No one?

The snow is decent, conways park is fun and has a good bit of snow left, mile canyon is barely filled in, Palmer is looking aight, they've been farming and harvesting snow in the windells and hcsc lanes but honestly man you'll have a great time either way, but snow hasn't been the greatest

Cheers man, thanks for replying!

No worries brotha, you chose to come out before the snow gets bad which is a good call. If you see me on hill lets take laps! Elevated tall tee and brown pants

Sounds awesome. I'm Danish, and I'm coming out with my Austrian homie, so we're def down to take some laps and get some pointers on local night life and other cool stuff to do around Hood!

The parks should be pretty prime May 11th. WSC is just a couple of days before that and IMO WSC is when the parks are the best. Have fun. If the weather pukes out just take the day off from skiing and check out some epic waterfalls since that is what the cascades are named for. Too many cool falls to check out in one trip but if you have a full day to hike then silver falls state park is probably the best concentration of falls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Falls_State_Park

They are building parks up on palmer already. They have a halfpipe started and there are some big jumps being built.

I love NS, better than a lonely planet travel guide! If anyone is up for a shred, hit me up!

JibberinoSounds awesome. I'm Danish, and I'm coming out with my Austrian homie, so we're def down to take some laps and get some pointers on local night life and other cool stuff to do around Hood!

night life, haha, obviously never been to hood or govy

Knewnewsnight life, haha, obviously never been to hood or govy

Indeed I have NOT, please enlighten me?

JibberinoIndeed I have NOT, please enlighten me?

nightlife in hood is nonexistent, it is verrrry slow living up here, mostly just smoke dro and kick it after skiing. However charlies bar can be a good time and I'm sure freed would be stoked to show you various strip clubs in portland that he frequents. Park is super fun right now, snowed like a foot last night, lowest I have ever seen it at this time of year but you will have a blast either way

JibberinoIndeed I have NOT, please enlighten me?

Yeah I assume you're camping OP. If you are, nightlife will consist of getting drunk in the woods with your friends and possibly having a fire if it hasn't rained recently or you buy/steal dry wood. Having grown up in MN I felt very at home with this kind of "nightlife." We got really into Beersby when I was there. Our drinking rules got to the point where you were hammered after 1 game.

caucasian_chadYeah I assume you're camping OP. If you are, nightlife will consist of getting drunk in the woods with your friends and possibly having a fire if it hasn't rained recently or you buy/steal dry wood. Having grown up in MN I felt very at home with this kind of "nightlife." We got really into Beersby when I was there. Our drinking rules got to the point where you were hammered after 1 game.

This. Airstrip lifestyle.

Knewnewsnight life, haha, obviously never been to hood or govy

Yeah because Portland isn't super close or anything

can't wait to get there in three weeks.

Portlands for the birds, if you do come out dont go to Portland go somewhere else that's cool. But as for air strip life gotta love it, I did that 4 summers ago... I never left hood haha

Are there a bunch of cconcrete parks in/around Portland besides Burnside?

WillardYeah because Portland isn't super close or anything

Yeah you're not gonna go skiing at T-Line, designate one of your friends a sober driver, drive all the way down to Portland, drink at the bars except for your one DD friend who hates all of you by now, and drive all the way back up to camp. That would be fucking retarded. Plus I heard they only serve drinks you've never heard of before, and PBR.

I'm loving the direction this thread is taking, keep it coming. Either way, we'll be at hood from 11th may till 25th may, lets shred and fuck shit up!

caucasian_chadYeah you're not gonna go skiing at T-Line, designate one of your friends a sober driver, drive all the way down to Portland, drink at the bars except for your one DD friend who hates all of you by now, and drive all the way back up to camp. That would be fucking retarded. Plus I heard they only serve drinks you've never heard of before, and PBR.

I understand if you're down for just a few days to stay in Govy. Honestly though if it's over a week go and explore Portland/Hood River for a day. Or if you wanna skate skip Sandy and go to Gresham/Hood Rivers.

Keep in mind that the sun can really affect the snow this time of year. At some point in May they will shift operations 1 hour earlier and start turning lifts at 8. When the sun is intense it's worth it to get an early start.

Not the best year for snow at hood.

WillardI understand if you're down for just a few days to stay in Govy. Honestly though if it's over a week go and explore Portland/Hood River for a day. Or if you wanna skate skip Sandy and go to Gresham/Hood Rivers.

Well yeah, we went to Punchbowl Falls for a day trip when I was there and skated Hood River, but I wouldn't go to Portland just to go to the bars lol.

hoodcrewnightlife in hood is nonexistent, it is verrrry slow living up here, mostly just smoke dro and kick it after skiing. However charlies bar can be a good time and I'm sure freed would be stoked to show you various strip clubs in portland that he frequents. Park is super fun right now, snowed like a foot last night, lowest I have ever seen it at this time of year but you will have a blast either way

I like to think i spent every hard earned dollar I earned at charlies last august..great place