Mt. Bachelor received almost 1 foot of fresh snow this morning after a snowy and stormy night in the mountains.
This morning at 6:30am, ski patrol deployed explosives on the resort to clear softer, less compact snow to prepare for skiers later that morning.
“Patrol conducted avalanche mitigation work this morning and the resort opened to guests on time at 9am,” Presley Quon, communications and community relations manager at Mt. Bachelor told the Source.
Snowpack this this winter has been lower than average, Quon said. The average amount of snow Mt. Bachelor has seen over the past decade is 410 inches. The amount of snowpack seen this season is 178 inches.
Although Mt. Bachelor officials stated on the resort’s website that snowpack remains thin, they advise skiers to monitor speed, stay in control, follow the skier responsibility code, remain on open runs and exercise caution. Officials also stated that risk of snow immersion suffocation and falling in tree wells still exists today.
Tree wells are the gap of space underneath a tree’s branches that present risk for people participating in snow sports. When skiers or snowboarders fall in tree wells, they are at risk of becoming immobilized and killed by asphyxiation.
Mt. Bachelor will continue to see stormy snowfall with an accumulation of 4 to 6 inches of snow throughout the day. Snow flurries on the slopes decrease visibility, so officials advise skiers to pack accordingly.
“This snowfall has been really uplifting for our employees, passholders and visitors,” Quon says. “We hope to open Summit this weekend, conditions permitting. Teams will be out there assessing conditions and preparing the lift as soon as this storm moves out.”
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