Team Newsletter – 1.8.24

January 8, 2024January 9, 2024 Kenzie Schlangen

Nordic Center The Nordic Center is set to open on Thursday! Nordic is open Thurs - Mon from 8:30a until 4p, with lessons and rentals available in Classic and Skate skiing plus snowshoe trails! Your employee and dependent passes are valid at Nordic, as are rental prices and group lesson benefits! We look forward to seeing all of you down at Nordic this year!

Operations Suspended for Tuesday Jan 9th Team, We have made the decision to suspend operations for tomorrow January 9th due to the extreme weather headed our way. We want to keep our Team members safe at home and it not worth trying to open the resort in these conditions. The weather report is as follows: Snow, possibly mixed with rain and freezing rain, becoming all snow after midnight. The rain, snow, and freezing rain could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow before 9pm, then widespread blowing snow after 11pm. Low around 22. Strong and damaging winds, with a west southwest wind 41 to 46 mph increasing to 55 to 60 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 75 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of 10 to 16 inches possible. Tuesday Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow. Temperature falling to around 20 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -2. Strong and damaging winds, with a west southwest wind 49 to 60 mph, with gusts as high as 80 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 20 to 26 inches possible. Please stay home and stay safe as the road conditions will be challenging. We will continue to update the Team about Wednesday's operations as we are anticipating a delayed opening due to the storm recovery efforts that will be needed. Sincerely, Greg Pack President/GM he, him

Save the Date: Jan Employee Appreciation Dinner & Raffle

Our January Team Appreciation Dinner & Raffle is scheduled for Monday, January 29th from 4 pm – 6 pm.

This event is for team members only.

Menu + transportation schedule are pending, stay tuned for more details! Hope to see you there!

Employee Tunes

Rules:

$25 tunes can be dropped off Monday 1/16 through 1/26. Please respect that we will be focused on guest tunes Fri, Sat, and Sun, so if the gear is dropped off on a weekend it may take longer to get it done.
$25 is the base price. Cost is dependent on how much time/material we will use.
This is for Team Members’ gear only, it is not for friends or family, we are still tuning guest gear during the week. This is a perk not a privilege for Meadows Team Members.
We can’t bring gear back from the dead. If it’s beyond repair we can refuse to tune it.
Snowboarders must take their bindings and hardware with them. We don’t have room to hold onto their stuff.
For tuning only, no mounts, or binding adjustments.
One set at a time, you cannot drop off new gear until your last gear has been picked up.
Please pick it up as soon as possible, space in the shop is extremely limited.
Please be understanding about time, depending on how much volume we are dealing with, things can take a little longer than expected. The HPC crew will be working as hard as they can to get that gear done in a timely manner.

Please be respectful and gracious to the HPC staff and remember this is for team members only please refrain from sharing this information with non-Meadows team members.

Employee AAI Avalanche Level 1 Course

Mt. Hood Meadows is offering a discounted employee AAI Avalanche Level 1 Course on February 13th, 14th, and 15th. The course will run from approximately 8 am – 4 pm each of the 3 days. Each day will be held in-person and on-site at Meadows.

We have 8 spots available for Meadows/Cooper Spur team members. The discounted employee price will be 50% off $700.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Nick Asher, Patrol Assistant Manager at: nick.asher@skihood.com.

More information on the course and link to register online below:

MHM is Charging Ahead!

Hello team,

Hopefully, by now you have heard the exciting news that we have installed EV charging stations. We have 6 stations offering level 2 charging. There is a fee to charge, and a penalty if parked while not actively charging.

You can read more about this here:

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Heidi Logosz
heidi.logosz@skihood.com
Sustainability Manager
Mt. Hood Meadows / Cooper Spur Mtn. Resort

Looking for Housing? Turns 4 Tenants still has available Listings!

The Turns 4 Tenants program is a community-based housing initiative that incentivizes local landlords to rent their available rentals to full-time Meadows team members.

If you’re a full-time team member and are currently searching for housing for the 23/24 season, please reach out to housing@skihood.com or your manager/supervisor to get the password to the T4T List.

Provide to Ride Event Postponed

(Mount Hood, Ore., — Jan. 8, 2024) — Winter weather has returned to the mountain in a big way, and with it, Mt. Hood’s legendary storms. Tuesday’s forecast has forced us to suspend operations for Tuesday, Jan 9th, 2024. Because of that, Meadows has made the difficult decision to postpone the Provide to Ride event benefitting FISH Food Bank until Tuesday, January 30.

For those guests who bought the specially-priced $40 lift tickets for tomorrow’s event, Meadows will refund your purchase back onto the credit card you made it with, which can then be used to purchase tickets for the January 30 event, if you wish.

“We know this news may come as a disappointment, but we felt it would be a greater disappointment to hold this event on a day with limited lift operations,” said Greg Pack, President and General Manager of Mt. Hood Meadows. “We want to maximize the amount of donations FISH receives and look forward to hosting this event on a date that will hopefully have better conditions and result in a large turnout.”

For more information and updates, visit the resort website at SkiHood.com.

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