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Resorts

Safety, Helmets and the Public’s Right to Know: 5 Large Questions to consider after the New Year’s Eve Accidents on Mount Hood

Seven weeks have passed since Mt. Hood Skibowl was the scene of two serious accidents on New Year’s Eve, and large questions remain....

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Culture/Style

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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Culture/Style

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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Resorts

Video: The Art and Craft of Harvesting Snow on Mount Hood

I don’t need to tell you that snow conditions have not been stellar on Mount Hood this season. But conditions have been decent, even surprisingly good at times — at least for a year...

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Business

Search and Rescue Climber Opens a FIT Academy with the Spirit of the Mountain in Mind

There is a large, gorgeous photograph on the wall at Jarod Cogswell’s new FIT Academy in Beaverton that is a source of inspiration and motivation for Cogswell and his many Mount Hood...

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Mountain Characters

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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Mountain Characters

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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Mountain Characters

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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Weather News

Mount Hood picks up some desperately needed snow

A foot of fresh, heavy snow fell on the upper mountain Monday, and hundreds of people were forced to call in sick Tuesday....

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Resorts

The Oregon Supreme Court’s decision rejecting liability waivers raises large questions for resorts, skiers and snowboarders

The Oregon Supreme Court’s recent decision that liability waivers violate the public interest and are invalid and “unconscionable” is the most significant court ruling in...

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