Mt. Bachelor USA

The Mt. Bachelor Ski Area is situated 22 miles southwest of Bend, Oregon (population: 103,000) operating under a special permit through the USDA Forest Service. Since 1985, Ecosign has prepared several Master Plans for Mt. Bachelor.

In March of 2010, we completed our most recent report, their Master Development Plan which was accepted by the US Forest Service in late 2011. 

The objectives of the Mt. Bachelor ski area mountain development plan were to: optimize the utilization and operational efficiency of the existing physical plant; balance lift and trail capacities wherever possible; provide base staging facilities in balance with mountain access and capacity requirements; continue to increase the quality of the facilities to meet the ever-increasing expectations of the local and destination skier markets; increase the quality of the beginner facilities and terrain; and provide other recreational activities for year round utilization of the facilities. Each phase of improvements should provide an optimally balanced facility, defining goals and projects to guide management and inform public agencies during the ensuing 7 to 10-year period. Since environmental stewardship is of the highest priority, all facilities and activities, both summer and winter, will be located, constructed and undertaken in an environmentally sensitive manner.