Fall Camp Conditions Info

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The following was updated 4pm, Wednesday November 28, 2018.

This page will hopefully address most questions about Fall Camp snow and weather Campers (or prospective Campers) will have.

NOAA forecast for Mt. Bachelor trail system.

Mt. Bachelor Nordic weather/snow conditions (winter AM updates only).

Mt. Bachelor Alpine weather/snow conditions (more webcams).

There is now a reported 19" of snow at Mt Bachelor with over a foot of additional snow currently forecast through Saturday on NOAA long-term charts. :-)

There are several snow systems lined up to hit with chances of new snow from tonight all the way to the first couple Camp days. Both daytime and overnight lows are on a downward trajectory which is ideal for Mt Bachelor to progressively add 1-4" of fresh snow every 24-36 hours which historically makes for the best skiing at the mountain.

Even with the new snow piling up, Mt Bachelor management will very likely keep the mountain closed until official re-opening Friday morning of this week to allow the pack (mostly on the alpine side) to build up enough for full operations for the gravity-exclusive folks. Yes, the Nordic side could now be in full operation no worries with this amount of snow, but that's the way it is.

Any campers coming in early from out-of-town, you can still go touring on Dutchman Flat or the closed Cascades Lakes Highway snowmobile road until Thursday -- but do not count on any mountain trails being fresh groomed for any of those days. Touring will probably be better classic, but skating on the highway can be decent if enough snowmobilers head out on the road.

The bottom line of all this is that things look exceptionally good for high quality skiing starting Friday, November 30 for Camp day number one and on into next week. We should see the mountain expand trails groomed daily each day of the first half of the Camp which is always fun as coaches get to explore newly-opened terrain with you each session.

Anyone coming from out of town for the earliest Camp sessions, you are still advised to pack "rock skis" if you have them. Locals are obviously advised the same, but locals are able to more easily change gear on a day-to-day basis as conditions improve. Using rock skis is a normal advisory in the very early season pretty much anywhere you go in the ski world. It's just nice not to have to worry about the odd obstacle getting pulled up by the grooming drags as the early snowfall piles up.

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