Mount Hood

This year, cooler conditions and increased snowfall have allowed ski resorts in Oregon to open earlier than anticipated.

Still, fire officials say these easterly winds won't be nearly as strong as the ones that fueled the 2020 Labor Day weekend fires.

On rocky outcrops 6,000 feet up Mount Hood’s ski slopes, Spirit the robot took one small step for robots, one giant leap for science.

In 1915, U.S. Forest Service ranger Elijah “Lige” Coalman built a fire lookout cabin on the summit of Mount Hood. The cabin is the subject of a new documentary.

We get more details on the fire and the extent of the damage.

Speaking on OPB’s “Think Out Loud,” a hotel spokesperson said firefighters doused the roof and chimney of the lodge for hours with water, leaving a wet mess for clean up crews on Friday.

After 135 historic years on Mt. Hood, Cloud Cap Inn is getting a new $230,000 roof. New decks, shutters and windows are planned for the future.

The log church was built by Henry Steiner, who made family cabins and churches on and around Mount Hood between 1925 and 1952.

Crews rescued a woman who fell several hundred feet on the mountain in November.

As most of Oregon’s school districts close for the winter break this week, many families usually head to the slopes, but the lack of snow is keeping people away.