5700' - Hoodoo Butte (top) view	5400' - 'Ed Thurston Chair (top) views
5000' - Manzanita Chair (top)	5400' - 'Ed Thurston Chair (top) previous view
4700' - Hoodoo Bowl (base area)	4800' - Easy Rider Chair (top)
4700' - Parking Lot #2	4700' - Parking Lot & Camper Row
4800' - US20 milepost 80 ~ Santiam Pass	4750' - Hoodoo Butte - east side

The Views

During the ski season these views allow the Ski Patrol radio dispatcher to see what's happening at various points on the hill.

Notes:

1. A new picture is taken from every (working) camera every six minutes.
   - This web page is updated every twelve minutes.

2. Pictures will generally not be updated after twilight, when it gets too dark to get good pictures.
   - The sun is more than four degrees below the horizon.
   - Pictures taken at "last light" should still be useful for night-time viewers.
   - Pictures of roads and parking areas will be updated at night, since this could be of use to late-night travelers.

3. Sometimes the software gets confused and puts the wrong picture with a caption.
   - This doesn't happen too often.

4. The 'Ed cameras are multiplexed with an independent timer: We don't control when the switch happens, or which view will be seen next.

5. When visibility is reduced by clouds, fog, or precipitation, here's what you might not be seeing (sorted by elevation).

   Looking to the North	Elevation (feet)	Azimuth (degrees)	Distance (miles)
   Mt Jefferson	10497	012	19.4
   Three-Fingered Jack (Treeline on south ridge)	7841 (6800)	020	5.7
   Hogg Rock (US20 milepost 79.5)	5040 (4650)	015	1.3

   In the area	Elevation (feet)	Azimuth (degrees)	Distance (miles)
   Hayrick Butte	5520	South	0.8
   'Ed Chairlift top - Trees in south view	5400	South	0.02
   Manzanita Chairlift top	5000	North	0.05
   Santiam Pass - US 20 @ milepost 80	4817	West	0.5
   Parking lot & "Camper Row"	4700	South	0.01 - 0.2

   Looking to the South	Elevation (feet)	Azimuth (degrees)	Distance (miles)
   North Sister	10085	162	17.1
   Middle Sister	10047	165	18.2
   Mt Washington (North ridge tree line)	7794 (6400)	156	5.3
   Big Lake	4644	164	2.1

6. While there are also interesting views to the east and west, these are harder to see. Since we want to have a view of the sky in the picture, at some times of the year the camera would be pointed at a rising or setting sun. For the health of the camera, this should be avoided.
   • Between 25 April and 12 August the morning sun is within the field of view of the 'Ed chairlift camera.
     - Since this is outside of the ski season, this camera can take the Summer off.
   • Between ~27 May and ~12 August the evening sun is within the field of view of the Bowl camera.
     - Just swing it right for the summer, so the left side is the top of Blue Valley.
   • During the short days of the year, the Easy Rider camera is pointed at the rising sun.
     - This seems to be an unavoidable hazard. No damage seen yet ...

7. If the above views aren't useful, perhaps ODOT's Road Conditions page would be, for:
   • Detroit (OR 22 @ m.p. 51)
   • Tombstone Pass (US 20 @ m.p. 64)
   • Santiam Pass (US 20 @ m.p. 80)
   • Sisters (US 20 @ m.p. 100)

8. For you hard-core followers of this page, remember:
   • Chuck gets the compliments ;-)
   • If you have ideas for improvements to this picture page, please Email them to "".
     - Please type the address shown into the "To:" line.
     - This wierdness is explained in the "Spambot" comment on the main weather page.

9. Related information:
   • How this page is created.
   • A map of the neighborhood.
   • Cascade Volcano WebCams - Amar Andalkar's site with pictures of mountains from Mount Meager in Canada to Popocatépetl in Mexico.