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Business

Columbia Sportwear gets both rad and epic with its “best contest ever” Ski Bum Scholarship campaign

If you like hyperbole, you’ll love Columbia Sportswear’s latest social media campaign. It is the “best contest ever” to land the “best job on the...

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News

Cool lenticular cloud action adds to the Mount Hood aura

The sun broke through for some excellent conditions on Mount Hood Sunday. But what really stood out was the cool lenticular cloud action that gave the appearance at times of a ghost-like...

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Culture/Style

Three Reasons Why Home Grown’s Nostalgia Premiere Rocked

Tommy Ellingson and his Home Grown crew rocked the house Friday night with a jam-packed screening of their new Mount Hood ski film Nostalgia. It was a one-of-a-kind event, and here’s...

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News

The freezing level on Mount Hood is dropping, and the forecast calls for more snow

The rain is expected to give way to fresh snow as the freezing level plummets, and snow is in the forecast at 6,337 feet every day for the next week....

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Culture/Style

Norma Jeane on Mount Hood

You probably recognize this lovely young woman enjoying the fresh snow on Mount Hood. Her name was still Norma Jeane then, and she was about to set out on an epic road trip with the great...

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Gear and Tech

New AT&T tower improves cell coverage – on one side of Mount Hood, anyhow

AT&T’s new Hoodland cell tower has improved 4G coverage on Mount Hood, but it won’t improve the AT&T situation at Mt. Hood Meadows....

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News

The forecast calls for some serious snow this weekend, and well into next week

It’s looking like we’ll get a powerful storm on Mount Hood this weekend and well into next week, with heavy, persistent snow from 3,500 feet on up....

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Resorts

Mount Hood resorts draw 1,342,405 visits in best season yet

Mount Hood resorts hosted 1,342,405 visits from skiers and snowboarders and other recreators in 2012-13, nearly 150,000 more than the 10-year average....

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Resorts

Palmer will be open this weekend, despite shrinking snow pack

The base at Timberline Lodge has been officially zero for some time now, but Palmer Snowfield will still be open this weekend....

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News

Popular Govy bartender dies young

Geoff Ecker, a popular and much-loved bartender at Charlie’s Mountain View Restaurant and Bar, died early Tuesday morning of natural causes....

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