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Resorts

Meadows and Timberline plan for a three-day Thanksgiving weekend

Mt. Hood Meadows and Timberline are hoping the rain doesn’t wash away their bases after picking up a foot and a half of new snow over the weekend....

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Resorts

Meadows backs away from its plan for a park-and-ride on Hwy. 35

After facing strong opposition at a community hearing, Mt. Hood Meadows has rescinded its plan to develop a 179-parking-space park-and-ride across the street from the Mt. Hood General Store...

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Environment

What would the ice cave think?

“Requiem of Ice,” the new film from Portland-based Uncage the Soul Productions, doesn’t just delve deep into the inner-most regions of the ice caves of Mount Hood’s...

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Culture/Style

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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Mountain Characters

“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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Weather News

Huge storm blankets Mount Hood with snow

A major winter storm hit the Cascades November 13-14 and dumped a foot of snow at 6,000 feet on Mount Hood in 24 hours....

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Gear and Tech

Ski Tracks, Trace and now Ski Nation battle it out for the ever-growing mountain app market

The newly released Ski Nation mobile app gives tech-savvy skiers and snowboarders one more way to track their turns and access maps, trail reports and photos....

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Business

Oregon gas prices hit their lowest levels in four years

Whether you like to admit it or not, one of your biggest expenses as a skier or a snowboarder is probably the gas you burn getting up to the mountain. Given that, the next best thing to a...

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Business

Ski clubs sell Mt. Hood Passports to connect mountain regulars with participating businesses

Familiar with the McMenamins Passport that gets you all sorts of deals on food, drinks, movies and shows? Local snow sports clubs are working on a similar passport concept, to connect Mount...

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Culture/Style

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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