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Freeskiing at the University of Oregon

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gdahl3
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Hey i just went on a visit to oregon but i got the impression that it would be pretty hard to ski a lot here with mountains like hood a few hours away. Anyone know what the ski scene is like here? Where are the nearest and best resorts? Are there a lot of skiers who go here?? Thanks
Apr 11 2013 6:47PM
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Karl_Hungus
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I live outside of portland and alot of kids i know go to OU but it is a very long commute to either bachelor or mt hood. Most of those kids ski only when they are back home visiting in portland. Some-and very few would make the commute out to bachy or hood but its a ways
Apr 11 2013 7:56PM
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Jaznewt
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I went to u of o.
It is 1.2hrs to the closest hill, Willamette Pass which has a small park and on good cold pow days the terrain is really sick if you know where to go.

The next closest hill is Hoodoo, has a small park and usually a little warmer there. 1.75hrs away.

Mt Hood is 3 hours away, I had friends who went there and would stay in hood river.

Mt Bachelor on a good drive is about 2.5hrs away. Thats where I went most weekends all 4 years. The only problem is rides. if you have a car or have friends that are always trying to go and you split gas, you can make it happen. senior year I got up mostly everyweekend. I found people I knew in Bend and would go up for the weekend to make the drive worthit. I planned fridays off in my schedule so I would go up thursday night to bend and stay fri-sun.

There is a snow club (Snowboard + Ski) at u of o. They take vans up to mt bachelor as well.

If you are trying to go ski every day of the week, I would go to OSU/UO cascades or COCC, community college in Bend. I have friends there and they got to ski every good pow day while I sat in class during the week.

Apr 11 2013 8:24PM
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El_Barto.
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^i went to OSU cascades. If skiing is your life its the best option
Apr 11 2013 9:44PM
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hokkanee
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I went to Oregon State which is just a little north of UO and I definitely agree with what everybody has said so far in this thread. I try to make it up to Bachelor 2 weekends a month and we just stay at a friend's house in Bend. It's actually pretty manageable to do if you have a car and meet some people who let you crash at their place in Bend.
Apr 11 2013 9:54PM
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Stose
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Apr 11 2013 10:02PM
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jreilly
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If your looking for good skiing dont go to U of O unless your down to drive all the way to bachy ever weekend. 3 hours to bachy.
Apr 12 2013 4:15AM
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gdahl3
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Thanks a lot!
Apr 13 2013 12:51AM
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Stose
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Is the ski and snowboard team at u of o a complete joke?
Apr 24 2013 12:18AM
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Stose
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I just joined the UO ski team. It's pretty legit, anyone with questions can PM me
Oct 31 2013 12:47PM
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Jaznewt
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haha, then this-
"I just joined the UO ski team. It's pretty legit, anyone with questions can PM me"


yea its decent if your looking for snow related events and rides to the mountain.
Nov 8 2013 2:31PM
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Stose
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So I asked if it was a joke, no one responded so I went out and did my research and found out it's not so I posted about it so next time a kid has a question about it (like I did) he has someone who can give it input. Not really that funny
Nov 8 2013 10:15PM
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.Asain-Skiier
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Tell me more... I just check out their site and you have to request an application.
Nov 8 2013 10:27PM
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Jaznewt
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haha yea true, those were back to back. But yes, uosnow club is a good outlet for rides and snow events.
Nov 15 2013 3:13PM
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Stose
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Back to back by 6 months. Its jusy a cool way to hang out with people who share the same interest and get to shred
Nov 15 2013 11:13PM
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