Winter Photo Contest Winners

It’s Friday! Which means the weekend is only minutes away, but more importantly, we are announcing the photo contest winners today! Thanks for sending all of the awesome pow shots. We enjoyed sifting through them this week in the office. As the air gets colder and the top of Mount Hood gets whiter, we know that our infamous Oregon powder is right around the corner. If you have never experienced a winter out here, we highly recommend it. There is nothing better than knee deep turns through the trees, forgiving landings for those first ever back flip attempts, and all the terrain you could ever ask for. Don’t take our word for it, come see for yourself! Winter Camp is coming up quick, and these lucky winners are getting a head start! So here it goes, drum roll please…..

3rd Place: Eli Frandsen
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Winter Camp Photo Contest

Winter Camp is coming. Mount Hood has a new blanket of snow and the lifts are starting to turn. Some people are thinking about Halloween costumes, but not us. We are thinking about that first heavy snow fall, a midday hot chocolate, and a face mask painted white from pow shots. In honor of the new 2011/2012 powder filled season and our upcoming Winter Camp, we are giving you guys a chance to earn some money towards this session! That’s right, it’s contest time.

Start searching through those desktop folders, because we want to see YOU and your best powder photo. Show us something good. A cliff drop, a heavy pow turn, you digging out your car, anything with you YOU and POWDER.  First place will get a Windells prize pack along with $100 off the cost of Winter Camp. Seconds place will get a sticker pack and $75 off, and third place gets a sticker pack and $50 off. We will give you until next Friday the 21st to get us your entries. Send us those pictures!

*Send one entry per person to marsha@windells.com by Friday Oct. 21st at 3pm Pacific Time.

Presidents Week Camp

From February 13th through the 19th, Snowboarders and Skiers from around the World will be Flying into the Portland International Airport to come to Windells, a place to experience mind-blowing powder days and endless park runs suitable for beginners through Expert. Mt. Hood Meadows, Timberline Ski Area and Mt. Hood Ski Bowl provides lap-able parks, pipes, natural halfpipes, wind lips,rollers, banks, tree runs, steeps, cornice drops and wide open cruisers. Your coach is your guide to these secret spots, including the best place to build a BC booter to stomp your first backy ever!

Mt. Hood Meadows and the Timberline Ski Area are where some of the most advanced Winter riding in the world happens and their parks are among the best in the country. Campers will also have the chance to ride a fully lighted park at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, America’s largest night time resort.  Check out the Presidents Camp, along with Windells Easter and  Spring Break Camps.

“Because winter camps are so much smaller, the entire staff gets to know every camper, it is definitely my favorite camps of the year”  Year Round Coach Counselor, Katiah.

Snowing at Windells

Windells is in the middle of the first Winter Camp of the 2009/10 season and the campus is being blanketed in Fresh White Snow as we speak.  The forecast is calling for a few inches down at camp but Mt Hood will receive up to a foot of powder for the campers to shred all day tomorrow.

Snowboarders, skiers and skateboarders from all around the World came to experience Windells, The Funnest Place on Earth.

Beware of Dakine’s Abominable Snowman! He Comes out when the snow reaches his toes.

Special Thanks to All of our Sponsors, Now we get to Hook up Campers with New Gear!  Nike Hooked us up with the  sweetest  jackets!

Lastly, take a sneak peak at Windells new secret addition to the Concrete Jungle covered in snow at night. It is hard to see it all but I guess you will have to wait and see.  Thank you Jamie for building the most creative skate features to ever hit the camp world.

Do Not Miss Out On the Summer Savings.  Save 100 dollars if you sign up before 2010.  The Discount Code is:

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102″ of Snow in November

Windells Backyard has been recentley blanketed with 102 inches of Fresh Pow Pow.  The Local Hood shred community is pumped on the record breaking early season snowfall along with the Windells Academy Students and the soon to be  Windells Holiday Campers! Check out some pics, Hood Photographer Darcy Bacha has taken at Timberline and Mt Hood Meadows.