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Son of the 10th

Dan Becker knows all about the connection between Mount Hood, the legendary 10th Mountain Division of World War II and the American ski industry. To a certain extent, it was the background...

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How about a little Love for Lisa?

Editor’s Note: As some of you already know, Lisa Moulding, the popular 34-year-old server at the on-mountain Mazot Eatery at Mt. Hood Meadows, has been diagnosed with Stage IV stomach...

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A Conversation with Mt. Hood Ski Patrol Living Legend Buzz Bowman

Buzz Bowman has served with the Mt. Hood Ski Patrol since 1946, making him the longest-serving ski patroller in the United States. And he doesn’t appear to be slowing down much. At 85...

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Friends and family mourn the loss of Dick Powers, WW II Vet, family man, and one of Oregon’s great photographers

Family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of the great Mount Hood photographer and popular Oregon character Dick Powers last weekend at a jam-packed memorial service at the main gym...

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Skier, Sailor, Boarder, Doc

Jeffreys Albright, M.D., decided he was going to be an orthopedic surgeon when he was a young ski racer in seventh grade....

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A Noble Cause

Fred Noble was a Mount Hood legend. He starred in Warren Miller films, shredded powder with some of the best skiers on the planet, and introduced thousands of people to the thrill of...

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“Mazot Man” Dan Kneip earns himself a cozy mountain cabin

Dan Kneip put aside $50,000 for a mountain cabin years ago — before going through cancer hell and back....

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Mount Hood loses a legend and a great friend with the death of Fred Noble

The mountain community suffered a great loss on Thursday when skier, philanthropist and Mount Hood legend Fred Noble died on May 1, 2014 after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral...

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Mount Hood’s “Pied Piper of Adaptive Skiing” looks back on the movement he helped launch

As amazing as the Paralympic Games have become, it is hard to believe that not so long ago winter sports were simply not an option for people with disabilities. Opening the slopes to all...

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Past Mt. Hood Ski Patrol president Steve Eversmeyer travels to Sochi to volunteer for the 2014 Paralympic Games

26-year Mt. Hood Ski Patrol veteran Steve Eversmeyer and his wife Annie have traveled to Sochi, Russia to work the alpine racing events of the 2014 Paralympic Games....

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