The 1934 Fumarole Disaster That Shook The Mt Hood Climbing Community An Enthusiastic Group Climbs the Mountain Mount Hood Crater Rock tragedy – On the morning of August 27, 1934, five University of Washington students set out to climb Mount Hood. Among them was Victor Von Normann, just twenty years old, an engineering student and … Continue reading Mount Hood Crater Rock Tragedy: The Death of Victor Von Normann
The 1949 B-26 crash on Mount Hood – On April 21, 1949, a U.S. Air Force B-26 bomber disappeared in the clouds over Oregon. The twin-engine attack bomber had departed Hamilton Field near San Francisco that morning, bound for Portland. The bomber never arrived.
On New Year’s Eve of 1926, Government Camp was bustling. The Battle Axe Inn’s windows glowed with warm light, packed with holiday visitors who had come to celebrate the turn of the year in the shadow of Mount Hood. Outside, the snow piled deep as a winter storm surrounded the mountain. Among those staying at the rustic inn were three young men from Portland whose names would soon be linked together in one of the largest mountain searches Oregon had ever seen
In late September 1916, what began as a summit climb on Mount Hood turned into a dramatic rescue that made headlines across Oregon and beyond. The story of the Anton and Helen Edlefsen Mount Hood rescue, important in its time, has become one of the mountain’s least remembered survival tales.
Arlie Edward Mitchell was born on December 6, 1886, near Sandy, Oregon. Raised in the shadow of Mount Hood, he grew up with a deep connection to the mountain and the communities that surrounded it.
