That was a follow up question. Where does one want to stay in Bend if you want to be within walking distance to the stuff you want to be in walking distance to?
Depending on where you stay in Bend, I hope you like traffic circles.
I hope you like traffic circles.
.... and beer!
I was looking at these -- cutting the distance to the mountain -- is Widgi Creek the same as Seventh Mountain? If said Never-Ever wanted to head back for the afternoon versus kicking back at one of the bases, which area is more interesting, Mt. Bachelor Village, Widgi Creek (Seventh Mountain?), or Sunriver? I assume the lodging quality is about the same among the three?
I second the Sunrise base. So much more accessible and easier walk from the car.I tend to stay at the Seventh Mountain Inn (using my Worldmark credits). A short drive to town, and maybe 20 minutes to Bachelor.
Pro tip: park at the Sunrise base rather than West village base. It’s usually a shorter walk from the car to the base, and also a quicker route to the top if the Summit lift is open, or to get to the Cloudchaser area. West Village is a bigger lot, and because the buses stop there and they have a drop-off area as well, the parking is further away, even if you get there early. West Village does allow quicker access to the Outback and NW terrain.
If you don’t need to stop either lodge first thing, park at the lot near the now-rebuilt Skyliner lift. Very close to the lift.
April is the time to go. All the lifts still open, summit usually open, frequent powder, crowds thinning out, warm in town. We have winter conditions much longer than most of the west. One year we closed late May with morning temps in the teens and 10 inches of powder. I only park at Skyliner and ski in ski out from the car.
There are no services at the Skyliner lot. You'll need a lift pass for the day and you're good to go.Ski in ski out from the car sounds like the setup. Especially if we want to switch skis or take a layer off.
There are no services at the Skyliner lot. You'll need a lift pass for the day and you're good to go.
Personally, I'm rooting for the never-ever to become hopelessly hooked on skiing and found on the first and last chairs of every day of your trip together.
Oh yeah. I know all about dawgcatching. He's long gone from here.
I don't know but my sense was that he had moved on to more of a dad life, so to speak.Is dawgcatching still at the bike shop in Bend? I'd forgotten that, and he's given me much good which-skis-should-i=buy advice over the years. And sold me several pairs, too.
In January 2019 I took my two millennial aged sons to Bend for a ski trip to Mt Bachelor. We stayed at a great AirBnB Near NW 12th and NW Galveston.... It was easy driving distance to downtown...