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Gear and Tech

Here Come The Drones

A fast-growing company that shoots and sells aerial drone footage of skiers and snowboarders has landed exclusive contracts with Mt. Hood Meadows and Timberline for 2015-16....

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Hammocking 101 with ENO Hammocks

I admit, I’m late to the hammock party.  I’ve seen the pictures floating around the social interwebs for years…  people hanging out on packable hammocks in their backyards,...

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Car Camping Done Right: The Gerber Gear Freescape Camp Kitchen Kit and Hatchet

If you are interested in knives you’ve likely noticed the recent trend toward tactical and military positioned gear. I get it. We all like to have a Navy-Seal-worthy weapon in our pocket...

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Ski Tracks, Trace and now Ski Nation battle it out for the ever-growing mountain app market

The newly released Ski Nation mobile app gives tech-savvy skiers and snowboarders one more way to track their turns and access maps, trail reports and photos....

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New AT&T tower improves cell coverage – on one side of Mount Hood, anyhow

AT&T’s new Hoodland cell tower has improved 4G coverage on Mount Hood, but it won’t improve the AT&T situation at Mt. Hood Meadows....

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Meadows expands its tracking tech with AlpineReplay

Ask Dave Tragethon how 2012-13 went for total visits to Mt. Hood Meadows, and he’ll tell you it was just average. Ask him about the launch of the new RFID tracking system at Meadows...

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Meadows’ Alpenstube, Wy’East Day Lodge and Skibowl West join the growing list of Wi-Fi Hotspots on Mount Hood

The latest Wi-Fi hotspots on Mount Hood are the Wy’East Day Lodge at Timberline, the Alpenstube Restaurant at Mt. Hood Meadows and the Skibowl West base lodge....

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Ski Tracks vs. AlpineReplay vs. Ski Nation: It’s the Battle of the Mountain Apps

If you’re like me, you love your Ski Tracks app. Okay, so it may lack accuracy. Did you really hit 62.1 miles per hour on that cruiser? Really?? Whether you did or didn’t,...

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