What media has the most influence on your winter sports equipment buying decision(s)? (Drag and drop...-Other-TEXT
trip to the mainland no ski equipment to purchase in Hawaii

Which list/alert/app do you find the most influential?
e-mail updates; newsletters; alerts directly from the individual mountain resorts (e.g. Schweitzer in Idaho is great)
Backcountry, earn your turns, telemark skier , facebook
timberline newsletter,meadows newsletter, skibowl newletter
Individual stores emails such as rei, skjersaa's
My iphone has just died so I cannot look to see the name, sorry
Ski Magazine, Ski areas' email lists, Ski Shop email lists (such as the Mountain Shop, Next Adventure,...)
NOAA web site, local telemetry, ski area web sites. Most are quite poor and not optimized for iOS. Meadows Tweets are great, but Timberline's are very poor.
Fasterskier, SkiTrax and other industry faceBook sites

Please rate the following characteristics for the Oregon ski area that you visit most (1 star = very...-Parking -TEXT
ODOT does a horrible job clearing the parking lots on time.
I am borderline handicap and don't have a handicap pass

Was the primary purpose of the trip to participate in snowsports?-TEXT
Fellowship with ladies from church and biking through trails in Sunriver

What could make Oregon a more attractive ski destination?
It's the best of the best coming from an Olympian!
More resorts allowing skibikes, Mt. Hood resorts allowing skibikes though I do alot of backcountry riding on Hood
Better advertising of the smaller areas, like Anthony Lakes, or Willamette Pass and the like. Great terrain but almost no knows about them unless you are here already.
Ski in/out villages where you can stay at the actual mountain (no driving necessary) and ski to your lodging and walk to the town (similar to Whistler or many places in Colorado).
better snow conditions, MORE POWDER!!! BETTER GROOMING
Fine dining, good shopping, and sweet brew pubs.
Nothing, I enjoyed everyday at the lodge and in the city of Ashland. Everything was more than our expectations and everyone especially on the mountain were very polite and helpful
Drier snow, more up-scale lodging options near the slopes
Cheaper lift access..... More days cheaper lift rates
Nothing. It is already an attractive destination.
steep and deep, good food and good beer and free for kids
Fewer tourists. I don't want more people, more traffic and longer lines, thank you.
More advertisement for resorts in travel guides, it just needs to be more known outside of Oregon that we have some potentially awesome ski days at great resorts
afordable lodging for family closer to the ski resorts.
more snow, lower prices, cheaper gas, tubing parks at all locations
More lodging and night life available closer to the ski resorts
Better snow condisions. more coupons or promotions.
It would be great if the lodges that are at the resorts would accomodate the amount of people that are their on the weekends and holidays. It is way too crowded and difficult finding places to sit. Maybe having more lodging options near Mt. Hood Meadowsthat are affordable. Keep up the packages for children and adults skiing. It is very costly, but when the resorts have deals it makes it more attractive to go.
It is already a great place to ski. Mt Bachelor has wonderful long, wide groomed runs. (The weather was great and the visibility also.) I would like it if Mt Hood Meadows would have more and wider groomed runs especially on weekdays.
Better conditions for longer (I know there's not much we can do about that)
Resorts on the mountain! Timberline is the only opportunity Oregonians have to be able to ski in and ski out. If there were lodging at other Oregon destinations many riders would simply stay on the mountain rather than add to the congestion traveling onand off every day!
Groom more black diamonds at Mt Ashland.
Provide better food at lower cost on the mountain. Tired of paying $10.00 for a burger you could buy at Macdonalds for $2.50.
We ski Timberline during summer holidays, so deals on multi-day lift tickets would be great! Also ski hills here in British Columbia have recipricol passholder deals and passholders at Big White Ski Resort here in British Columbia (our home resort) have areements with several resorts in Washington State giving passholders a 25% off deal on lift tickets. We love Timberline, and would ski there anyways, but a discouted lift ticket is always appreciated!!!!!!!!!
