Mount Hood Meadows has been my home resort for three years now. Heres the good the bad and the ugly.
Terrain: good to great, some of the best steeps in the state. Smaller, but more challenging than Bachelor.
The bad: we get tons and tons of snow from November to May, but unfortunately a lot of it is heavy. And we even get the unlucky rainy period from time to time. Check the weather!
The ugly: weekend crowds can fill up the parking lots early (get there before it opens) and often they are unable to get all the lifts running (sometimes due to weather and wind speed).