Mt. Bachelor received 12″ of snow over the weekend, early skiers take to the mountain

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Snow began falling at mid-mountain Friday night at Mt. Bachelor and turned to snow at the base Saturday morning according to the resort.

Mt. Bachelor said it received a foot of snow Saturday night into Sunday morning.

There’s still a lot of prep to do before the moutain can open.

Right now they’re working of lifts, re-painting the lodge and doing parking lot matinaince.

We talked to Lauren burke , director of marketing and commuincation at Mount Bachelor who said “Snow is just the perfect way to get people excited. You see people buying lift tickets, you see them up here shopping in our retail shop, picking up new skis, snowboards, new winter gear. And people are just planning their trip for, later in the season to ”

We caught some people getting in some early ski’ing. Katie Lawrence, told us it was her “First time skinning or touring or whatever you want to call it."

Local Murray Einerson was keen to get out on the slopes, saying “First day of the year and, we put skins on the bottoms of our skis and then get up to maybe the summit or halfway up and then sit down once, twice, three times. We’ll see”

Take a look at the below images from Mt. Bachelor's live webcams Monday morning of the Rock Bar patio and West Village parking lot where snow is stacking up!

With opening day slated for November 28th, which is less than 5 weeks away, conditions are shaping up for a great season. 

Mt. Bachelor wants to remind you that season passes and daily lift tickets are available to purchase online at mtbachelor.com. It also asks you to be mindful of its operations team as they get ready for the upcoming season.

Stay out of construction zones and out of the way of staff completing ongoing mountain projects across the resort.