Mount Hood’s Timberline Lodge & Ski Area in Oregon Considering to Host Race Training This June Timberline Ski Area on Oregon’s magnificent Mount Hood just had a successful reopening of its ski operations under strict social distancing restrictions, signaling that ski race training is still an option for summer 2020. Every summer, Timberline’s Palmer glacier is consistently the place for summer ski training in the United States. From ski camps to gear testing to national projects, […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 22, 2020 0 Comments
Teenage Climber Somehow Survives 500-Foot Fall Off Mount Hood, OR A 16-year-old mountain climber has been rescued after he fell 500 feet on Mount Hood, OR Monday surviving with just a broken leg, authorities said. Gurbaz Singh had reached the Pearly Gates, an icy, chute-like section just below the last push to the summit when he lost his grip, reports the Washington Post. He fell down the mountain, coming to […] Climbing CragBrains | January 3, 2020 0 Comments
Man Died After Falling into Tree Well on Mount Hood, OR on Saturday A Timberline Lodge spokesman says a skier has died after falling into a tree well on Mount Hood, OR. The Oregonian reports the 42-year-old man, whose name has yet to be released, was skiing with a friend when he fell into the tree well on Saturday. “All of us at Timberline are heartbroken by the loss experienced at the mountain […] SnowBrains | February 25, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mount Hood Meadows, OR Had to Evacuate 150 Skiers from Chairlift on Wednesday Mount Hood Meadows, OR evacuated 150 skiers off a chairlift Wednesday after power fluctuations prompted the resort to shut down the lift. A storm overnight Tuesday had dumped 10″ of fresh snow at the resort but not before freezing rain left everything coated in ice. A Meadows spokesman told OregonLive.com that “power fluctuations” on the resort’s Blue chairlift prompted the resort […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 14, 2018 0 Comments
Washington Lawyer Killed in Freak Ski Accident at Mount Hood Meadows, OR Patrick Kubin, a Longview, Washington, lawyer and expert skier, was on a trip with friends at Oregon’s Mount Hood Meadows when his ski bindings suddenly released and he was launched headfirst into a 10-foot-deep snow hole, reports PEOPLE. “When my mother called me and told me it, was most shocking news I have ever received,” son William says of the moment […] Industry News Steven Agar | March 1, 2018 1 Comment
Mount Hood, OR Patroller Survives After Being Buried in an Avalanche Whilst Working A Mount Hood ski patroller was buried and seriously injured in an avalanche Wednesday afternoon while working in a closed area of the resort, reports OregonLive.com. A trio of patrollers were working in the area when the avalanche occurred, according to a resort spokesman. The patrollers were boot packing in a closed area of the resort, known as God’s Wall, in […] Avalanche Steven Agar | January 26, 2018 0 Comments
Mount Hood Tree Well Claims The Life Of A 57-Year-Old Skier According to Oregon Live, a 57-year-old man was found dead in a tree well last week after hitting a tree well at Mt. Hood Meadows in Oregon.. It has been reported that Steve Leavitt hit a tree on the morning of March 7th and was buried in deep powder. Later in the day, rain hit the area and compacted the powder that […] Industry News Chris Wallner | March 21, 2017 0 Comments
NOAA: Forecast Calls For Winter Returning To The PNW And Up To 43″ of Snow For Mount Hood According to NOAA, a winter storm is slowing moving its way into the Pacific Northwest. This storm is a relief for the west, after warm temperatures and a lack of snowfall has prevailed throughout the start of the 2016-17 winter. Alpental Summit, Mt. Baker, Mt. Hood Meadows, and Timberline Lodge are currently experiencing the front-end of the storm. If NOAA’s […] Weather Chris Wallner | November 14, 2016 0 Comments