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My Dad is moving to nearby Grants Pass, Oregon.
I'm thinking of visiting him mid-march for a week and was wondering is there any skiing nearby south Oregon and is it worth packing the ski gear ?
Have googled extensively and found that there is a small resort nearby called Mt. Ashland (40mins drive) and a big one Mt. Batchelor 3 hrs drive away, if anyone has experience of Oregon be great to hear any tips.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You will be about a 2 hour drive away from Mt Shasta in CA which is another small resort.
Unfortunately, Tahoe is about 6 1/2 hours away.
Mt Hood is a similar distance to Tahoe in the opposite direction.
Should be plenty of snow at that time of the year! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Been to Bachelor a few times several years ago when I was in nearby Bend on business. Really enjoyed it. Most of the skiing is below the tree line and the long runs down from the Northwestern and Outback Express chairs are magnificant. They wind through the trees and are really empty.
By all accounts it is pretty snow sure but as snow is typically brought in by storms fresh snow can be intermittant. When it does dump though it really does dump.
If you go when the weather is fine then they will open up the Summit chair which gives you loads of back-country (i.e. off-piste) possibilities - there is good footage on youtube taken by people with headcams.
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| skinanny wrote: |
Mt Hood is a similar distance to Tahoe in the opposite direction.
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Mt Hood probably isn't worth going all that way for. The ski areas on Mt Hood are pretty small, although Timberline Lodge has quite long opening times.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Shame I'm not good/fit enough for the Mt. Shasta backcountry, looks ace.
I reckon Mt. Bachelor is my best bet, am thinking of coming out in early April and doing a road trip from San Francisco with my girlfriend (who is a beginner), is there any point going to Tahoe or will Bachelor be a better bet (which has a longer season afaik).
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IIRC, the author of one of the very best books on skiing technique, The All Mountain Skier, was based in Mt Bachelor. Never been there myself, but a mountain that's sufficient to entertain an expert of that calibre should be plenty good enough for mere mortals.
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| Jonny Jones wrote: |
| IIRC, the author of one of the very best books on skiing technique, The All Mountain Skier, was based in Mt Bachelor. Never been there myself, but a mountain that's sufficient to entertain an expert of that calibre should be plenty good enough for mere mortals. |
Yep, at Bachelor you encounter most types of terrain and determinately every type of snow - sometimes on same day 
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| Tirol wrote: |
By all accounts it is pretty snow sure but as snow is typically brought in by storms fresh snow can be intermittant.
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Where else does snow come from 
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