This actually took place July 25th.
> I have been a member of the Mt Hood Ski Patrol (Oregon) for the last
> 25 years. Timberline Ski area has skiing year round. Last Saturday I
> was scheduled to patrol at Timberline. Since our weather has been
> clear and warm (85 to 95) I decided to take the Tiger skiing, I have
> not done that for over 20 years and never in the summer. I met a
> friend of mine at 5:20 AM and we drove to Timberline arriving at 6:15
> AM. The only difficulty was a little overheating the last stretch to
> the lodge. The elevation goes from 4000 feet to 6000 feet in 6 miles.
> The Tiger is tuned for and normally driven around the Portland area
> (under 500 foot elevation).
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> The skiing was great but hot by the time we quite at 1:30 PM. We ski
> at 8000 foot on a glacier. Snow was firm and fast in the morning and
> sloppy by quitting time. Who skis in the summer? Every day up to 25+
> ski and snowboard camps including many international ski teams.
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> Left Timberline at 2:30 PM. The lodge parking lot was FULL of tourist.
> We got a lot of strange looks and a number of thumbs up as we left the
> area, skis sticking out of the car from between the seats. It was a
> great day for driving and skiing.
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> | Dave Wedeking
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> | david.wedeking@merix.com 1967 Sunbeam Tiger Mk 1A
> | 503-992-4450 B382002420
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