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SPRING CAMPS
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
WINTER CAMPS
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.
THANKSGIVING CAMP
We had some challenging weather early in the session, and
beautiful sunshine to end the week. Coach John Rust treated the
campers to a traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner on the final night.
I heard they also got in some quality tubing on our tubing hill.
FALL CAMPS UPDATE
Timberline just announced the reopening of the chairlifts for
Fall skiing!! Timberline's website is reporting a 24 inch base at
the lodge. What does this all mean? It means our
Fall Camps
are up and running!! Give us a call for the latest information:
503-337-2230 Here's a photo I snapped from highway 26 this
afternoon
(Oct. 23).
ADULT SESSION UPDATE
Summer camp 07 wrapped up with our adults only camp. We
had 30 adults ski racers, mogul skiers, and snowboard freeriders
enjoying the final week of summer operation on the Palmer snowfield.
SESSION 13 UPDATE
Heavy rain shut us down on Monday, but to make up for it, we
took the kids caving at Mt Adams in Washington State, followed by movies
at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland. Mother Nature took care of
us the rest of the week with beautiful weather & excellent snow
conditions.
SESSION 12 UPDATE
Sunshine, short lift lines, and an amazing group of kids.
What more could you ask for?
SESSION 11 UPDATE
Sunny but cooler this session. The cloud layer
stayed in the valley while we all enjoyed the bluebird skies on the
mountain.
SESSION 10 UPDATE
Another outstanding week on the mountain. Even camp
director Mike Annett got out there and skied the slalom courses!
SMITH ROCK CLIMBING CAMP UPDATE
Ten kids joined coaches John Rust, Joe Reis, and counselor
Evan Mikkelson for a fabulous week of rockclimbing in central Oregon.
SESSION 9 UPDATE
The sun returned, the lift lines were short, and we had a
tremendous week on the Palmer Snowfield. Ted Ligety was on the
mountain this week and he took some time out for an autograph session,
as you can see below. Ryan Anderson, our snowboard videographer,
captured some footage of a black bear wandering thru town. His
footage ended up on the 6 o'clock news, which you can see
here.
SESSION 8 UPDATE
We battled some tough weather conditions this week.
The kids that dressed for the wet weather got the most out of the
training. The kids wearing nothing but cotton sweatshirts paid the
price. We had some spectacular fear-defying moments on the
challenge course as you can see in the photos below.
SESSION 7 UPDATE
We had a bit of a heat wave this week. And on Friday, a
short lived thunderstorm passed by the mountain delaying the opening of
the ski area for 45 minutes. Butterflies were plentiful as you can
see in these photos.
SESSION 6 UPDATE
Sunny weather and short lift lines were the story this week.
On the 4th of July, camp employee Fritzy, put on a firework display on
the camp soccer field. The racers competed in dual slalom on the
last day, the mogul lane got plenty of action, and kids were "killing
it" in the terrain park.
SESSION 5 UPDATE
Session 5 began with a cold and wet Sunday. Campers who went
on the hike to Lookout Mountain Sunday afternoon even saw some
snowflakes. Another bus load hiked down to camp from the Pioneer
Woman's Grave a few miles away.
A wet Sunday meant lots of new snow on the mountain. Several inches
fell overnight making for solid free skiing conditions Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday were both great days on the hill. Excellent warm weather
provided awesome training opportunities for everyone. Later in the week,
we had some fog and low visibility challenges to deal with.
The summer is almost half over and attendance is strong. For a chance
of scene, Stratton
Moguls and Franconia went rafting on the White Salmon River, instead
of the usual route on the Deschutes River. This raft section is on a
much more wild river with more technical maneuvers and larger drops,
according to staff and camper reports. And as you can see in the
photo below, our private clay tennis court was put to good use.
SESSION 4 UPDATE
We had amazing weather, the kids had a great time, and our
new Coho Lodge opened up. Here are a couple
photos from our terrain park.
SESSION 3 UPDATE
HEAD is our new camp sponsor, giving our campers the
opportunity to try out Head's newest line of ski and snowboard equipment
during their time at camp. Mother nature threw us a couple curve
balls this week. We battled high winds on Wednesday, and low
visibility on Friday, but otherwise we enjoyed some great training on
the Palmer snowfield and in our private terrain park.
SESSION 2 UPDATE
We had some challenging weather conditions this week that
included some snow, rain, wind, fog, mist, hail, thunder & lightning,
and even a little sunshine to end our week. Most of the training
this session took place on the magic mile chairlift where it was a
little more protected from the weather. Kids also got a chance to
go caving (near Mt Adams), bowling/movies, and skateboarding in an
indoor skate park in Portland. On Thursday afternoon, we did
white water rafting followed by our camp picnic at
White River Falls State Park.
SESSION 1, 2007 UPDATE
We kicked off summer this week with beautiful weather, plenty
of snow, and a great group of kids. We pretty much had the
mountain to ourselves. We had a good mix of ski racers, snowboard
racers, mogul/freeskiers, and snowboard freeriders for our first summer
session. The racers set up a dual slalom on Friday and we had some
good battles to end the week on a competitive note. Snowboard
freeride head coach, Mark Stegall and his crew were busy constructing
our new rails and boxes for our private terrain park. The
volleyball court has been resurrected, the zipline has a new man-lift
lowering system, and we are busy getting the new Coho Lodge ready to be
occupied later this month.
We look forward to another great summer.
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NEW LODGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
(mid-April)
The new lodge construction is coming along on schedule.
The electrical and plumbing is going in this week. And now that we
will have 2 lodges up and running, we decided to give our lodges
official names. Our main lodge is called "The Chinook Lodge"
and our new building is called "The Coho Lodge". Our entire
camp property is called "The Lodges at Salmon River Meadows",
which is the reason we chose the lodges to be named after different
Salmon species. Here are a few photos of lodge construction.
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ANDREJ JERMAN WINS WORLD CUP
DOWNHILL!!
Our own Andrej Jerman (one of our summer coaches) won the
Garmisch Downhill last week, and proved it was no fluke by finishing 2nd
place the very next day! Congrats Andrej! We're proud of you
big time!
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Mt. Hood Summer Ski Camps
P.O. Box 317
Government Camp, OR 97028
PHONE/FAX (503) 337-2230
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Mount Hood Summer Ski Camps
Last Modified:
04/18/2008