Mt. Hood Meadows

Name: Mt. Hood Meadows
Address: 14040 Highway 35, Government Camp, OR, 97041, US
Telephone: +15033372222
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.5

Mt. Hood Meadows offers the most spectacular and varied terrain in the NW for skiing and snowboarding. Hood Meadows. Averaging 430 inches of snow, Mt.
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Hood Meadows offers the most spectacular and varied terrain in the Northwest! We have a huge mountain with terrain for everyone, magnificent views and snowfall beyond belief. Our entire staff is committed to providing you with a truly memorable and unique experience that is Mt. Hood Meadows is located 90 minutes away from Portland in the Mt. Hood National Forest offering some of the best big mount

ain terrain for skiers and riders. Featuring 2,150 skiable acres, the accommodating varied terrain is serviced by 11 total lifts, 85 named runs, and a 2,777ft vertical rise. Additional hike-to terrain adds an additional 1,700ft of vertical for ambitious skiers and riders. State certified day care, 12 food service operations, ski and snowboard rental, demo and repair center, 16,000-square-foot sundeck, kid friendly programs, conference room, private lessons, cross country, and snowshoe tours.

11/27/2025

Home.

Meadows from the air, 1974.

📸 Dick Powers Collection

11/26/2025

🚨IMPORTANT OPERATIONS UPDATE!!

While this will likely not come as a huge surprise to anyone who has been watching our Toyota cams or our recent Stories, we do want to officially let everyone know that we will NOT be opening on Nov. 28.

Like a lot of resorts in the West right now, we just do not have enough snow. But don’t worry, we have still had some epic seasons after later starts.

The snow is coming - it’s just a matter of time.

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11/25/2025

We’ve got even more deals for ya this week! 🕺

Don’t forget, this weekend we are offering our highly popular Black Friday Deal down at Meadows PDX. Stop by Friday, Saturday or Sunday and purchase 2 midweek* lift tickets for $109.

There is no limit on the number of tickets you can buy. And better yet, they are transferable - meaning anyone can use them (they will be in voucher format).

*the tickets are for midweek only and are not usable on Peak Days and MLK and Presidents Day Mondays.

Learn more on our Meadows PDX page or hit that link in bio.

11/24/2025

Heads up, time is running out to trade in any used vehicle or buy/lease a new 2025/26 Toyota and receive 2 All Access Season Passes to Meadows!

This deal is only available at participating Oregon/SW Washington Toyota dealerships and ends Dec. 1. Head to our blog (link in bio) to learn more!

We’ll see you on the mountain!

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11/21/2025

All of our chairlifts are unique in their own way, so we want to know, which Meadows chairlift do you think you are?

11/20/2025

Is Cascade Open?

We get that it’s funny to ask, but we actually want to give you some helpful information for the next time you are standing down at the bottom of Cascade and questioning why it is indeed not open. Fun fact: Cascade has actually been open 48% of the days the past two winters.

Typically, Cascade cannot operate during storms because it’s exposed to wind. We also have a visibility issue; above treeline, it’s easy to get lost inside the ping pong ball.

Following a storm, first and foremost, is access. Nothing can be done without first grooming setting a road and digging out the top terminal (during big storms, 20-30 feet of snow can pile up in front of the metal access door). The snow pile can be so big that they call it “The Whale.” If it’s possible, the slope grooming team maintains the road during storm cycles to make access easier once it ends.

Once we have access, lift maintenance needs to check out the lift. If the haul rope got blown around and stopped turning during the storm, they will start de-icing the towers and the haul rope. Imagine scraping 1/4 inch of ice off your windshield. Now times that by 20. That’s the basic idea of how much ice can build up on the chair. The maintenance team climbs to the top of each tower and begins banging on the rime ice by hand. Then they move on to the haul rope, which is ~10,000 feet long. Finally, it is time to get the chairs on and get them turning.

Once grooming has granted access, patrol comes into play. They will pile as many patrollers and as much gear as possible into a transport cat and start doing avalanche mitigation and setting up rope lines. The amount of rope line can stretch up to a mile long and may need to be dug out from beneath feet of fresh snow or built from scratch.

Then the lift ops crew comes in to dig out and build the ramps, do their safety checks and make sure everything is running smoothly.

As you can (hopefully) see, getting Cascade open after a storm requires hundreds of moving parts and a lot of teamwork. But we honestly try to maintain access every.single.day - even if just for an hour (and no, we do not save it for weekends).

**see pinned comment for more info.

11/19/2025

This week's Wayback Wednesday: A photo of our team having to do even more prep work than normal to get Cascade open -- constructing the top terminal!

Meadows, June 1993.

📸 Dick Powers Collection

11/18/2025

For our team member fall orientation that we have every year, we often like to put together a season recap of sorts, featuring clips of pow shots, team members working, special events, and summer operations. Now we're sharing it with you! We hope you enjoy this year's video.

📹 Ben Mitchell
Additional footage courtesy of CJ Hays

11/17/2025

Bringin’ Back Our Black Friday Deal 😎

We’re stoked to officially be offering our Black Friday deal again this season. The main thing to know is we will be selling 2 MIDWEEK lift tickets for $109 down at our Meadows PDX store between Friday, Nov. 28 and Sunday, Nov. 30.

A few other things to keep in mind:

🌟 the lift tickets can ONLY be used Monday through Friday, except Dec. 26 - Jan. 4 and MLK and Presidents Day Mondays (those are Peak Days)

🌟 you can buy as many sets of lift tickets as you’d like and they can be transferred to others (they cannot be resold)

🌟 the lift tickets will be in voucher form and must be redeemed online before use (don’t worry, we have a whole blog on this)

🌟 the deal is only available IN PERSON at our Meadows PDX store. This is a popular sale so expect to wait in line, likely outside (aka dress accordingly).

The Meadows PDX store is open from 10 AM to 6 PM. Once inside, feel free to snag some Meadows merch and to ask our team all of your questions!

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11/14/2025

We are forever grateful to call Mount Hood home 🏔️

The amazing opportunities we have had up here, not to mention the wonderful people we have met along the way, is truly incredible. But sometimes that magic can dim a little and darkness can begin to set in. We understand that mental health can be a touchy subject, but it is a subject we believe in discussing.

And we aren’t alone: after years in the making, Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller has produced a film that tackles the mental health crisis that is sweeping mountain towns across the country.

The Paradise Paradox will be showing twice next week: at Mt. Hood Town Hall on 11/17 at 6 PM and at The Ratskeller on 11/18 at 6 PM. Both showings are free, but seating is limited.

For more information on this topic, please visit STAY, a non-profit foucused on raising awareness about mental health (www.somebodysthinkingaboutyou.org).

🎬 You can watch the trailer for The Paradise Paradox here: https://youtu.be/rfKvJScZJDg?si=VP_Ub-78YJslawGk

11/13/2025

Our terrain park crew is working hard in the shop making sure we have the best features this upcoming winter season 😎

11/12/2025

Send it! Meadows, 1989.

📸 Brian Robb

Kemper Snowboards

Address

14040 Highway 35
Government Camp, OR
97041

Telephone

+15033372222

Website

http://www.SkiHood.com/

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