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Accidents and Rescues

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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Accidents and Rescues

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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Resorts

Skibowl summer season will go seven days a week starting June 12

Mt. Hood Skibowl’s 27th summer season will rev up with mountain biking, zip lines, Frisbee golf and more, seven days a week starting June 12....

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Mountain Characters

An Outpouring of Love and Sadness as Lisa Moulding Dies from Cancer

Mount Hood lost one of its great spirits on Thursday, May 21, 2015, as the popular and always positive Mazot server Lisa Moulding died from cancer at the age of 34....

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Transportation

Rock-blasting project on Hwy. 26 cranks up the volume

The big Mt. Hood Safety Project on Highway 26 is shifting into high gear with three nights of rock-blasting per week, plus plenty of truck traffic hauling debris....

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News

New Ski Law Proposal dies a quiet death in Committee

Oregon Senate Bill 849, which would have updated and amended Oregon ski area law to account for terrain park risks and allow liability waivers, failed to advance beyond the Judiciary...

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Camps

Windells and High Cascade charge into summer with a huge new trampoline and tons of rails, jumps and visiting pros

Summer campers at Windells and High Cascade will have access to a new dryland training facility with a 14-by-14-foot trampoline next to a 60-by-60-foot bag jump and a resurfaced launch...

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Business

Oregon Pint Glass raises over Half a Million Dollars from 5,620 Backers

Not even in their craziest dreams did Leigh and Matt Capozzi imagine that their Mount-Hood-in-a-Glass Oregon Pint project would take off the way it has....

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Environment

Why Elon Musk’s Tesla Energy Foray could be a very good thing for the Future of Snow

Imagine a battery mounted on the side of your house that stores all of the energy generated by the solar panels on your roof, so you can use solar energy when the sun isn’t shining....

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Weather News

After three months without real snow, yet another April Pow Day

You know it’s going to be a good day on the mountain when there’s fresh snow in the trees, hints of blue in the sky, and everyone in the lift line is beaming and cracking jokes....

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