Skier Sets New FKT For 5,380-Foot Mount Hood, OR, Ascent and 7-Mile Round Trip Jack Kuenzle of Roxbury, CT, on Sunday set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) for ascending Mount Hood, OR, by any means and also for Mount Hood round trip by any means. Related: A New Mind-Boggling Fastest Known Time on Mt. Shasta, CA The endurance athlete smashed the previous ascent record of 1h23m set by Alex King, who ran, by […] SnowBrains | April 26, 2022 1 Comment
1 Climber Killed and Another Critically Injured After 200-Foot Fall Off Mount Hood, OR The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office led a multi-team search-and-rescue mission in challenging conditions Sunday and Monday (March 6-7, 2022) after two climbers fell approximately 200 feet in the Leuthold Couloir area of Mt. Hood. One climber was transported off the mountain with critical injuries; the other climber was pronounced deceased. Related: Mount Hood, OR Might Not Have Any Snow in […] Climbing CragBrains | March 9, 2022 1 Comment
Trip Report: September Turns on Mt. Hood, Oregon It’s that time of year again when the skiing is often about as inaccessible and bad as it gets. Yet still, the allure of Turns All Year is a powerful force, powerful enough to overcome the dread of skiing dirty, 5-month-old snow in September. Related: Turns All Year: A Guide to How to Ski Every Month of the Year in North […] Trip Report Clay Malott | September 27, 2021 3 Comments
North America’s Only Open Ski Area Closes For the Season: The Wait for Winter is On The end of lift-served summer skiing is here. Mount Hood’s Timberline Lodge and Ski Area officially shut down on Sunday, ending summer ski season for the Pacific Northwest glacier/volcano ski area. The resort wrote in an August 15 Facebook post: “Today is our last day of summer skiing and riding, a huge thank you to all who came up this […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | August 18, 2021 0 Comments
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Age Is Just A Number – 96 Year Old Fort Hood Instructor Celebrates Birthday On The Slopes John Samuelson, a former Mount Hood ski instructor, began skiing at age 40 and is still carving the slopes today at the age of 96. He became a ski instructor at Mount Hood meadows at the age of 60 and still claims it as his home mountain. Samuelson is regarded by many for bringing the mountain the success it has experienced […] Featured Article Nick Retterer | February 5, 2021 0 Comments
Body of Climber Missing Since Tuesday Found in Crevasse on Mount Hood, OR The body of a climber missing since Tuesday was found in a crevasse high on Mount Hood, OR last week. Austin Mishler, 27, was discovered at about the 9,400-feet on the north side of the 11,250-foot highest peak in Oregon. Related: Search Resumes for Hiker Missing for 2-Weeks on Mount Rainier, WA Mishler was an experienced climber and wilderness guide […] Climbing CragBrains | November 2, 2020 0 Comments
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