As winter approaches, Central Oregonians are getting antsy for the ski season. Mount Bachelor Resort is the closest location for skiing, and when the snow comes it will be a haven for all winter sport enthusiasts. Last winter the season opened on November 24th, and with luck we will get enough snow by that date this year as well. Mount Bachelor is 22 miles from Bend and 9,000 feet high. Formerly it was known as Bachelor Butte, the difference between a butte and a mountain being that a butte is an isolated mountain with steep sides and a flat (3 comments)