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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. 
 

camp director, Mike Annett, getting some air time!
 

Here's a May 14 photo of our soccer field with 2-3 feet of snow left. 

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