Back To The Woods

Beautiful day today; sunny and cool. Headed out to the hills to ride around and see what I could see. I spent most of the day on old logging roads. The legs are in fair shape from lots of snowboarding but not quite ready for two or three thousand feet of climbing. Checked out a … Read more

Snowboard Mission

For everyone involved in the potential upcoming snowboard project; it looks like either Mammoth or Bachelor, probably Mammoth. Depends on the weather and everyone’s commitments should something else come up; looks like lots of potential for south swell action. I’ll post general info here; email or call for details.

Mt. Hood Meadows; Worst Ski Resort in America?

The 2009-10 snowboard season came to a sudden an unexpected end on March 18. Shortly after a couple hours shooting photos of the Revolution Tour; I was informed by the lift operator on the Cascade lift to report to the Ski Patrol at the top of the lift. When I got there; the head ski … Read more

More Revolution Tour Photos

The Revolution Tour Boardercross competition was held on March 18. While the halfpipe competition was held in blizzard conditions; today was blue skies and bright sun. Photos of the Boardercross qualifying runs are on the Snowboarding page of the WatermanAtWork.com website.

Revolution Tour Snowboarding

The Revolution Tour rolled through Oregon at Mt. Hood Meadows today; safe to say the USA has some hot up and coming pipe riders. The competitors in this tour are thirteen years old and older; the Olympic champions of 2014 may have been riding today. The weather was typical Oregon; as soon as the competition … Read more

Seasons Changing

After a week of pretty heavy snowfall; the weather up on Mt. Hood is getting warmer and wetter. Weekdays see fewer and fewer skiers and snowboarders. Weekends are still crowded and the last week of March; Spring Break will be crowded; then after that it will probably only be a couple weeks left before Mt. … Read more

Blizzard

Today we are having a major late winter snowstorm. The snow level is pretty high; about 4500′; but above 5000′ it is really snowing. Might be close to a foot on Mt. Hood by the end of the day today and into tomorrow. The bulk of the snow falling at night will be a good … Read more

One More Powder Day

Today was a typical day on Mt. Hood; snowing, sunny, windy and cloudy; all at the same time. A cold storm moved in from the northwest bringing 3-4″; maybe a little more in some spots; of light, fluffy snow; something we have not seen much of in this El Nino year. Always nice to have … Read more

New Kayak Fishing Wear Webpage

The kayak fishing season is right around the corner; if the weather continues like it’s been going we’ll be trout fishing in the backcountry lakes and smallmouth bass and walleye fishing in the Columbia in a couple weeks. Time to get the kayaks and fishing gear ready to go. There is a new Kayak Fishing … Read more

Windy, Cold Weather Returns

Was looking forward to a solid week of snowboarding with cold temps and new snow; unfortunately; the snow arrived with blustery winds that closed down the top of Mt. Hood Meadows Monday and Tuesday. With more than half the mountain closed; it’s not really worth the drive up for a few inches of new snow. … Read more