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Mt Hood Summer Ski Camps May 2008 Newsletter
SNOW REPORT
On May 14 Timberline is reporting 204 inches
of snow at Lodge elevation (6200') with
much more up on the Palmer Snowfield.
Yeah, 204 inches and it's the middle of
May! We are excited to get going
with our first Summer session, that
begins in 10 days. We still
have an estimated 2-3 feet of snow on
our camp soccer field, elevation 3200
feet. Soccer and ultimate frisbee
might have to move down to our picnic
place at Wildwood park the first couple
of sessions if this snow sticks around.
30 YEAR CAMP ANNIVERSARY
This year marks our 30th year in
business. 3 decades and
approximately 30,000 camper alumni and
counting. The first year of operation in
1978, we had 13 campers. Those 13
campers were a ski team made up of
mostly downhill racers from the east
coast that coach Mike Annett (camp
director) brought with him to try out
the newly-built Palmer summer chairlift.
The following year, Mike added a couple
more sessions to the mix, and over time
it grew into the year round ski and
snowboard camp we see today.
COHO LODGE
Our 2nd lodge will look quite a bit
different from last summer. Wall
to Wall carpet has been installed in all
the dorm rooms, new shelving units in
the hallways, and plans to turn the
basement into a recreation room.
We'll also have a half dozen or so video
review stations for coaches to sit down
with their campers for extensive daily
video analysis.
Here's a May 14 photo of our soccer field with 2-3 feet of snow left.
