Mt. Bachelor hopes to open Thanksgiving weekend -- snow or no snow

           

            Faced with the possibility of breaking a long tradition by not opening for Thanksgiving weekend, Mt. Bachelor has come up with a Plan B.

Tuesday morning, Pine Marten Lodge

             Snow or no snow – at least if not enough to ski safely – Bachelor officials have said they’ll have ski and board shops and a restaurant open Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 4 pm.

            Whether or not a chair will be operating for snow riders will depend on the output of a storm system creeping toward Central Oregon that could possibily dump up to 20 inches as the long holiday weekend begins.

Snow statistics for banner 2012-2013 season

            According to the website J2ski.com, Mt. Bachelor reached a summit snowpack depth high mark of 226 cm (88 inches) in the 2017-2018 season and 457 cm (180 inches) in late April in the bountiful 2016-2017 season.
           Last season's total snowfall was 223 inches while the previous 2016-2017 had 469 inches according to www.onthesnow.com. The worst snow year since the 2008-2009 seasons was 2014-2015 when only 177 inches fell.
            From the 2010-2011 through 2013-2014 seasonal total snowall in inches measured, in consecutive order, 575, 503, 830 and 776, according to onthesnow.com statistics.