Mount Hood closes for summer skiing

By Published On: August 2nd, 2015Comments Off on Mount Hood closes for summer skiing

The last official day of public summer skiing on Timberline’s Palmer Snowfield is Aug. 2, Timberline Lodge announced during the closing days of July. The area missed its intended goal of staying open through mid-August this summer.

“It is remarkable that we have been able to provide such a great product as long as we did this summer, considering the low snow year and hot summer temperatures we’ve been experiencing,” commented area operator Jeff Kohnstamm. “We all owe a debt of gratitude to our wonderful mountain crew.”

The ski area, which typically receives well over 400 inches of snow each winter, boasts the longest ski season in North America and typically operates on a daily basis through Labor Day. This past winter however, the ski area received only 297 inches of snow, (measured at the 6,000-foot level of the Lodge) and never got the late spring dump of 100-plus inches that normally ensures a long summer season.

The last time Timberline had an abbreviated summer ski season was in 2005, when skiing went until Aug. 18.

Release courtesy of Timberline, photo courtesy of Mount Hood Summer Ski Camps

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