So fall lasted all of six hours this year - all that means is that ski season is just days away (right?). Need proof? Just check out the forecast. Newschannel-8 meteorologist Joe Michaels is predicting snow down to 3500 feet. That's below pass level at Govy. Need more proof? Check out the webcams up at Timberline Lodge - snow, snow everywhere! Same deal over at the top of Mt. Hood Express at Mt. Hood Meadows.

Oh.... and there's this. Warren Miller's latest film, Playground, hits Salem on the 25th of October, and Portland the next night. Click here for the schedule.

And we're now less than a month away from the Portland Ski and Snowboard show. Bring on winter - with any luck, the slopes will be covered in white and the lifts will be running by then.