Climber recovering from long Mount Shasta tumble Nov 3, 2009
When I saw the front-page photo in The Bee Feb. 20 of the rescued climbers, stranded on Mount Hood since Feb. 18, I shuddered -- my fear was confirmed ... A point of clarification concerning the lost Mount Hood climbers in Oregon, albeit, I'm not an expert at search and rescue and don't pretend to know much about mountain climbing: I'd like to bring to the forefront an issue of cost to the public for the supposedly well-planned jaunt by the lost climbers. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Vikings picked fourth in GNAC Coaches Poll, receive two first-place votes Oct 28, 2009
Levi is one of six new players for UAF this year along with Brittany Aldrich (5-7, Jr., Udall, KS), who previously was a starting guard at Butler Community College in Kansas; Alexandra Melonson (5-6, Jr., Seattle, WA - Rancho - Las Vegas), a second team NWAACC all-star at Mount Hood where she averaged 12. 6 points and 3. (Wwuvikings.com)
Yuppie 911 -- beacons make calls for help too easy Oct 26, 2009
When eight climbers ran into trouble last winter during a summit attempt of Mount Hood in Oregon, they called for help after becoming stranded on a glacier in a snowstorm. "The question is, would they have decided to go on the trip knowing the weather was going bad if they had not been able to take the beacons," asks Rocky Henderson of Portland Mountain Rescue. (Anchorage Daily News)
Melrose Police and Fire Log Oct 18, 2009
1:33 a.m. Officer finds open door at Mount Hood Clubhouse, other officer responds with him. Interior of building checked and appears secure. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Southwestern new earn soccer draw Sep 23, 2009
The Lakers open South Region play this weekend with matches at Clackamas on Friday and Mount Hood on Saturday. Tags. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
U.S. Mint will roll out national park quarters beginning in 2010 Sep 10, 2009
After Hot Springs, the Mint next year will issue coins commemorating Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon. The Mint says it also will mint silver bullion quarter-dollar coins made of. (USA Today -- Money)
Ravens complete long run Sep 4, 2009
The Hood to Coast, which hosts 12,000 runners every year, is a 197-mile relay that takes its runners down Mount Hood, through Portland and over the Oregon Coast Range before ending on a beach. Teams of 12 runners complete the race as a relay with each runner responsible for three legs, which can total anywhere from 13 to 20 miles. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Man butts heads with town over bare-bottom statue Sep 3, 2009
When I saw the front-page photo in The Bee Feb. 20 of the rescued climbers, stranded on Mount Hood since Feb. 18, I shuddered -- my fear was confirmed. The three human climbers were properly and heavily clothed for climbing and prepared for blizzards, avalanches and freezing temperatures during the coldest months. (Fresno Bee)
Mt. Hood ski patroller helped save 'Hoodbomber' after crash Aug 6, 2009
A volunteer ski patroller on Mount Hood is getting credit for helping save the life of a bicyclist who crashed into a pole while bombing down Timberline Road ... A Timberline employee soon notified John Gastineau, a volunteer Mount Hood Ski Patroller who had just finished on the snow-fields, ski officials said. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Seattle hiker rescued after breaking leg in Mt. Hood fall Jun 29, 2009
-- Rescue crews headed to Cathedral Rock on the west slope of Mount Hood to rescue a Seattle-area man who had fallen down the mountain and broken his leg, broke his leg, Clackamas County officials said ... Rescuers headed for the hiker by way of Lolo Pass Road, a rugged and primitive path up Mount Hood. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
LOST & FOUND: Winchester teen braves Oregon mountain ordeal Jun 25, 2009
Gordon, a 15-year-old Belmont Hill student, attended a ski racing camp two weeks ago at Mount Hood, Ore ... Gordon s mother, Cici Gordon, of Winchester, flew to Mount Hood the next day to be with her son. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
People, businesses should pay for stupidity Jun 4, 2009
When climbers on Mount Hood fell into a crevasse, a military helicopter flew to the rescue. The copter crashed, and the pilot had to be rescued. (Athens Banner-Herald)
NWAACC Baseball Championships: Team-by-team breakdown May 20, 2009
Since joining the NWAACC in 1984, Mount Hood has missed only two tournament appearances (1994, 99), and has placed in the top-4 in 14 postseason events, trailing only Lower Columbia (27), Yakima Valley (19) and Edmonds (18). The Saints are ranked ninth in the latest ABCA poll. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Climber survives 500-foot fall on mountain May 19, 2009
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says an Oregon Army National Guard helicopter took an injured climber from Mount Hood to a Portland hospital. The climber, 54-year-old John Creager of Milwaukie, sustained leg, arm and facial injuries after falling about 500 feet Sunday. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Mount Hood climber injured in 500-foot fall May 18, 2009
