When you are standing on a steep ridge at 11,000-plus feet with your tips over the edge and the green light to hit it first, you really only have one choice about what to do next....
Asit Rathod’s long-awaited book about the seven classic descents from the summit of Mount Hood is scheduled to be released on March 9. Rathod, who recently survived a serious cancer...
Richard Hallman on the other side of the lens, on Mount Hood. Photo by Asit Rathod By Ben Jacklet News Update (February 2025): Action photographer extraordinaire Richard Hallman is...
By Shralper McShredenstein Like most mornings in 1988, a freight train roars past my mom’s trailer in Aloha at 3:29 AM, horns blasting for the 185th Ave crossing, even louder than the...
By Shralper McShredenstein As a snowboarder or skier, the last thing you want to hear is a doctor asking, “So how did this happen?” But unless your luck is matched only by your...
Editor’s Note: Michael Archer has been a top-flight snowboarder and a popular coach up on Mount Hood for a long time. He’s hit and landed some huge jumps in his time, and he’s been...
Massive snowstorms followed by torrential downpours. Brutal winds gusting to 70, 80, even 90 miles an hour. Full-mountain freeze-downs followed by Herculean de-icing labors. Has there ever...
