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Accidents and Rescues

Missing (and later Found) Climber on Mount Hood Got Lost Descending the South Side

UPDATE: Rescue teams have found and saved 51-year-old Christian Houck of Seattle, who got disoriented while dropping down from above Palmer on the south side of Mount Hood and failed to...

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Black Hawk Air-Lift Rescue on the Summit Ridge of Mount Hood

Rescue teams helped a National Guard helicopter squad hoist a woman with a broken leg to safety from 11,000 feet on Mount Hood Sunday....

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These on-the-scene photos by Joe Poulton offer some insight into the June 4 climbing death of Ward Maxfield on Mount Hood

Climber, skier and photographer Joe Poulton was up doing search and rescue training on Mount Hood June 4, when his team got the call that a climber had fallen....

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66-Year-Old Idaho Man dies in a climbing accident on Mount Hood

66-year-old Ward Milo Maxfield of Paul, Idaho died on Mount Hood Thursday, June 4 after sliding several hundred feet and landing in the Hot Rocks, a fumarole zone near the Hogsback area at...

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“He was sandwiched between the snow and the rock, down about 15 feet inside this hole.” – A first-hand account of a wild double-rescue day on Mount Hood

Erik Broms was climbing down from the summit of Mount Hood Saturday morning when two climbers roped together came plummeting down the mountain, right at him....

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Injured 62-year-old climber rescued on Mount Hood

62-year-old Edward Trompke of Lake Oswego was saved by search-and-rescue teams after falling about 200 feet near Crater Rock on the south side of Mount Hood Wednesday morning....

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Outdoor enthusiast Gerren Kirk is still missing somewhere in the Mount Hood wilderness

UPDATE: Today, Monday, Dec. 15, is the final day of the organized search for Gerren Kirk. Anyone with any tips about his whereabouts should immediately call the Wasco County Sheriff’s...

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Search and rescue teams find lost teenage hikers on Mount Hood

Editor’s Note: This article was updated from its original version to include the names of the rescued hikers and details about their adventure. A hastily organized search and rescue...

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59-year-old man air-lifted to safety after falling several hundred feet into a fumarole on Mount Hood

Rescue climbers assisted by a Blackhawk helicopter pilot with the Oregon Army National Guard managed to find and save 59-year-old Michael Adams of Tualatin after he slipped on the ice and...

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Recovery teams have retrieved the body of fallen climber Robert Cormier

After a complicated 17-hour mission, recovery teams from the Hood River Crag Rats and Portland Mountain Rescue have managed to find and retrieve the body of Robert Cormier, the Catholic...

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