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News

Seven feet of snow transforms the Mount Hood winter season

A relentless series of winter storms has blanketed Mount Hood with seven feet of snow in 10 days, rescuing the winter season and sending patrol crews scrambling to open new terrain safely....

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Environment

The Big Ooze: New research on Mount Hood’s hot and cool magma mix suggests the next eruption won’t blast the mountain to pieces

Every once in a while the smell of rotten eggs wafting over from Devil’s Kitchen serves as a reminder that Mount Hood is a volcano that has erupted before, and will erupt again. What...

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News

Monster storm switches from rain to snow to blanket Mount Hood with powder

Intense weather pounded Mount Hood all weekend, soaking skiers and snowboarders with heavy rain Saturday before rewarding them Sunday, Monday and Tuesday with deep, fresh snow that...

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Transportation

A closed I-84 is going to add to the Mount Hood traffic mess this weekend

UPDATE 8 PM FRIDAY: Hwy. 35 between Govy and Meadows was “a giant cluster F” for hours Friday evening, according to one witness stuck in traffic there. “We had to bust...

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News

Zaffino predicts four feet of “non-stop” snow

UPDATE 5 PM FRIDAY: The rain finally has turned to snow at all three resorts including Skibowl, where it is filling in puddles and lakes created by severe rainfall earlier in the day. It...

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Transportation

Timberline stops providing free Fusion Shuttles up from Skibowl West

Timberline will no longer run free Fusion Shuttle buses up from the Skibowl West parking lot now that Skibowl is finally operating all of its lifts....

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Culture/Style

The ladies of Skiyente crown John Wilberding King Winter with pomp, circumstance and shotskis

It was a perfect day to celebrate the coronation of a new King Winter. The temperature was bitterly cold, the wind was almost gale-force, the snow wasn’t just falling – it was...

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News

Snow shuts down Portland, allowing for an urban ski race through the Pearl District

The City of Portland’s amusing inability to deal with a little snow can be a very good thing for urban skiers....

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News

Fresh Powder!

What a difference two weeks can make, from bare spots and rocks to a blanket of silky fresh powder from Portland to the peak....

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Resorts

Skibowl blasts out the snow to make the most of a frigid week on Mount Hood

Mt. Hood Skibowl plans to make snow all week with the goal of opening new terrain soon....

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