Mt Bachelor opened today for the first time this season. Only two lifts were operating (Pine Martin Express and Sunshine Accelerator). It turned out to be a beautiful day on the mountain with the sun shining through for most of the day, and just a light cloud cover. Very cold though (temps in the signal digits) and the base still needs a lot of snow to cover up the rocks and trees still poking through. Overall it was a great first day (lots of energy and excitment).
Here is a photo on the way up the mountain this morning.
It's great to finally see skiers on the mountain. I heard complaints about exposed rocks, but for the most part it seemed everyone was happy to be hitting the slopes.
This shot was taken at about 2:00. Only a quarter of the parking lot was full.
