On clear days, you can see snowy Mount Hood, the highest mountain in Oregon (at 11,239 feet), from Portland. Mount Hood is the region's prime skiing area, with numerous powdery downhill and cross ...

Following early season snow during this La Niña winter, Mt. Hood Meadows announced earlier this week that they would open for their earliest ski season in 15 years. 16 guns recovered after Tigard ...

Visitors to Mt. Hood Meadows will be in for a treat this winter when the resort on the east side of Mount Hood features a "wall of fame" of photos taken by longtime resort photographer Dick Powers ...

Mt. Hood Meadows is getting ready for another ski season during the pandemic. "It is the third year for the pandemic, and the first year we chose not to operate," said Dave Tragethon, vice ...

Back in the days when Eruptions was on WordPress, I held a vote about what volcano should be the next to be profiled on this blog. The winner was Mt. Hood in Oregon, and after much waiting, the ...

Mt. Hood currently has a peak snowpack of 63 inches or 5.25 feet, the second-deepest snowpack in the state, data recorded by ...

Mt. Hood Meadows is opening its slopes to more people. With some counties moving down in risk level and more people getting the COVID-19 vaccine, the ski resort is offering a new pass for guests ...

The Reid Headwall on Mt. Hood had been on our tick list for sometime now. Rick McDonald and I took off from town at 11:00 pm on Tuesday night and started climbing at 2:00 am.

It’s on days like this that Jon Tullis, spokesman of Timberline Lodge ski resort at Mt. Hood, watches the Palmer Snowfield at 8,500 feet — often with worried thoughts.

Snow elevations could fall as low as 5,800 feet around Mt. Hood Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Snow accumulation isn’t expected to be any greater than a dusting to a half inch.