Rain days in the winter are lame. When the snow level skyrocketed to 8,000 feet I knew Frosty didn’t have a chance.

What does come out of our temperaturely challenged week is a
solidified snowpack that is good for pushing around with snow cats
making fun park jumps that will hold up in the spring. Just don’t expect to see me at the hill wearing a rain poncho.

This article appears in Jan 8-14, 2009.

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January 7, 2009

<h1>Rain Day</h1> <p class="byline">Intern, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 7, 2009</p> <p>Rain days in the winter are lame. When the snow level skyrocketed to 8,000 feet I knew Frosty didn&#039;t have a chance.</p> <p>What does come out of our temperaturely challenged week is a<br /> solidified snowpack that is good for pushing around with snow cats<br /> making fun park jumps that will hold up in the spring. Just don't expect to see me at the hill wearing a rain poncho.</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bendsource.com/news/rain-day-2132584/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bendsource.com">The Source - Bend, Oregon</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.&nbsp;<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" alt="" width="16" height="16" style="width:1em;height:1em;"></p> <img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=15918" style="width:1px;height:1px;"><script> PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: "https://www.bendsource.com/news/rain-day-2132584/", urlref: window.location.href }); } } </script> <script id="parsely-cfg" src="//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js"></script>

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