Mt. Bachelor, Bend, OR

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Martha skiing to the Eurovan!

After a filling homemade pancakes and eggs feast we headed to Mt. Bachelor. It would be one of those storm days where it’s hard to know where you are. Lifts were affected by high winds. We found one upper mountain lift that served some long runs with some treed options. We spend the day here, lapping this lift over and over, sampling varied runs left right of it. The snow deepened each run. Finally, our legs sore, we made our way down to front face and down to the parking lot. We were able to ski right to the van! This was the only photo op of the day given the low visibility above. We then headed down to grab some appetizers and a drink at the Pine Tavern, an old inn by the DeChutes. My friend Dave Rathbun, now COO of Mt. Bachelor met us in town at the local brewery and we caught up along with Doug LaPlaca, formerly of Steamboat, CO who now runs the local tourism association ‘Visit Bend’.  Martha and I then headed to dinner at Zydeco, a trendy place on Bond street. After an exhausting day, it was nice to retreat back to the B&B to get some sleep and ready for the next morning’s trip to Sun Valley.