One of Oregon's best beginner backpacking trips is tucked into Mount Hood's west flank, just an hour from Portland. The big ...

On clear days, you can see snowy Mount Hood, the highest mountain in Oregon (at 11,239 feet), from Portland. Mount Hood is the region's prime skiing area, with numerous powdery downhill and cross ...

Army Ranger medic at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., receives Soldier’s Medal for saving injured hiker on mountainside in ...

a mountaineering organization based in Portland. He considers Ranger’s story among the top five in Mount Hood history. “Ranger’s right up there,” Thomas said. “Lots of dogs have climbed ...

It's an interesting juxtaposition of skiing on glaciers and active volcanoes; the iconic fire and ice story that shaped and ...

This week, Kelley talks with Theresa Silveyra of Portland Mountain Rescue. They consist of a team of people dedicated to promoting safety on Mt. Hood for climbers and skiers, alongside life-saving ...

MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — Search and rescue teams recovered ... The hiker was identified as 38-year-old Robert Tveite of Portland. Around noon on Sunday, Jan. 26, family of Tveite reported that he ...

This includes highways around Mt. Hood and near the mountain’s ski areas ... Daniela Yaziciyan and her dog were driving from Bend to Portland. Yaziciyan says driving became challenging once ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland woman was rescued near the Mt. Hood Summit on Saturday after falling “several hundred feet”, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.

At approximately 11:30 a.m., a 36-year-old woman from Portland was coming down the popular south side route on Mt. Hood when she slipped, fell several hundred feet, and sustained injuries.

Matt Zavortink with Portland Mountain Rescue said conditions on Mount Hood are dangerous this time of year. “In the winter, there are really large storms that deposit a lot of snow on the upper ...