PORTLAND The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says an Oregon Army National Guard helicopter took an injured climber from Mount Hood to a Portland hospital ... vet wrote on May 17, 2009 7:51 PM:" i sure hope these people that are doing this stuff that is dangerous like this are paying the bill for it all. it seems like every month some one is getting injured on mount hood climbing. ". (Longview Daily News, WA)
Climber survives 500-foot fall on Mt. Hood May 18, 2009
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says an Oregon Army National Guard helicopter took an injured climber from Mount Hood to a Portland hospital. KGW. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Lady Devils lose 2 games Saturday; season over May 17, 2009
Mount Hood pitcher Lauren Hadenfeld twirled a perfect game at the Lady Devils as the Saints claimed a 1-0 victory in the quarterfinals, and a bushel of errors in the fourth inning of their consolation game against Southwestern Oregon led to their elimination from the tournament following an 8-3 loss ... n Mount Hood 1, Lower Columbia 0: Hadenfeld, a sophomore from Vancouver s Evergreen High School, needed only 80 pitches (57 of them strikes) to notch the perfecto, which included 11 strikeouts... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Lady Devils open tourney with sweep May 16, 2009
Top-ranked LCC (37-5) meets Southern Division rival Mount Hood in a tournament quarterfinal at 12:15 this afternoon ... G7: Mount Hood 3, Bellevue 0 ... G16: Mount Hood 7, Shoreline 0. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Lady Devils poised to claim another title at Portland May 14, 2009
In last year s championship, LCC s Hayley Ridout blasted a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 7-5 win over Mount Hood ... G7: Bellevue vs. Mount Hood (11:30 a.m.). (Longview Daily News, WA)
Southwestern golfer wins tourney Apr 4, 2009
The Lakers are 2-8 on the season, with a doubleheader at Mount Hood on Saturday. Softball rained out. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Obama OKs New Wilderness Protections Apr 4, 2009
Among those created by the new law: the Wild Monongahela Wilderness in West Virginia, the Mount Hood Wilderness in Oregon, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Wilderness in Michigan, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness in California and Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness in Colorado. Sierra Club president Carl Pope praised the law as an asset in the fight against global warming. (KSBW 8, CA)
Obama signs bill protecting 2 million acres of wilderness Apr 1, 2009
Land protected ranges from California's Sierra Nevada and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Land in Idaho's Owyhee canyons, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, and Zion National Park in Utah also won wilderness protection. (Boston Globe)
It's all downhill from here for MM's Hanseler Apr 1, 2009
Last year, Hanseler, who competes for the Mount Hood Academy Ski Racing Team, earned enough points on the Pacific Northwest Ski Association circuit to qualify for the Junior Olympics at Bogus Basin, Idaho. It was her first foray into JO competition. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Text messaging key in rescue of snowshoers stuck on Mt. Hood Mar 30, 2009
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Heavy snow forecast for Mt. Hood this weekend Mar 28, 2009
Snow was forecast to begin falling early Saturday at elevations above 3,500 feet, according to the National Weather Service, with as much as 20 inches headed for Mount Hood. Rain was expected to fall most of the weekend in the Portland-Vancouver Metro area; however, a cold air blast could bring snow elevations down as low as 2,000 feet, KGW Meteorologist Dave Salesky predicted. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Congress OKs protection for Ariz. lands Mar 26, 2009
Some of the largest protected areas include California's Sierra Nevada, Oregon's Mount Hood, Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park and some of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. In addition, the bill permanently recognizes more than 850 federal sites nationwide under the National Landscape Conservation System, such as national monuments, wilderness areas and scenic trails. (AZCentral -- News)
Congress votes to expand wilderness in 9 states Mar 26, 2009
Land to be protected in the bill ranges from California's Sierra Nevada and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Land in Idaho's Owyhee canyons, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan and Zion National Park in Utah also would win designation as wilderness, and more than 1,000 miles of rivers in nearly a dozen states would gain protections. (USA Today)
Lands bill is long-awaited good news Mar 26, 2009
And as Portland and its environs and Bend have moved ever close to the magnificence that is Mount Hood and the Three Sisters Wilderness area, we wondered if those vistas would soon be lost ... In Oregon, it adds 204,300 acres: 13,700 acres of old-growth forest in Oregon s Siskiyou National Forest, more than 128,000 acres of national forest on Mount Hood; 23,000 acres in southwestern Oregon s Soda Mountain region; 31,000 acres of wilderness in the Badlands just east of Bend; and 8,600 acres of... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
