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Ingrid Backstrom will take the stage in Portland for the new Warren Miller flick

Super-skier Ingrid Backstrom will appear at the Chasing Shadows Warren Miller film in downtown Portland Friday night....

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10 Reasons 2015-16 is Going to be a Blast

Recent history teaches us that only a fool would forecast Mount Hood winter weather in October. So I am going to resist the temptation to predict a huge snow year for 2015-16, El Nino or...

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Snow Cat Gathering Celebrates a Rich History of Exploration and Innovation

Harold Hamilton rolled his 1951 Tucker 443 out of the shop in Scapoose, Oregon just in time for the Cat’s Meow Jamboree on Mount Hood....

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Ski to Defeat ALS 2015 raises $75,000 to fight a cruel disease

Organizers, volunteers and Mount Hood skiers have rallied to raise more than $75,000 and counting for the ALS Association in spite of tough snow conditions and the loss of charismatic...

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The Skiyente Women Honor Henry Bendinelli as King Winter 2015

The Skiyente Ski Club honored 90-year-old Mount Hood regular Henry “Hank” Bendinelli as King Winter Saturday night with an evening of dining, dancing, celebrating and...

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Timberline steps in to rescue Ski the Glade Day from No-Snow Peril

The annual Ski the Glade fundraiser is still officially on for Saturday, March 7 — even though there isn’t any snow to be found on the 3.5-mile Glade Trail from Timberline Lodge to...

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Making the Most of a Low-Snow Year, and Other Lessons from the Super-Stoked Doughnut Guy

Call it climate change or the natural rhythm of our earth, but all I know about the last few years here on Mount Hood is that it doesn’t snow much in December and January. ...

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‘We knew that what we had going on was the future of skiing. And absolutely nobody believed us.’ — The Mount Hood Roots of Modern Twin-Tip Skiing

Editor’s Note: We’re busting this story out from the archives for two reasons: 1, it’s a good read that shouldn’t be buried. And 2, it is a story that says a lot...

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Hood-based photographer Darcy Bacha is up for Powder Magazine’s photo of the year – again

You know you’ve made it in action photography when you travel 30 hours on airplanes to get to a country you know nothing about and work your way through customs with a visa that has...

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Oregon Field Guide will air a story about the Stumptown Birkebeiner urban ski race Nov. 20 + 23

Oregon Public Broadcasting will run a story about the great Stumptown Birkie urban ski races of February 2014 during the Oregon Field Guide episode scheduled for 8:30 pm November 20....

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