ADULT SESSION 2008 UPDATE
We wrapped up our summer season with the annual adults only session.  We had a rain day on Wednesday, but the adults got the opportunity to try out their surfing legs on the Oregon coast.  There was also a wine tour, and rafting down the White Salmon River in Washington State. 

SESSION 13, 2008 UPDATE
It was a challenging week.  Rain, thunder & lightning, fog, wind.......and 2 sunny days.    We snowcat skied on the magic mile canyon run on Thursday morning when the lifts were closed.   Kids went bowling and then to the movies on one of the rain days.

SESSION 12, 2008 UPDATE
Really warm this week.  The glacier has fewer and fewer people on it as we get closer to the end.  Kids are getting in a ton of runs.

 

SESSION 11, 2008 UPDATE
Tons of snow still left.  No signs of rocks on upper Palmer snowfield.  We were able to ski all the way to the parking lot thru August 6 (might be the latest date we've ever been able to do that!) 


SESSION 10, 2008 UPDATE
Summer weather was sporadic this session.  We got fogged out on Friday, so the kids got the option of movies, the Oregon zoo, bowling, and bouldering. 

 


SESSION 9, 2008 UPDATE
Fun in the sun!  Still skiing all the way to the parking lot (as you can see in the photo).  Snowpack is great.  If you are thinking of coming in August, book your flight and get here!

SESSION 8, 2008 UPDATE
This place is so fun!  Amazing conditions, short lift lines, and kids getting to that next level in their favorite on-snow sport.  

SESSION 7, 2008 UPDATE
Seven sessions down, seven go to.  We are still skiing all the way to the parking lot.  That's X-Games super-star Tanner Hall hitting up our quarter-pipe on Friday.

Tanner Hall

 


SESSION 6, 2008 UPDATE
Four out of five days were excellent.  You can't win them all!!  4th of July on the mountain was a little challenging with thick fog that rolled in and never let up, which ended our training before it began. 

SESSION 5, 2008 UPDATE
Great week at Mt Hood.  Why aren't you here?! 

6:45am view June 27, 2008

our new logo sign

coach Andrej Jerman slalom

SESSION 4, 2008 UPDATE
It was sunny all week, but the temperatures remained cold up until Friday.  A boarder-cross course was added to our terrain park (see photo).  X-Games champion Tanner Hall was all over the mountain this week, looping thru our mogul lane jump and terrain park. 

boarder-cross course

mogul lane brush course

slalom girl

camp bbq, burgers galore!

SESSION 3, 2008 UPDATE
Eleven inches of new snow fell overnight on Monday, creating a winter wonderland.  By the end of the week, the sun made a grand appearance, so we got the best of both worlds in a 5-day period.  Andrej Jerman, world cup racer from Slovenija, is here coaching for three sessions.  Andrej had several top 10 finishes this past season.  Mark Stegall, head snowboard coach, and his crew have our private terrain park in excellent shape.  New this year to our park is a giant sized quarter-pipe.

Government Camp village Tuesday morning June 10!

quarter pipe fun!

coach Andrej Jerman

success!

SESSION 2, 2008 UPDATE
Brrrrrrrrr!  Winter is holding on tight here in the Pacific Northwest.  It's great for the snowpack, but not so great for the sunscreen industry.  For the 4th time in camp history, they opened up the lower mountain "Pucci" chairlift for summer training due to adverse weather on the upper mountain.  Friday was an all out winter-type blizzard.  Some of the kids and staff skied down to Govy (town of Government Camp) at the end of the day.  This is usually a winter ritual, but with the ample snowpack, it became a June event.   Kids also got the opportunity to go "caving" at Mt Adams (see below)

Coach Alexandra prepared for the COLD!

Pucci chairlift, session 2

Camp Director Mike hands out lift tickets

GS training on Pucci main run

caving at Mt. Adams
 

SESSION 1, 2008 UPDATE
We had a pretty good start to our 30th summer of operation.  Three decades of helping make skiers and snowboarders better at what they like to do.  We had a good mix of weather conditions this week including a little rain, some sunshine, a thunderstorm, occasional fog, and some wind too.  The ski and snowboard racers spent most of their time training gates on the magic mile chairlift.  Our private terrain park on lower Palmer made it's 2008 debut too with a wide variety of jumps, rails and boxes to pick from.  On Friday, just about everybody in camp took at least one run on the Zig Zag glacier west of the Palmer chairlift, where the snow was creamy smooth. 

snowboard race training

Coach Terry McLeod doing video analysis

Slalom!

SPRING CAMPS 2008
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. 

Robert Anderson snow covered lodge

bottom of Heather Canyon at Mt Hood Meadows

Timberline Lodge buried!

WINTER CAMPS 2007
Lots of new snow for our 3 winter sessions this year.  Snowboard coach Mark, set up a box at our camp lodge for some evening jib sessions.  The racers spent most of their time training at Timberline, while the snowboarders and freeskiers shredded the slopes of Mt Hood Meadows. 

winter night rail session

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