Mount Hood ski resorts set tentative openings for ‘respectful season’

Wax your skis, find your jackets and gloves, and get ready to hit the slopes (hopefully soon). The ski resorts on Mount Hood have cautiously announced their planned opening dates, assuming the projected snowfall materializes. Optimism is buoyed by a forecasted storm cycle expected to hit around mid-November. Some are predicting around 17 inches over a 10-day window as temperatures drop further below freezing. That is a welcome change after the smoky summer caused by the nearby Grasshopper Fire (which placed several resorts under evacuation orders). The term has been “Super El Niño.” That kind of storm usually brings warmer weather but also precipitation to the Pacific Northwest. The most recent one in this area was the 2015-16 season, when the mountain got about four feet above average for snow. Experts aren’t sure what the winter weather will look like, but the projected range is anywhere from 70% to 110% of “normal” snowfall.

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