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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 25 > A rough start for Mt. Bachelor

A rough start for Mt. Bachelor

Six weeks into the ski area’s planned turnaround season, Mother Nature hasn’t been very accommodating — and it’s being felt citywide

By Jeff McDonald / The Bulletin
January 25, 2009

Dave Rathbun has seen the good, the bad and the ugly during the first 1½ months of Mt. Bachelor’s 2008-09 season.

Lack of snow delayed opening until Dec. 13, then too much snow made travel over the mountain passes difficult before Christmas.

In early January, an ice storm shut....

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