All Things Snowrider in PDX and OR

Coming up next Tuesday Night (January 10th) at Ski Bowl is our first of two Tele Tuesday events (the second event is Feb 21st). Tele Tuesday is a fundraiser for The Friends of the NW Weather and Avalanche Center.
The Mountain Shop will be set up from 5 PM to 9 PM demoing the latest Telemark and Alpine Touring equipment. At 7 pm we will also have Telemark lessons available for beginning and intermediate level skiers provided by WyEast Nordic. Also at 7PM we will have a uphill/downhill race. The uphill/downhill event (known in some circles as a rando race) is open to all disciplines, Telemark, Nordic (if you are brave enough to ski off the top of the upper bowl on skinny skis), Alpine Tourers and Splitboarders.

New for this year at Tele Tuesday’s is a Avalanche transceiver demo from 5-7pm. Avalanche instructors from Timberline Mountain Guides and Mountain Savvy will be on hand to help participants check out the latest avalanche transceivers. We also will have Terminal Gravity beer on tap in the A-frame (Outback Lodge) for $3 a pint with the proceeds going to the Snowrider Project. We will move up to the Bierstube at 10 pm for a raffle and prizes for the race.

All event participants must purchase a lift ticket from Ski Bowl or have an active pass. Registration for the race, demo, and lessons goes from 5 pm to 6:30 pm. Event fees are as follows.

$10 for ski and avalanche transceiver demo
$15 for uphill/downhill race
$25 for Telemark lessons

See you up on the mountain!

*Thank you to Pail Design, Jim Richardson Photography, Walt Murphy, Smokey The Bear and Isa G for their work on the poster!*

C’mon up to Ski Bowl Tuesday February 8th and support The Northwest Weather & Avalanche Center and The Snowrider Project PDX. There will be a judged Telemark freestyle competition in the upper bowl, telemark & alpine touring demos galore and $2 pints of Terminal Gravity IPA with your own cup. See you then.

Cold temperatures, uphill-downhill randonée racing, fundrasing, fine brew and friends…oh my!

Hi all

We are set for Tele Tuesday TONIGHT Tuesday, Jan 11th at Ski Bowl from 5-9pm. This is our 10th year and we are expecting great conditions. The money raised from the demo, race and lessons goes toward the Friends of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center.

We have Telemark and Alpine Touring ski demos lined up from Black Diamond, G3, Dynafit (AT), Ski Trab(AT), K2, Voile,Madshus, and more. We have Telemark and AT boots from dynafit, Black Diamond, and Scarpa. Unfortunately we did not procure the NTN set ups from Rottefella.

We are putting on the uphill/Downhill a randonée style race (with skins) to the top of the Canyon Run on the upper bowl and back down to the start at the demo area by the A-frame (outback lodge).

$3($2 with your own pint glass) pints of Terminal Gravity IPA will be on tap in the A-Frame to those 21+ with a valid i.d.

We will have telemark lessons for beginners and intermediates provided by Wyeast Nordic.

Check out The Mountain Shop for more info on rates and event times.

Spread the word and I hope to see you TONIGHT!

Jeremy Rooper
Mountain Shop
628 NE Broadway
Portland, OR 97232
503 288-6768

Be there.

Prepare thyself Portland, Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington. Powderwhore Productions aka The Howell Bros. arrive in Portland Thursday, October 21st at the Kennedy Schoool with their 6th and latest film TeleVision.

Please join us early. The film starts at 7pm. Sponsors of the Snowrider Project raffle include Black Diamond, CiloGear, Cobra Dogs, Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, The Mountain Shop, Next Adventure, Patagonia, Shuler Surfboards, Timberline Lodge, Voodoo Doughnuts and YoBeat. The ‘gold raffle ticket’ holder will receive a Mt. Hood Fusion Pass. That’s right, spend a few bucks on raffle duckets and you just might go home with a season pass to both Timberline and Mt. Hood Ski Bowl. Hot damn!

This year’s show is all ages. A large thank you goes out to all our sponsors and volunteers who definitely aren’t tossers.

“TeleVision’s” highlight reel delivers the finest backcountry powder skiing from classic big-mountain arenas around the world. This yearʼs feature includes huge Alaskan lines in the Chugach ripped to shreds by the lovely and talented Megan Michelson, Telemark World Champion Paul Kimbrough, and young phenom Jake Sakson. Resident Powderwhores Noah Howell and Jason West take care of business as usual on their home slopes of the Wasatch Mountains. Another successful trip to the remote peaks of Haines, Alaska, puts Nick Devore, Andy Jacobsen, Will Cardamone, and Chris Erickson on top of the steepest lines ever touched by telemark skis. Andrew McLean, Noah Howell, Jim Harris, and Courtney Phillips venture deep into Alaska’s Revelation Mountains to explore and ski first descents. Ty Dayberry flips and spins his way back onto the screen as only he can do. And of course, we deliver our deepest powder feast ever, starring Paige Brady, Will Cardamone, Chris Erickson, and Jake Sakson, all smothered by the greatest snow on earth. Pre-order now at www.powderwhore.com DVDʼs ship Oct 1st.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Jeremy at the Mountain Shop informed us recently of the 2010 Tele Tuesday dates at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl:

Jan. 12th, Feb 9th for Tele Tuesday. We will do the uphill/downill on Jan 12th
and the classic race (gates) on Feb 9th.

The first event is open for tele and AT, The second is a tele race.

Set up 4:00-5:00
Telemark & AT Ski Equipment Demos 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Telemark Skiing Instructional Clinics 7:00PM – 8:30PM
Telemark Races 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Tele Tuesdays are a lot of fun and coincide with Ski Bowl’s Lady’s Night were dames ski for cheap. $14 we think but don’t quote us. The Snowrider Project will be there with bells on, tabling and carrying on. Who knows, we might even ride a few runs. See you there! Let us know if you have any questions.

Coming soon to a Mt. Hood Ski Bowl lift tower near you…

Jeremy of the Mountain Shop just emailed to announce the confirmed dates for Tele Tuesdays at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl: January 13th, February 3rd & March 3rd.

Be there or be a trapezoid. Tele Tuesday’s are a ton of fun and a great time to check out new gear be it tele skis & boots and/or alpine touring skis, boots, and you name it. If you’ve never telemarked before this is a great place to start with the fun atmosphere and super friendly folks. Think of this as the antithesis of paddling out at Seaside Point. There are fun races(uphill & downhill) and tele clinics galore taught by some of the hottest pinheads this side of Trondheim. Snowrider will be there too tabling and carrying on and possibly even skiing.