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Tag Archives: Oregon
Willamette Week: Where People Fall and Die on Mount Hood
Willamette Week has an article on where people fall and die on Mount Hood.
More than 100 Earthquakes on Mount Hood on May 15-16
More than 100 small swarm earthquakes on Mount Hood were reported May 15-16, 2016.
66 Year Old Fatality on Mount Hood
Ward Milo Maxfield who is 66 died after falling 300 feet on Mount Hood on Thursday, June 4, 2015. Authorities believe he suffered a medical event before the fall as he did not attempt to self-arrest.
Snow Dragon Ice Cave on West Side of Mount Hood Partially Collapses
The warm temperatures have caused Mount Hood’s most famous snow cave — the Snow Dragon to collapse at the end of January (but is widely reported now)..
Climber Falls 1,000 Feet From Hood Summit
KPTV – FOX 12 Robert Cormier, a Jersey City, New Jersey, fell 1,000 down the north side of Mount Hood from the summit about 8 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. A helicopter was sent to investigate and found no signs … Continue reading
Hood Snowpack Surges from 50 to 99% of Normal
Late season snow has increased Mount Hood’s snowpack to from 50% to 99% of normal.
Late Season Snows Bring Mount Hood Snowpack Up to Near Normal
The Pacific Northwest has been suffering from very low snowpack. However heavy snows in February pushed its snowpack up 30 percent to 86 percent of normal on Mount Hood. Other areas south of Mount Hood and in California are still … Continue reading
Mount Hood Snowpack 23 to 40 percent of Normal
Snowpack in the Mount Hood area is 23 to 40 percent of normal — among the lowest in recorded history.
Warm Springs Pow Wow on Mount Hood on Sepember 28
The Warm Springs tribe (known as the Tenino people) have a right by treaty to use the area around Government Camp on Mount Hood. The Mt. Hood Tribal Heritage Center, named Wiwnu Wash, opened at the Mount Skibowl in 2012. … Continue reading
Polish Military Officer Killed on Climbers Left Chute on Mount Hood
Authorities report 32-year-old Sebastian Kinasiewic, a Polish military officer, was killed on Mount Hood. His body was discovered at 9500 feet in the couloir Climbers Left Chute