More on the mountain accommodations similar to Timberline Lodge
Cheaper fuel prices and cheaper lift ticket prices
Smaller crowds on holidays. More brewpubs. Good workout facilities & other athletic options in case the weather's bad.
If Mt Bachelor executives kept the customers' needs or wants in mind when making an operational decision. Have none of them actually been customers at other ski areas any time in their lives???
high speed lifts at SkiBowl, more frequent shuttle service between Govy and Timberline
Hard to say. Possibly bigger entertainment and events at the mountains.
It is home and probably the only place that I am likely to go to ski for now.
I don't think there is any way Oregon could be a more attractive ski destination!
More ski resorts with a hotel next to the ski runs
Better lift ticket deals/kids ski free passes on Mt. Hood.
I can find fault with any of the places I've been in Oregon. Each is different, which is nice. Perhaps if you emphasized spring skiing more. My wife and I have not had good experiences on the mountain with either snow conditions or weather during the winer. Our best times have been during the Spring the past few years.
cheaper lift tickets for Oregon residents more events for cheaper ski tickets (rotary ski day, Make a hero, Mt b's $25 charity tix, Warren Miller deals) better snow conditions
Bachelor could open the carpet up to general public so I could take my 2 year old skiing there. Otherwise I think snow conditions are a huge thing that is sort of unpredictable. We like Sunriver because it is a good long weekend trip and is really family riendly. We do have a budget and aren't looking for frills so any place that is nice and caters well to families with small children is good for us.
Update day lodges, more ski terrain, longer ski runs
Better cell phone service, especially with AT &T
Better weather during Christmas break :)
Better snow, better resort terrain, and more predictable weather patterns. Oregon has some great skiing but it takes a lot more commitment to get to the destinations and too often I find myself trying to figure out a plan C or D to deal with what was't advertised/forecasted.
Ski-in / ski-out lodging, ... or at least lodging within walking distance of the lifts. Ski areas in British Columbia have it right. See Apex, Silver Star, Big White, Sun Peaks, Panorama, Kimberley, Kicking Horse, Revelstoke, etc. Many of them even have$20 per bed hostel lodging that is almost ski-in/ski-out.
Family packages of ski lift tickets, kid's lessons & food/drink
More "cross passes" between areas. Mt. Hood areas have "fusion" etc. -- it'd be great to have a state-wide option!
Kids ski free to say age 10 or 12. We've cut our ski days in half since Hoodoo lowered it's age for cheeper/ree kids tickets. We ski out of state and kids still ski free. Since we pay for both kids to ski now we have stopped eating at the lodge and ski lesons.
Less expensive lift tickets. Drier conditions
I think Oregon would be a better ski destination if we could some how / some way connect the ski areas to the lodging entities and the lodging entities to the airports. If people could fly into Portland, Redmond, or Eugene, and get to their lodging ... ad then onto the mountains, more people might be interested in coming to our ski resorts for destination visits.
AFFORDABLE LIFT TICKETS! Skiing used to be fun and affordable. Now it's out of control. I only ski when I find deals.
Better parking in Government Camp. Get the gondola to Ski Bowl and Timberline built. I avoid Meadows because of the parking and all the accidents on Hwy 35. Too much hassle at Meadows if you don't arrive by 8:30am. Create a DECENT iOS app that include push notifications for traffic incidents, weather, web cams, accurate weather reports, etc. Meadows' Tweets are great, but the other on Mt. Hood are lacking.
Cheaper lift tickets for Oregon residents.
Lift tickets need to be more affordable for the average college student. Ticket prices are becoming unreasonable.
Better transportation from off mountain lodging to the mountain. Buses from Bend are often over crowded and no longer stop at some of the lodging.
Better Package deals including lifts and lodging.
We love visiting central Oregon in all seasons. The only thing that would make it more attractive is beyond our control: good weather on the mountain! We appreciate all the skiing specials offered by Mt Bachelor, like the spring specials and online disounts for pre-purchasing lift tickets.
