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Introducing Mount Hood’s Own Self-Taught Snow Expert

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Mountain Characters

Introducing Mount Hood’s Own Self-Taught Snow Expert

So what’s the snow like? Or rather, what is it going to be like?...

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Resorts

Meadows Invests in Grooming, Rentals and Webcams

Skiers and snowboarders may not notice the largest investment at Mt. Hood Meadows  going into the 2016-17 season, but it should improve operations for the largest resort on Mount Hood....

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Real Estate

Got Opinions About the Mt. Hood Land Exchange? The Forest Service Wants to Hear from You

There’s a massive real estate deal in the works on Mount Hood, and if you have opinions about it, the Forest Service would like to hear them....

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Culture/Style

Shred Hard this Season, Ladies!

What happens when you gather a group of some of the most bada** women in the NW region, have them join forces in the middle of an incredible up-n-coming ski manufacturing company’s...

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Accidents and Rescues

Crag Rats Celebrate 90 Years of Volunteer Rescues

Fog hung low in the Hood River Valley on a late October day. The changing leaves of oaks and maples threw bright splotches of red and orange on the wet fall canvass of the Mount Hood...

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Mountain Characters

Petr the Crazy Czech and his 100-Mile-an-Hour Arctic Man Ski Adventures

For years I’ve been hearing about Petr Kakes, the legendary speed skier who runs the Warming Hut and the ski shop at Ski Bowl....

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Culture/Style

1,082 Reasons to Join Us at Snowvana

1,000 lift ticket giveaways. 5 all-resort Snowvana Season Passes. 17 Concourse Level booths. 39 Arena Level booths. 4 Rocking Bands. 8 of Oregon’s greatest drink specialists. 9 ski...

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Mountain Characters

Dale Crockatt’s Mountain Photographs Find a Home at the Mt. Hood Museum

Dale Crockatt had two final wishes regarding the mountain he loved when he died from cancer at age 57. He wanted to donate thousands of his photographs to the Mt. Hood Museum, and he wanted...

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Transportation

Introducing the New and Hopefully Improved Hwy. 26

The $25 million Mt. Hood Safety Project is just about complete, so expect fresh asphalt and a new concrete barrier to prevent cross-over head-on collisions. As for whether the improvements...

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Mountain Characters

‘A Special Kind of Crazy’: The Mount Hood Community Mourns the Death of Mike Heffernan

Mount Hood’s one and only Mike Heffernan died on Friday, August 19 after suffering severe injuries in a motorcycle crash on the mountain. He was 53....

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