Multorpor Mountain lies just south of Government Camp, across Highway 26. Today it forms the eastern half of Mt. Hood Skibowl — known as Skibowl East.
Multorpor Mountain History: From Multiple to Multorpor
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Timberline Lodge Dogs: Animals Who Became Mountain Legends
Timberline Lodge has a way of feeling alive. Not just because of the fireplace, the hand-hewn logs and stonework, or the view of Mount Hood on one direction and a view of Mount Jefferson in the other—but because for decades, animals were part of the lodge experience. They weren’t props. They were residents, greeters, troublemakers, and sometimes even the reason someone smiled after a long day in the snow.
Ranger and Laddie on Mount Hood: Legendary Climbing Dogs
Most people who’ve spent time around Mount Hood recognize names like Sam Barlow, Lige Coalman or Billy Welch—figures etched into the landscape through place names, summit stories, and historical accounts. Coalman alone is remembered for climbing Oregon’s highest peak 586 times and building the fire lookout cabin on the summit. Ranger and Laddie on Mount Hood are just as fondly remembered.
Gueffroy-Varney tragedy on Mount Hood: The Deadly 1938 Blizzard
The Gueffroy-Varney tragedy on Mount Hood – On Saturday, March 26, 1938, members of the Mazama Mountain Climbing Club gathered at the Mazama Lodge in Government Camp for what would be their first organized winter ascent of Mount Hood.
Mount Hood Crater Rock Tragedy: The Death of Victor Von Normann
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 the son of a well-known Seattle attorney. The group made good time up the Hogsback, a steep snow ridge leading to the summit. They were strong, eager, and in good spirits as they began their descent.