Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Here’s How Portland Spent Its Snow Days We built snowmen at the Rose Quarter, sledded in parks and skied through downtown, and a giant pickle was there, too. IMAGE: Chris Nesseth. Updated February 14 The snow gives and the snow destroys—this post is about the former. Namely, sledding opportunities in local parks, urban cross-country skiing and plenty of pretty landscape photos. Of course, the fact that we've all been working from home for a year anyway took some of the thrill out of the rare Portland snow day or, rather, snow weekend. But still: We had fun.