Weather update! Looks like this may be an every day weekend! How could we possibly pass up clear sunny skies? whew! I am thinking yes on Friday night and DEFINITELY Saturday! Chime in if you want to come.

Kewl and the Gang

	Days 0-3 Timberline Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 46°F on Fri morning, min 32°F on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.									Days 4-6 Timberline Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 43°F on Sat morning, min 32°F on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
Metric Imper.	Tue 13 after- noon	Tue 13 night	Wed 14 morn- ing	Wed 14 after- noon	Wed 14 night	Thu 15 morn- ing	Thu 15 after- noon	Thu 15 night	Fri 16 morn- ing	Fri 16 after- noon	Fri 16 night	Sat 17 morn- ing	Sat 17 after- noon	Sat 17 night	Sun 18 morn- ing	Sun 18 after- noon	Sun 18 night	Mon 19 morn- ing
Wind (mph)
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Snow in	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rain in	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max °F	37	34	43	39	36	43	41	36	46	41	37	43	41	36	43	39	36	39
Min °F	32	32	39	36	36	39	37	36	41	37	37	39	36	36	39	36	32	36
WChill °F	21	23	34	30	32	37	34	30	37	32	34	32	27	25	30	28	25	30
Freezing level (ft)	12300	12100	12100	12500	12500	12600	12500	12600	12600	12600	13000	13000	12800	13100	13100	13100	12800	11600

January 3, 2009

Snowboarder Chronicles 1-9-09

Well board fans, here we are again! This weekend was a short stint to the mountain on Friday after school got out for "NIGHT SNOWBOARDING!" SaaWeet!

Trip Mates for Night Boarding were:

Keri-Lyn

Jordan

Austin

Randy

The drive to was unbelievable as you can see by the pics! Check out the sky and the moon and even some pics of the mountain!

The trip was just myself and the kids and Randy! The kids slept most of the way up there when they werent bickering, so that was nice! :) Once we got there and took a look at the mountain, everyone was roaring to go! What a beautiful site!

We only made 3-5 runs this time, but they were worth it. None of us were used to being up late and exerting that much energy! Jordan managed to bite it once and took quite a spill. I think she is still recovering!

I managed to fall just once, but the snowboard gods punished me x12 for that! I was testing out a new set of bindings on this trip and boy were they tough! I think I will love them once I use them more!

Randy did fantastic once he adjusted his board. I didn't see him take any hard falls! Good news!

On our way up to the lodge to get on our way, I stopped to call Austin to get him headed my way and a snowboarder coming from the opposite direction (the lodge) managed to not be able to stop at full speed and took me out. Uuugh... painful. I think he gave me a concussion at the very least as I am still feeling the pain of the aftershock. Ah well, the price you pay for fun! That crash was enough for me for the weekend though so we called it a weekend from there.

More nightboarding to come, more dayboarding to follow! Anyone interested in an adults only trip to nightborading at Skibowl? Feel free to let me know! It is fantastic up there!

See the New Pics up at:

http://s367.photobucket.com/albums/oo112/kdjakubs/Snowboarding%201-09-09/

You still have access to the archives from previous days at:

http://s367.photobucket.com/albums/oo112/kdjakubs/

Board Free!

Keri-Lyn and the Gang

Snowboarding Chronicles - Weekend of January 2&3-2009

So here goes our first try at "The Snowboard Chronicles".

Trip mates for these days were:

Keri-Lyn Jakubs - both Friday and Sat

Jordan Jakubs - both Friday and Sat

Austin Jakubs - both Friday and Sat

Randy "Poppy" Kohlschmidt - Saturday Only

Kelsy French-Holland - both Friday and Sat

Brian Fitch - Friday Only

Friday, January 2, 2009

http://s367.photobucket.com/albums/oo112/kdjakubs/Snowboarding%201-02-09/

We managed to make it out of the house a bit late, about 7:20am. Had to make the coffee run as I didn't have the time in the am to get up and mak my own so that also put us back a few minutes, but we still got on the road!

