5700' - Hodag Chair (top)	5400' view NNE: Mt Jefferson, Three Fingered Jack	5700' - Green Chair (top)
5000' - Manzanita Chair (top)	5400' view SSE: Mt Washington, N&M Sisters	5400' - 'Ed Thurston Chair (top)
4800' - Easy Rider Chair (top)	4800' view S: Hayrick Butte	4800' view SSW: Hoodoo Butte
4700' - Headwall (base area)	4700' - Hoodoo Bowl (base area)	5000' view E: Black Butte
4700' - Parking Lot (center)	4700' - Parking Lot (south) & Camper Row	5400' view NNW: Maxwell Butte
4400' - US20 milepost 79 - Hogg Rock	4800' - US20 milepost 80 ~ Santiam Pass

The Views

Additional cameras have been added to help weather station users understand the current local weather conditions. These views attempt to include items both near and far, so that conditions can be better understood in the event of reduced visibility.

Some cameras were added for the view on a clear day. Clouds may obscure views from higher or lower camera sites under different conditions, so the redundant views of various mountains in the background can be useful to understand where cloud deck tops and bottoms are located.

Camera locations are constrained by power and communication resources, and year-round usefulness. Opportunities are limited, but interesting views will be added where possible.

Notes:

1. A new picture is taken 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. 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)
   Hoodoo Butte (top)	5700	-	-
   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 79	4400	North	1.6
   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

5. Views to the east and west are hard on the cameras. Since we want to have some portion of the sky in the picture, at some times of the year the camera will be pointed at a rising or setting sun.
   • This used to be one way to destroy a TV camera. Newer CCD-based cameras seem to tolerate this abuse. In case it matters, the following notes will be retained:
   • 'Ed chair camera - Between 25 April and 12 August, the morning sun
   • Base area camera - Between ~27 May and ~12 August, the evening sun.
   • Easy Rider camera - During the short days of the year, the morning sun.
     - An unavoidable hazard. No damage seen yet ...
   • Hodag chair camera - Spring & Summer sunsets (May-to-August)(dates to be determined)

6. 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)

7. If you have ideas for improvements to this picture page, please Email them to "".
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   • This wierdness is explained in the "Spambot" comment on the main weather page.

8. 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.