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Cascade Mountain Ski Resort
Wisconsin, USA
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| Resort Statistics | | vertical drop: | 460 feet | | summit: | 1,280 feet | | base: | 820 feet | | lifts: | 10 | | trails: | 27 | | longest run: | 5,280 feet |
Snowboarding | | permitted: | Yes | | terrain park: | Yes | | half-pipe: | Yes | | | Snow and Terrain | | annual snowfall: | 60 inches | | snowmaking: | 100% | | skiable area: | 135 acres | | easiest: | 37% | | more difficult: | 19% | | most difficult: | 44% |
Other Activities | | x-country: | No | | snow tubing: | Yes |
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Cascade Mountain Ski Resort News
In Chicago, day-trippers are happy to board the Windy City Ski bus (Pioneer Press)
February 21, 2010 - We emerged out of the predawn darkness, an assortment of not-yet-caffeinated people toting ski clothes and Starbucks cups. Precisely at the scheduled time of 6:15 a.m., a coach bus pulled up, its cushy seats promising a fine nap. At 6:30, we were off, heading to Cascade Mountain on the Windy City Ski bus.
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Not too late; While ski season is on the horizon, mountain biking options remain in Central Oregon through the winter (The Bulletin)
October 30, 2009 - Editor’s Note: This is the final installment in The Bulletin’s Mountain Bike Trail Guide series for 2009.The Central Oregon Cascade Mountains were blanketed with a foot of snow early this week, which means skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling and other winter sports are fresh on the minds of local outdoor enthusiasts.
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Ski patrol always there to help at Cascade Mountain (Portage Daily Register)
March 09, 2009 - They come from all over southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, including from the Chicago area. They hold a variety of "day jobs," from business owners to doctors to sales people.
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Weather a boon to Cascade Mountain, other ski areas (Portage Daily Register)
January 03, 2009 - The more than 100 inches of snow last winter did wonders for reviving the area ski industry, local officials said recently. So far, this year looks to offer more of the same.
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Pine
Marten Express busy at Mount Bachelor
July 23, 2004 - The Register-Guard, Oregon - Willamette Pass isn't the
only ski area in the central Cascade Mountains to operate one of its
lifts during the summer months. Mount Bachelor runs its Pine Marten
Express, which goes from the base area to "mid-mountain" at
about 7,500-feet elevation. However, the Bend-based ski area does not
allow mountain bikes on its lift.
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Boarders
got a break at Baker
February 07, 2004 - Vancouver Sun, Canada - MOUNT BAKER, Wash. -- About 25
years ago, a couple of skiers showed up one morning at this small ski
area in the Cascade Mountains with what looked like small surfboards.
These so-called "snowboards" proved to be an excellent way to
surf in the mountains and, soon, Baker had become a gathering place for
the hardcore snowboard tribe. Today, snowboarders account for 70 per
cent of the ski area's lift ticket sales.
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Skier
, missing for 4 days , found alive
January 05, 2004 - CNN International - SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- A 25-year-old
skier missing for four days and four freezing nights in the central
Cascade Mountains was found alive after rescuers spotted his fresh
tracks by helicopter. "It's unbelievable -- four tough nights in
the teens with no food, no water, just normal ski gear and a
helmet," said King County Sheriff's Lt. Jim Fuda. Dan Witkowski was
"lucid and talking," Fuda said Sunday night.
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Two
Mount Hood ski resorts open today
November 20, 2003 - Salem Statesman Journal, OR - It’s
time to make certain that the tire chains fit snugly and the long johns
aren’t more snug than they were last winter. Two ski resorts on Mount
Hood will open today, with Mt. Bachelor to follow Friday, the result of
a storm that is dropping from Alaska, lowering freezing levels in the
Cascade Mountains of Oregon from 7,500 feet Tuesday to 1,000 feet today.
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