Yesterday, Tim, Taylor, Emma and I along with my brothers and niece went to Mt. Hood. We took the kids tubing at one of the ski resorts there, called SkiBowl. Since this is my first post about Mt. Hood, here is a little background information about the mountain….compliments of Wikipedia:
Mount Hood (called Wy’east by the Multnomah tribe), is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc in northern Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) east-southeast of the city of Portland, on the border between Clackamas and Hood River counties.
Mount Hood’s snow-covered peak rises 11,249 ft (3,429 m) and is home to twelve glaciers.[4]mountain in Oregon and the fourth-highest in the Cascade Range. Mount Hood is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt,[5] though based on its history, an explosive eruption is unlikely. Still, the odds of an eruption in the next 30 years are estimated at between 3 and 7 percent,[6] so the USGS characterizes it as “potentially active”.[6] The mountain is sometimes informally described as “dormant” (“asleep”).
Timberline Lodge is a National Historic Landmark located on the southern flank of Mount Hood just below Palmer Glacier.[7] They total over 4,600 acres (7.2 mi², 18.6 km²) of skiable terrain; Timberline offers the only year-round lift-served skiing in North America.[8] Mount Hood is part of the Mount Hood National Forest, which has 1.067 million acres (1667 mi², 4318 km²), four designated wilderness areas which total 189,200 acres (295 mi², 766 km²), and more than 1200 mi (1900 km) of hiking trails.[9]
I have to say, after coming from a place that was mostly flat… Mt. Hood is so very impressive… when spying it for the first time out the car window, Taylor, in his innocent ‘all boy’ voice said “This (tubing) is going to be so awesome!” Tim looked at me and said… “I think he thinks we are going all the way to the top of the mountain to sled down.” He wasn’t disappointed when we
got to the SkiBowl and found that they have a tow lift for the tubes…. and as he pointed out…. “you get to sit in them while they pull you up the mountain…. that is so cool!” It never ceases to amaze me the things that my kids get excited about…. it doesn’t take much to make their whole day, and this was no exception. As you read the facts above about Timberline…. if you double click
on the photo and look to the right you can see what looks like telephone poles…its actually Timberline Ski Resort’s Lift. We were actually at one of the very first resorts on the mountain, and since we left kind of late, we weren’t able to get up to Timberline to take photos…that will have to be in a later post. I am only posting a few of the over 200 photos I took while we were there. But if you look to the right side of my o blog you will find a link to view a slide show of many more! I hope it brings you to the mountain with us…that is always our goal… to bring you with us through the adventures we experience while exploring the wonders of Oregon. The people in the photos…. My Brother Brian and his daughter Leslie (almost 4), My brother Joe, Tim, Taylor and Emma. Maddie stayed home to entertain her grandparents.
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