We decided to take pictures for posterity on the trips we take to the mountain going forward so all of you are welcome to share in our journeys. This trip, we knew that Highway 26 was closed and we would have to make the decision to go Highway 35 up from Hood River or take Marmot Road, we choose the latter. What a beautiful, yet windy detour. The area received so much snow and was white covered for miles! Unfortunately for local inhabitants, the temperature was 37 degrees and causing a mass amount of runoff, so we saw and drove through many mini-rivers on our way through. The bridge was being worked on over the Sandy River, so a stoplight had been installed to cross the 1-lane bridge. It did take us roughly 45 minutes longer to get to the mountain than usual. But, we made it!

We finally arrived at the mountain at 10:30 ish only to find that Timberline had closed for the am shift due to a power outage and sending their lift operators home. They didnt plan on re-opening until Night Shift started at 4pm. Ooof! This was Brian's first time out snowboarding, so we had hoped he hadnt made the trip in vain. So we pack up and head out to SkiBowl. I am driving and turn left instead of right to go to SkiBowl on 26 and that takes us another 10-15 minutes to fix. :) Ah Well, I had never been there! When we got to SkiBowl, it was packed with all of the skiiers and boarders that were planning to go to Timberline! The lines were pretty long to get passes for the group members that didnt have them. It took us about 40 minutes to get passes and boards for them and off we went!

The proficient kiddos went on up the mountain, and Brian and I stayed at the rope tow for some "How to's". When he was ready to get off the practice slope, we took him on up the lift to the Lower Bowl. It took him a bit, but he finally got his legs under him and did fairly well for a first timer. There is video footage of a few of his trials.

Kelsy recorded this was her best snowboarding day ever! She was confident, she stayed on her feet and she really enjoyed the mountain!

The kids were flying down the mountain! Austin was playing in the rail park, pictures and video are on the site! Jordan and Kelsy were taking the mountain by storm! By 2 everyone was in need of food and rest so we went to the lodge for foodage! At 2:30 or so, the snow started dumping up there and gave us even MORE powder! Great news! by the time we got back on the mountain, it had slowed up and we could enjoy the powder. Austin had broken his goggles, so I had given him mine - needless to say I was thankful the snow has slowed. :) We stayed until 6ish and then headed home. The roads were covered in snow and ice from the days storm and driving on 26 to the detour was slow going. The detour took us an extra hour or more to get home this time because of the one lane bridge, but we made it safe. Just in time to turn around and do it again!

Day two - January 2, 2009

http://s367.photobucket.com/albums/oo112/kdjakubs/Snowboarding%201-03-09/

***New PIcs and Videos Added***

Randy made it to the house on time of course, yet we still managed to make it out late. This time about 7:30 ish. No coffee stop today! Gotta get up there!

We took tons of pics of the ride today, including the detour for the album. That said, we even managed to take a detour on the detour. The sign had been wrong on one of the ODOT checkpoints and we (and a hundred other folks in a line of cars) all went the wrong way. Thank goodness ODOT found us and turned us all around! No telling where we would have ended up! So there are extra pics of the beautiful back country.

We made it to SkiBowl today at a decent time, roughly 9:30ish and hopped to it! We had to get Kels her rental boots, but other than that, it was on!

There was no snow or wind in the forecast and the sun came out and shined its little head. It was a GORGEOUS day!

We hit the Lower Bowl first and decided today that Austin would have a lift riding partner since he was the odd man out yesterday so Poppy rode with Austin. This was the first time I had ridden the lift at SkiBowl alone, ick...what a sickening feeling! Those chair lifts have no arms or guards to hold you in, just regular ole' chair lifts....ha ! not for the faint of stomach! I made it, no problem!

Today was pretty uneventful! No one fell hard or got hurt. Everyone had their boarding legs! It was wonderful. We took plenty of videos, pics and mental shots of where we want to go next! The kids decided to venture on to the Upper Bowl and Jordan took plenty of pics and videos there. She has added videos of Austin and Kels as well as a ton of beautiful pics from the top. It is really an amazing site! Have a look!

By 6pm we were ready to get home! Such a wonderful day. Lots of new experiences! We made it back around 9 or so and met Grandma Katie for dinner that the "Rock" pizza place by the new Freddies off Camas Hwy. Great Pizza!

I am not sure where we will go next weekend. Likely to both SkiBowl and Timberline, but I will keep you posted.

I will be asking the kids for their input to the chronicles going forward, so expect some fun!

Board Free!

