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Mount Hood, Oregon, c. 1881 –1883. Brooklyn Museum. Timberline Lodge is a National Historic Landmark located on the southern flank of Mount Hood just below Palmer Glacier, with an elevation of about 6,000 ft (1,800 m). [10] The mountain has four ski areas: Timberline, Mount Hood Meadows, Ski Bowl, and Cooper Spur.
Mount Hood is the highest summit of the U.S. State of Oregon. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Oregon. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
The Mount Hood National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, located 62 miles (100 km) east of the city of Portland and the northern Willamette River valley. The Forest extends south from the Columbia River Gorge across more than 60 miles (97 km) of forested mountains , lakes and streams to the Olallie Scenic Area , a ...
View of Mt Hood by Wamic, Mt Hood National Forest: Date: 1 November 2014, 11:37: Source: View of Mt Hood by Wamic, Mt Hood National Forest: Author:
White River Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the south slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] It ranges in elevation from about 10,000 to 6,200 feet (3,000 to 1,900 m). It is among the best known of the twelve glaciers on the mountain, and the lower reaches are a popular destination for Nordic skiing enthusiasts.
The trail is most easily accessible from Timberline Lodge, which has Forest Service permitted parking (which you can purchase at Timberline Lodge) for backpackers, as well as public transit access by Mt. Hood Express bus. It can also be accessed from Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort and numerous connecting trails from trailheads around the mountain.
Little Crater Lake is considered an oddity, with earlier geologists theorizing it formed from a collapsed lava tube because of its steep and overhanging walls. [2] Later geologists believe it originated from a volcanic maar [3] or was created from block faulting. [4]