making ski and snowboard training @ Mt Hood part of their summer plans.   Sessions 5, 6, and 7 are filling up fast.  With the near-record snowpack, even our August campers should expect an abundance of snow, even more than last summer. Slovenija world cup racer, Andrej Jerman, returns to coach for us this summer for sessions 3, 4, & 5 after another successful season on the circuit.  Andrej finished 16th in the world in the overall world cup standings, 7th in the Downhill standings.

As of today, we have openings for "camper-staff" in sessions 4 thru 7, as well as sessions 10 thru 13. If you are a former camper, ages 16-17, you can apply for the available camper-staff positions. 

  

 


 

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Mt Hood Summer Ski Camps March 2008 Newsletter

SNOW REPORT 
Spring storms have been moving thru the Pacific Northwest giving us some excellent spring skiing here at Mt Hood Timberline is reporting 208 inches of snow at Lodge elevation (6200') with much more up on the Palmer Snowfield. 

SPRING CAMPS
Spring camps are in progress right now.  With our spectacular snowpack, the training conditions are excellent.   Our Spring camps are taking place at Mt Hood Meadows ski resort on the east side of the mountain.  Meadows offers skiers and snowboarders a wide variety of terrain on 8 chairlifts including 4 high speed quads, and 6 different terrain parks for every ability level.  It's not too late to sign up.  Call the camp office or go to the website for details. 

SUMMER 2008
With a tremendous snowpack already in place, we look forward to spectacular training conditions for our summer sessions this year.  We are currently taking sign-ups for all our sessions. 


 

Mt Hood Summer Ski Camps February 2008 Newsletter

SNOW REPORT
The seemingly endless supply of Pacific storms finally took a break and the sun came out for a few days at Mt Hood, giving the locals a breather to get caught up with plowing their driveways as well as shoveling the snow off their decks and rooftops.  Timberline is reporting 179 inches of snow at Lodge elevation (6200') with much more up on the Palmer Snowfield. 

SPRING CAMPS
Spring camps are coming in March and April.  With our spectacular snowpack, the training should be excellent.  It's not too late to sign up.  Call the camp office or go to the website for details. 

FREESKIING
Summer camp freeski coach Sean Decker competed at the recent X-Games in Colorado in the ski slopestyle event, finishing in 11th place, just missing advancement to the finals by one spot. 

MOGULS
Summer camper Patrick Deneen went from the Nor-Am mogul circuit straight to the World Cup podium with two 3rd place finishes in the Lake Placid World Cup Mogul events in late January.  He followed it up with a 6th place in the Mont Gabriel, Quebec event, then a 4th place at Deer Valley.  Way to go Patrick!  We saw you on NBC! 

HIGH SCHOOL SKI RACING
The Oregon high school ski racing State Championships are being held at Mt Hood Meadows this year, March 5-7.  Mt Hood Summer Ski Camps will be well represented with 50 or so former campers competing in GS and Slalom.  Good luck everybody! 

SUMMER 2008
With a tremendous snowpack already in place, we look forward to spectacular training conditions for our summer sessions this year.  We are currently taking sign-ups for all our sessions. 
 

Camp video-man, Robin Cressy, took these photos of Timberline Lodge and of the Palmer Snowfield on February 16, 2008.

frontside of Timberline Lodge February 16, 2008

 

Mt Hood Summer Ski Camps January 2008 Newsletter

SNOW REPORT (directly from Timberline Lodge)
Logan here from Timberline. Well it's looking like a banner year already here in the northwest. Snow has been falling heavily and consistently for the past month. All the major canyons are completely filled and the snowfield itself has collected upwards of 30 feet of lovely summer snowpack.

WINTER CAMP WRAP UP
We had three winter sessions in December.  Lots of new snow fell during camp this winter, so conditions were a little soft for the racers on some of the training days, but ideal for the freeski and snowboard campers.   

SKI RACING
Summer camp coach Andrej Jerman is ripping up the world cup downhill circuit.  He's finished in the top 12 in each of the first five Downhill events this year, finishing 7th place in Gardena, 5th place in Bormio, and 6th place in Wengen.  In local Oregon high school ski racing, one of our camper-staff girls, Jacqui Monahan, finished in 2nd place and camp CIT (counselor in training) Sam Campbell, finished in 3rd place for the boys in the first metro league race of the season last weekend at Willamette Pass ski resort. 

MOGULS
Summer camper Patrick Deneen took first place in the Nor-Am mogul event at Val St. Come, Quebec, Canada this week.  Patrick has 3 first place finishes this year and continues to move up the ladder in world mogul rankings.  MHSSC mogul coach Jay Panther is also ripping up the mogul circuit with four top 5 finishes in Nor-Am/FIS mogul events this winter.

SNOWBOARDING
Head snowboard coach Mark Stegall is headed to the X-Games this winter to coach Megan Ginter.  Megan finished in 3rd place in the slopestyle event of the mid-summer Abominable Snow Jam on MT Hood.  She spent a big chunk of her summer training in our private terrain park.

SUMMER 2008
With a tremendous snowpack already in place, we look forward to spectacular training conditions for our spring and summer sessions this year.  We are currently taking sign-ups for all our sessions. 

Timberline's Logan Stewart took these photos of the Palmer Snowfield on January 14, 2008

 

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