Many of the glaciers and snowfields on Mount Hood are named after explorers and mountaineers, including Newton Clark, Elijah “Lige” Coalman, Henry Coe, Thomas Eliot, Rodney Glisan and Joel Palmer.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Northwest Avalanche Center has issued an avalanche warning for Mount Hood, the west slopes of the Washington Cascades and the Stevens and Snoqualmie passes until 6 p ...

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office has suspended the search for a 61-year-old hiker and her two dogs near Mt. Hood on Nov. 26 ... in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, the Clackamas County ...

The original story is below. Search teams spent hundreds of hours looking for a 61-year-old woman and her two dogs in the wilderness near Mount Hood before calling off efforts, Oregon deputies said.

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 ...