Friday Cosmic Snow-Tubing Adventure with Rental Gear and Hot Cocoa for 2 or 4 at Diamond Lake Resort (46% Off)
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Atop snowy hills, snow-tubers zip down freshly packed snow along with a bonfire and hot chocolate and s’mores
Choose Between Two Options
- $27 for a Friday night cosmic snow-tubing adventure for two ($50 value)
- $60 for a Friday night cosmic snow-tubing adventure for four ($100 value)
Both options include equipment rental and lift tickets as well as a hot-chocolate break around a communal bonfire. Groupons are valid on Friday nights between 6–9 p.m. for Cosmic Night, which decorates the atmosphere with laser lights and music, similar to cosmic bowling.
Traits of Good Snow: The Science Behind a Perfect Powder Day
It’s always possible to ski or snowboard as long as there’s snow on the ground, but what makes the best snow? Read on to learn the factors that make perfect conditions on the slopes.
Champagne snow. Blower powder. Gnar pow. Skiers and snowboarders have no shortage of poetic colloquialisms to describe the ethereal quality of freshly fallen snow. Light, fluffy powder is coveted because it makes people feel as if they’re floating down the mountain, a snowy mist erupting from their skis like the spray from a shaken bottle of champagne. Despite its heavenly quality, good powder isn’t just caused by angels spilling a box of packing peanuts—there’s hard science involved, too.
To quantify the caliber of snow powder, skiers use the snow-to-liquid ratio, which compares the depth of a layer of snow to the depth of water the same snow would take up if it melted. The higher the ratio, the less water contained in the snow, and the lighter the powder. For average snow, the ratio is about 10:1—meaning 10 inches of snow would melt into 1 inch of standing water—and the ratio for the fluffiest, most perfect snow might be as high as 30:1. Although the snow-to-liquid ratio can be hard to predict, feathery powder is most likely to fall on a day that meets two conditions. First, it must be quite cold (ideally, between 0 and 10 degrees at the summit or higher) so as to foster the formation of dendrite crystals in the snowflakes. Second, there should be little to no wind, as gusts stronger than 15 miles per hour can cause the flakes to collide as they fall, thus ruining their natural volume and packing them more closely together.
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About Diamond Lake Resort
Back in the 1920s, Diamond Lake Resort was a fishing lodge. Today, though, it's much more—a hub for year-round recreation in Crater Lake National Park. In the summer, visitors fish for rainbow trout in the glittering lake and bicycle down lush trails. In winter, they drive snowmobiles over the fresh snow and cross-country ski along seven miles of groomed trails (or through 35 miles of rugged backcountry). Whatever the season, the resort offers plenty of places to stay, just as it did back in its fishing lodge days. Today, though, lodgings range from motel-style rooms to standalone vintage cabins.