CC Notebook: Devils' King earns NWAACC honor Mar 25, 2009
LCC tallied 78 points, including seven first-place ballots, with Mount Hood a distant second with 61 points including a first-place vote ... Skagit Valley is a distant third with 45 points, with Mount Hood in fourth with 39. (Longview Daily News, WA)
2 million acres up for 'wilderness' designation Mar 25, 2009
A House bill would protect Mount Hood ... Oregon's Mount Hood, including old-growth forests. (USA Today)
Who put the fish in Crater Lake? Mar 22, 2009
A few years later, he organized the state s famous Mazama Club, open only to people who d climbed Mount Hood. Finally, after a 17-year fight with the timber and grazing interests in Congress, Steel saw his dream realized. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Senate OKs bill to expand wilderness on its second try Mar 21, 2009
The legislation -- a package of nearly 170 separate bills -- would confer the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada mountain range and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Supporters called the legislation among the most important conservation bills debated in Congress in decades. (Anchorage Daily News)
Senate Bill Protects 2M Acres Of Wilderness Mar 21, 2009
The legislation -- a package of nearly 170 separate bills -- would confer the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada mountain range and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Copyright 2009 by. (KSBW 8, CA)
Wilderness bill hitches a ride through Senate; House next Mar 20, 2009
Supporters say the bill, which includes vast stretches of the Mount Hood National Forest, is the most important conservation legislation before Congress in decades ... The legislation -- a package of nearly 170 separate bills -- would confer the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia ... In Oregon, the measure would protect... (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Bill for wilderness areas loses in House Mar 12, 2009
The 1,200-page bill a collection of about 170 individual bills would confer the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada mountain range to Oregon's Mount Hood, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Land in Idaho's Owyhee canyons, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan and Zion National Park in Utah also would win designation as wilderness, and more than 1,000 miles of rivers... (MSNBC -- Politics)
House kills controversial bill Mar 12, 2009
News Story - Idaho State Journal. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Wednesday defeated a bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
GOP gun rights battle stymies wilderness protection in House Mar 12, 2009
The 1,200-page bill would confer the government's highest level of protection on land, for example, ranging from California's Sierra Nevada mountain range to Oregon's Mount Hood. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
House defeats wilderness bill with Oregon land Mar 12, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The House Wednesday defeated a bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness, including part of Mount Hood in Oregon ... The defeated measure would have conferred the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada mountain range to Oregon's Mount Hood, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Red Devils upset Spokane, advance to NWAACC quarterfinals Mar 7, 2009
G5: Olympic 80, Mount Hood 75 ... G11: Mount Hood 78, Columbia Basin 70. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Reluctant former skier finds her mojo again atop Mount Hood Mar 7, 2009
Next, we ventured to Mount Hood ... So, on that February day on Mount Hood, I kept skiing, kept carving turns, as I summoned the advice of numerous mentors all those years ago: Plant your poles; bend those knees; aim that body down the mountain. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Red Devils, Lady Devils head to Kennewick in quest for NWAACC titles Mar 5, 2009
G5: Mount Hood (20-6) vs. Olympic (19-6), 8 a.m. ... G6: Skagit Valley (24-1) vs. Mount Hood (16-11), 2 p.m.. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Outdoors Calendar Feb 15, 2009
Coastal Conservation Association, Mount Hood Chapter: No-limit Texas Hold 'em fundraising tournament; Saturday, Feb. 21; Persimmon Country Club, 500 S.E. Butler Road, Gresham. Cost: $50 buy-in, one $25 optional rebuy. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Timberline in the artist's eye Feb 8, 2009
Elizabeth Hoffman Dasch, 96, who composed a watercolor painting of the Mount Hood lily, joins him in those ranks ... Timberline, the beloved resort built on Mount Hood, was a federally funded WPA project that employed craftsmen and artists at a time when jobs of any kind were scarce. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
The worlds 9 sexiest winter lodges Feb 7, 2009
The lodge: , Mount Hood, Ore ... These three backwoods cabins are strung among the Douglas firs and the banks of the White River, not far from Mount Hood, and can only be reached by snowshoes or cross-country skis ... The aphrodisiac: The natural beauty of snow-covered rivers, old-growth forests and views of Mount Hood from 4,000 feet. (MSNBC -- Travel)