Dining options that are good, not too spendy
Oregon is already a great ski destination for all who choose to come here. We have what folks need. The snow comes as it will and the weather causes it to be wet or dry. We are not in control. Just come and enjoy. : )
lodging at the resort, more terrain available (Bachelor--if they ran all their chairs on a more regular basis)
Rates for locals, more ski and stay packages, multi-area ski pass (beyond Fusion)
Closer lodging to destination (i.e. Hoodoo and Willamette Pass)
More resorts and more lodging at more ski places.
Better transportation from Portland metro area to Mt. Hood and Bachelor
Lower lift ticket and ski lesson prices.
Volcanic eruption creating a new ski area with 4,000' vertical. OR has great ski options, but for the big stuff one has to travel out of state. Also some areas, such as UT or CO, work better when meeting family or friends who are located around the counry. SLC is probably the best for flying in and having numerous ski options.
More customer friendly operations of resort. Better services. Better lift operations. Improved lifts.
Better snow and weather Better terrain at small resorts Public transportation
Better lift ticket deals -- e.g. discount ticket packs good for any person any day of the season. I would buy 5-10 daysfor Ski Bowl and 10 - 20 days for Bachelor in addition to my Willamette Pass season pass.
I love Oregon and am excited to check out ski destinations further afar. Next trip is Anthony Lakes.
For Willamette Pass, they could put in a snow board park.
The only thing that would make it perfect is predictable weather with light powder snow--but that's not within our control.
Cheaper lodging, more proffesional customer service,larger lodges
Longer runs on the mountains. Better accommodation facilities -- especially in the Mt. Hood area -- closer to the mountain. More places to stay over in Govt. Camp and an overnight place at Meadows.
Better highways to the resorts. (more highway), Better food at the mountain, less expensive, More parking and buses to the resort doors. I don't think you can do much about Mother Nature
Greater availability of ski lift deals, e.g. buy 5 passes and use them any time during the season.
Mt Bachelor needs a consistent rate - the color system is nuts and frustrating when it drops during a bad day when you already paid full price. Ski Bowl could really use a triple chair so one parent with two kids can safely handle them on the lifts. I've loved the night and spring pass deals for local mountains. A Fusion Night pass to timberline and SkiBowl would ROCK! A BOGO once in a while for Mt. Bachelor would make me come frequently. They didn't even particpate in Shell this year - with two kds I can only afford to ski one day a week so the ski free deal disappointed me.
Not much -it's just a long drive for us!
MORE SPECIAL OFFER'S OR FAMILY DISCOUNTS.
cheaper lilft tickets, more night skiing,closer lodging
More ski/lodging deals which include all ski resorts on Mt. Hood
Better deals on hotel and mt lift tickets. During my last stay at Seventh Mt. Resort in Bend it was $89 per person per day and it included a lift ticket to the mt. That was an unbeatable deal. The only reason I did not go back again this year was they o longer have that amazing deal. Skiing can be very expensive and to get the most people to go it has to be more economical.
- Oregon-local discounts via packages that range from day trips to weekend and week-long trips (i.e. food discounts when purchase day pass, lodging discounts when purchasing more than one day pass, etc.) - Discounts for being an Oregon state pass holderat mountains other than my usual one. Thinking of spending more money to ski, when we own passes, restricts us from traveling to other mountains as much as we like to. - Mt. Bachelor being managed better. The quantity of disgruntled locals is the worst 've seen it, and I've been a pass holder for a decade. It makes us more eager to ski Willamette and HooDoo since we won't be getting Bachelor passes next year.
Better weather and bigger ski areas with more challenging terrain. Good luck with that! Slopeside accomodations would help but we locals wouldnt want to see it destroy the public land.
A Gondula or sky bus that connects Govy to skibowl to timberline to mt hood meadows and a pass that covers all 3