It’s a go: Mt. Bachelor confirms Saturday opening
With more than a foot of new snow falling in the past couple of days, Mt. Bachelor confirmed just after noon Friday that the resort will open for its 60th anniversary season on Saturday.
Officials had set a tentative Saturday opening earlier in the week, based on snow in the forecast.
The Sunshine Accelerator chairlift is scheduled to operate Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., serving an easier slope and a mini-terrain park with several sliding features. Lift tickets will be $34 for ages 6 and older if purchased online at www.mtbachelor.com and $44 if purchased in-person at Mt. Bachelor. Tickets for children ages 5 and under are free.
Season pass holders can use their 2018-19 passes, according to the access rules published with each product and are welcome to pick up their pass or get a new photo starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
In the base area, opening weekend operations will be staged out of West Village, where services offered will include equipment rentals & tuning, food & beverages, a limited set of lesson options and the Gravity Sports shop.
Mt. Bachelor’s Nordic Center will also be open Saturday and Sunday with a portion of its upper Nordic trails groomed for cross country skiers.
Sledding is not allowed in the Mt. Bachelor permit area, but snow play enthusiasts are invited to enjoy Mt. Bachelor’s Snowblast Tubing Park this weekend with $10 walk-up tubing tickets.
With the imminent opening, Mt. Bachelor’s winter Uphill Travel Policy is now in effect. The only hiking route open to climbers is the Cinder Cone route from West Village. All other areas of Mt. Bachelor are currently closed to hiking.
Looking ahead, Mt. Bachelor will be closed next Monday through Thursday as the resort awaits more snowfall and prepares more lifts and terrain for a potential opening on Friday, November 30.
For daily updates on snowfall totals and projected operations, visit www.mtbachelor.com .
Hoodoo ski area near Santiam Pass, meanwhile, doesn’t have enough snow to open yet, but it reports 8.5 inches of snow in the past 24 hours for a 9.3-inch base, at 32 degrees and southwest winds at 22 mph.
