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Mount Hood [3] Closed Mondays: 1974 Portland [3] Deafula: 1975 Portland [43] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 1975 Salem [24] The Possessed: 1977 Portland [44] First Love: 1977 Portland [45] Fire: 1978 Yamhill County [3] The Shining: 1980 Timberline Lodge [24] Paydirt: 1980 Hood River, Newberg, Yamhill County [3] Just Before Dawn: 1981
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.
The building was controversial while being constructed because its location blocked the view of Mount Hood that had long been seen by drivers emerging from the Vista Ridge Tunnel under Portland's West Hills going eastbound on U.S. Route 26. [6]
Summit Pass (formerly Summit Ski Area) [1] is a small ski area located on Mount Hood, alongside the Mount Hood Highway (U.S. Route 26) in Government Camp, Oregon. Built in 1927, it is the oldest ski area in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to downhill skiing and snowboarding, Summit also offers snow tubing and Nordic trails.
Skiing on Mount Hood dates back to 1907 but summer skiing started in the mid 1950s. It started with Tucker Sno-Cats transporting skiers to the Palmer snowfield, at about 8,000 feet. The Palmer ...
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 ...
The Magic Mile is an aerial chairlift at Timberline Lodge ski area, Mount Hood, Oregon, U.S. It was named for its unique location above the tree line and for its original length. When constructed by Byron Riblet in 1938, it was the longest chairlift in existence, the second in the world to be built as a passenger chairlift, and the first to use ...
The 1846 construction of the Barlow Road provided a less daunting alternate route around the south side of Mount Hood. [3] Lolo Pass is one of the milestones along the Pacific Crest Trail, though not a particularly low point for the region. By 5 miles (8 km) south of Lolo Pass, the Pacific Crest Trail drops to 2,800 feet (850 m) and much lower ...