Keri-Lyn and the Gang

Snowboarding Pics 1-03-09// The Snowboarders Chronicles

For the boarders and our friends!

Alright Kids, so it looks to be shaping up to a quite crappy week for the bowl. Temps above freezing with Freezing rain, ick - double ick! BUT the clouds thicken and get colder with Snow on Thursday into Friday so lets hope the weeks end pulls in a good rake for snow. At least Friday night maybe? Timberline on the other hand looks like it is raking in the snow this week, so we know we are going for sure at this point. The where will be the question!!!! Ill keep an eye out and keep you posted! We may go both Friday and Saturday, Ill let you know soon! RSVP if this weekend is on for you and what day you prefer?

Pics from today are up! http://s367.photobucket.com/albums/oo112/kdjakubs/Snowboarding%201-03-09/

Keri-Lyn

6 Day Weather Forecast for Mt Hood Ski Bowl at 3566 ft altitude, issued (local time): 3 pm 03 Jan 2009

	Days 0-3 Mt Hood Ski Bowl Weather Summary: A moderate fall of snow heaviest on Sun night. Turning milder with heavy rain (total 1.3in), heaviest during Tue morning . Freeze-thaw conditions (max 36°F on Tue morning, min 19°F on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Sun night).									Days 4-6 Mt Hood Ski Bowl Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 2.3in), heaviest during Tue night. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Thu afternoon . Freeze-thaw conditions (max 41°F on Wed afternoon, min 30°F on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Wed night, light winds from the E by Fri morning).
Metric Imper.	Sat 03 after- noon	Sat 03 night	Sun 04 morn- ing	Sun 04 after- noon	Sun 04 night	Mon 05 morn- ing	Mon 05 after- noon	Mon 05 night	Tue 06 morn- ing	Tue 06 after- noon	Tue 06 night	Wed 07 morn- ing	Wed 07 after- noon	Wed 07 night	Thu 08 morn- ing	Thu 08 after- noon	Thu 08 night	Fri 09 morn- ing
Wind (mph)
Summary	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	heavy snow	heavy rain	light snow	light snow	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	clear
Snow in	-	-	-	0.4	5.1	-	0.4	1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	0.4	-
Rain in	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	-	-	-	-
Max °F	25	21	27	28	30	34	34	32	36	37	39	39	41	41	34	34	32	37
Min °F	25	19	23	27	28	32	32	32	36	36	37	39	39	36	34	32	30	34
WChill °F	19	14	12	12	14	18	19	19	25	25	27	28	28	25	23	21	25	30
Freezing level (ft)	2000	0	1600	3100	3400	5200	4800	4400	6100	6400	7400	8000	7700	6700	3900	3900	3400	620

6 Day Weather Forecast for Timberline at 6693 ft altitude, issued (local time): 3 pm 03 Jan 2009

	Days 0-3 Timberline Weather Summary: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 28°F on Tue morning, min 9°F on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, near gales from the WSW by Sun night).									Days 4-6 Timberline Weather Summary: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 32°F on Tue night, min 23°F on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SW on Wed night, light winds from the NNE by Fri morning).
Metric Imper.	Sat 03 after- noon	Sat 03 night	Sun 04 morn- ing	Sun 04 after- noon	Sun 04 night	Mon 05 morn- ing	Mon 05 after- noon	Mon 05 night	Tue 06 morn- ing	Tue 06 after- noon	Tue 06 night	Wed 07 morn- ing	Wed 07 after- noon	Wed 07 night	Thu 08 morn- ing	Thu 08 after- noon	Thu 08 night	Fri 09 morn- ing
Wind (mph)
Summary	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	light snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	snow shwrs	clear	clear
Snow in	-	-	-	0.4	6.3	2.4	0.8	2.4	2.4	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.8	2.4	0.4	-	-	-
Rain in	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max °F	14	14	19	21	27	23	25	25	28	28	32	32	32	32	23	25	25	30
Min °F	14	9	18	21	23	21	25	23	27	28	28	32	32	25	23	23	25	28
WChill °F	9	3	5	5	3	1	7	5	10	12	12	16	18	9	5	5	9	23
Freezing level (ft)	2000	0	1500	3000	3300	5200	4800	4300	5900	6400	7400	8000	7700	6700	3900	3900	3400	6200