Hoodoo ready for a rousing weekend

SANTIAM PASS: This Saturday will draw more people to the ski slopes at Hoodoo for the resort’s annual Winter Carnival. The all-day event on February 24th will have several options for ax throwing, frisbee golf, musical chairs, a three-legged obstacle race, a team tube race, a hula-hoop contest, a fly-athalon, a pie eating contest, a ski javelin throw, an archery contest, a Hoodoo employee snow sculpture contest, and Bingo.

Highlights include a special dinner menu and the Dummy Downhill contest. Around 9 p.m. the slopes will go dark as lights are turned off for the annual torchlight descent of torch-bearing skiers, snowboarders, and skibikers. People who have been focused on the red glow reflecting off the snow will then be sure to look upward when a professional fireworks display on the mountain will light up the sky.