Winter weather is closing in on Mt. Hood as the fall season gets underway in the Pacific Northwest. The biggest winter weather event of the fall season takes aim at Mt. Hood and much of Oregon’s high ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Starting January 2024, Mt. Hood climbers will be required to have permits to climb above a 9,500-foot elevation. Climbing permits, which will be available online, will cost $20 ...

The Timberline Trail is a 40-mile loop around Mount Hood. But if you only have a day, there's still a great variety of hikes ...

There it was: the breathtaking peak of Mount Hood. Over the next four days, I would become well-acquainted with this profile, viewing it from every angle as I circumnavigated the volcano. This 40-mile ...

MT. HOOD Ore. (KPTV) - Around 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, dispatchers responded to a 911 call from two elderly hikers in the Ramona Falls area. While making their way back down the trail after ...

Oregon is starting the year with more snow than normal. The state’s snowpack jumped to 166% of normal, compared to the last 30 years, after a parade of storms and just enough cool air brought a deep ...

MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — A man was critically injured and had to be airlifted to a Portland hospital after he slipped and fell about 700 feet while climbing Mount Hood. On Saturday, around 7:45 a.m., the 55 ...

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.m., ...

Snow days are few and far between in the Willamette Valley, but up on Mount Hood it’s not hard to find them. If you want to play in the snow on the mountain, your best bet is to stop by a sno-park: a ...