With a rough start to ski season in Oregon, people are champing at the bit to get up on Mount Hood. Oregon’s highest slopes aren’t just for skiers and snowboarders. From sledding to snowmobiling there ...

Is Mount Hood the best autumn getaway in Oregon? On this week’s episode of Peak Northwest, we explore all there is to do on Mount Hood in the fall, from apple picking to mushroom foraging, beautiful ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) —The weather is dialing in this Memorial Day Weekend. Mountain climbing always hits peak activity this time of the year with milder mountain conditions and breathtaking summit ...

After summer backpacking season ends, before winter ski season begins, a magical window of time opens on Mount Hood. Fall is a glorious time on and around Oregon’s tallest mountain. At lower ...

This story is published in cooperation with Willamette Week and Oregon’s Mt. Hood Territory. Embrace the beauty of winter in Oregon’s Mt. Hood Territory. Spend your days skiing or snowboarding on ...

The trees parted to a meadow of purple wildflowers. The glaciated silhouette of Oregon’s tallest mountain pierced the skyline, surrounded by swirling clouds. There it was: the breathtaking peak of ...

Many of the glaciers and snowfields on Mount Hood are named after explorers and mountaineers, including Newton Clark, Elijah “Lige” Coalman, Henry Coe, Thomas Eliot, Rodney Glisan and Joel Palmer.

For more than half a century, the Crag Rats operated at a steady, if demanding, pace: eight missions a year, year after year, decade after decade. Then something shifted, and it shifted fast. On the ...