Gueffroy-Varney tragedy on Mount Hood: The Deadly 1938 Blizzard

First warning of the disaster that was to come.

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.

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