Mount Bachelor

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Heather Burke
SnowPak Local Insider
Heather Burke
Pros
  • Highest lift-served terrain in the Pacific Northwest
  • Full-service destination resort
  • Oregon’s highest average annual snowfall
Cons
  • Relatively expensive lift ticket prices

Overall

4.1

Mt Bachelor in Oregon is bold, beautiful and typically blessed with snow. This dormant volcano in The Cascades offers incredible summit snowfields and scenery. Mt Bachelor is the Pacific Northwest’s largest ski area with 3,700 ac of terrain and the highest skiable elevation in all of Oregon and Washington at 9,065 ft. 

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Mount Bachelor Reviews

Fabulous 4.4 / 5
based on 24 reviews

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Very Good!4 / 5Nov 26, 2017
EEvan
advanced snowboarder
Great mountain with really fun powder on the northwest side if the wind cooperates. Really fun tree runs all over the mountain and really awesome terrain park with the spots named after Oregon surf spots... More
Fabulous!4.2 / 5Nov 24, 2017
DJDaniel J.
expert snowboarder
Mt Bachelor lands in my top 3 list of places I have ever been. The mountain has so many unique features it could take a long tome to talk about them. The mountain typically gets a ton of snow and since there is limited wind break, the terrain is ever changing. You can find a different mountain almost day to day. Which keeps even the most die hard... More
Good!3.9 / 5Nov 22, 2017
CConnor
expert skier
Mt Bachelor is the one of the most unique ski experiences in the country, being able to ski 360 degrees of a volcano that rises above all the surrounding terrain and sometimes even the clouds is worth the travel out to Bend and the additional 30 minutes up to the mountain. The skiing is not as steep as some other PNW experiences, but the snow is... More
Superb!4.6 / 5Nov 17, 2017
AKAndrew K.
intermediate snowboarder
Coming fron Oregon but nit riding until I moved to Colorado, I expected Bachelor to be mediocre compared to the plethora of resorts in the Rockies. I could not have been more wrong. Mt Bachelor has every level of terrain you can imagine, and such an abundance of nice soft snow to boot. The runs are well groomed, the features are in excellent... More
Average!3 / 5Nov 12, 2017
TMTim M.
advanced snowboarder
Cool. It's cold. Snow. Steep. Hips. Cornice. Power. Don't go. It's stupid. Skiers answer snowboarders unite and take down Donald trump. Is that 30 words? Who's counting this? What the hell?... More
Very Good!3.9 / 5Nov 12, 2017
JMJoseph M.
advanced skier
Stooookedlove this place. I wish resorts didn't cost so much to go to all the time. The price of passes is through the roof. A free pass would make my whole season.... More
Superb!4.6 / 5Nov 09, 2017
JNJustin N.
intermediate snowboarder
ive been too a few different resorts now including breck and bachelor is hands down my favorite place to ride. i LOVE the runs there! and the villages outside near bend are awesome... More
Very Good!4.1 / 5Nov 07, 2017
RERachel E.
intermediate snowboarder
The ski 5 day package is great! Great snake runs spattered around the mountain, although I did only explore probably half of it - it's pretty large! Bend, Oregon is a really great blossoming mountain town.... More
Superb!4.9 / 5Nov 06, 2017
MBMariam B.
advanced snowboarder
I have loved Mt. Bachelor since 1998 when I went for the first time. I was newly converted to snowboarding after 20 years on skis so I pretty much learned to board there that trip. A few years later when I returned to the mountain as a more advanced boarder, I truly fell in love with the mountain. There is so much terrain and the views are... More
Superb!5 / 5Oct 09, 2017
IPIrvin P.
Honestly this is still my favorite mountain resorts. The descent from the top of the backside is breathe taking. Highly recommended for all skill levels. Best tree runs on the west coast.