Willamette Pass Resort is a

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in the

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, located at

Willamette Pass Willamette Pass () is a mountain pass crossing the crest of the Cascade Range in Oregon, United States. It is less commonly known as Willamette Summit. The pass is traversed by Oregon Route 58 and by Union Pacific's (ex-Southern Pacific) Casca ...

in west central

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, in Klamath and

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between Oakridge and La Pine and accessed by Highway 58, it operates on federal land under special use permit on the Willamette and

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s. Founded in 1941, the ski area has been locally-owned and operated by the Wiper family of

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since 1982, the year its first

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was installed.

Ski area information

Willamette Pass is best known for having one of the steepest runs in the world, "RTS", which at its steepest point is 52 degrees. It hosted the 1993 Subaru U.S.

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Championships, where a top speed of 111.56 mph (179.54 km/h) was achieved. The area is a popular place for nearby schools to visit, with lessons and plenty of green runs. The lodge has a restaurant, shop, lost-and-found service, and ski and snowboard rentals. Snowshoeing and Nordic skiing activities are also available. Willamette Pass resort entered into a new joint venture wit
Mountain Capital Partners

Resort statistics

Elevation

*Summit: *Base: *Vertical: Willamette Pass summit

Trails

*Skiable area: *Groomable area: *Trails: 29 total
- 20% Beginner
- 45% Intermediate
- 35% Advanced / Expert * Nordic trails: up to groomed *Longest run: "Kaleidoscope/Perseverance" - 2.1 mi (3 km) *Steepest run: "RTS"- up to 52° *Average annual snowfall: *Peaks: 2 **Eagle Peak **Peak 2

Lifts

*6 Total **1 High-Speed Six Pack ''Eagle Peak Accelerator'' ( Doppelmayr CTEC) **4 Triple Chairs ''Sleepy Hollow, Midway, Twilight Lift and Peak 2 Lift'' (

Riblet Tramway Company The Riblet Tramway Company of Spokane, Washington, which operated from 1908 to 2003, was once the largest ski chairlift manufacturer in the world. History The company was founded by Byron Christian Riblet, who was born in Osage, Iowa, in 1865 a ...

) **1 Magic Carpet *Lift capacity: 12,300 skiers per hour

U.S. Ski Team

* Mike Lafferty - 1972 Olympian

References

External links

*
Ski Lifts.org
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