Hoodoo Ski Area is a ski resort

Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

 operated near the summit of Santiam Pass

Santiam Pass

Santiam Pass is a mountain pass in the Cascade Range in central Oregon in the United States. It is located on the border between Linn and Jefferson counties, about northwest of Sisters, between the prominent volcanic horns of Three Fingered Jack to the north and Mount Washington to the south...

 on U.S. Route 20, in the Cascade Range

Cascade Range

The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades...

. Hoodoo is operated on federal land through agreement with the Willamette National Forest

Willamette National Forest

The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of US state of Oregon.It comprises 1,675,407 acres making it one of the largest national forests. Over 380,000 acres are designated wilderness which include seven major mountain peaks...

s McKenzie River

McKenzie River

The McKenzie River is a tributary of the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Eugene and flows into the southernmost end of the Willamette Valley. It is named for Donald MacKenzie, a Scottish Canadian fur trader...

 ranger district. The ski area is located on Hoodoo Butte

Hoodoo Butte

Hoodoo Butte is a cinder cone butte in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon, located near Santiam Pass just west of the Cascade Crest. A ski area, also named Hoodoo, is located on the northwest through northeast flanks of the cone, and the summit area includes the top stations of two chairlifts...

, a volcanic cinder cone

Cinder cone

According to the , Cinder Cone is the proper name of 1 cinder cone in Canada and 7 cinder cones in the United States:In Canada: Cinder Cone In the United States:...

 and includes 1035 ft (315.5 m) vertical rise, 806 (3.26 km²) skiable acres, with five lifts and a magic carpet the tube hill is located on the NW flank Hayrick Butte

Hayrick Butte

Hayrick Butte is a tuya volcano in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon, located near Santiam Pass just west of the Cascade Crest. It is adjacent to the cinder cone, Hoodoo Butte, which overlaps its western edge....

 has a handle tow servicing the 800' long tube lanes.

Ed Thurston

The ski area was built in the 1940s by a group funded by Ed Thurston of Bend, Oregon

Bend, Oregon

Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...

. The group wanted to build on Three Fingered Jack

Three Fingered Jack

Three Fingered Jack, named for its distinctive shape, is a Pleistocene volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon. It is a deeply glaciated shield volcano and consists mainly of basaltic andesite lava...

 but could not secure funding for a road. There was a hotel at the base that burned.

Hoodoo Ski Bowl

In the 1960s it was purchased by Hoodoo Ski Bowl Developers, Inc. They built the Manzanita chair that is still in use to this day.

Chuck Shepard

Hoodoo was acquired by Chuck Shepard of Coburg, Oregon

Coburg, Oregon

Coburg is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States, north of Eugene. The city's population as of the 2010 census was 1,035.- History :...

in 1999. Since then, Hoodoo has built the Hodag, the lodge, the Autobahn, replaced the Green and Red double-chair lifts with new quad-chair lifts.

The Ski Area

Hoodoo has a 60000 sq ft (5,574.2 m²) full service lodge. Hoodoo's flagship chair, Green, services the entire hill. All 806 acres (3.3 km²) and 1035 feet (315.5 m) of vertical can be reached from this fixed grip quad. A new chair replaced the old double chair in 2001. Named after Hoodoo's founder, Ed Thurston, the Ed replaced the aging Red double chair in 2001. The Manzanita triple chair currently serves the "Bowl" area of Hoodoo. This area is open for night skiing and the terrain park can be accessed from this lift. New in 1999, the Hodag is usually windblown up high but is nice below Over Easy. The beginner area consists of a double chair, magic carpet and a carousel located well away from the beaten path on a wide open gentle slope ideal for learning.

Autobahn

Tube Hill on the northwest flanks of Hayrick Butte, 800' runs serviced by a handle tow.