Mount
Hood is Oregon's highest mountain. It is also one of the loftiest mountains in
the USA based on its prominence. It is 1,249
feet (3,429 m) high.
Mount Hood is actually a stratovolcano in the
Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon and is located about 50 miles (80 km)
east-southeast of Portland.
Mount Hood is home to 12 named glaciers and
snowfields. It is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt, 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, so the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) characterizes it as "potentially
active", but the mountain is informally considered dormant.
The Multnomah (a native
American tribe) name for Mount Hood is Wy'east.
The mountain was given its present name in 1792 after Lord Samuel Hood, a
British Admiral at the Battle of the Chesapeake.
Timberline Lodge is a National Historic Landmark located on the southern flank of Mount
Hood just below Palmer Glacier, at approximately 6,000 feet (1,800 m) of
elevation. The mountain has six ski
areas totalling over 4,600 acres (7.2 sq mi; 18.6 km2) of skiable terrain;
Timberline (one of the 6 ski areas) offers the only year-round lift-served
skiing in North America.
Mount Hood is within the
Mount Hood National Forest, which comprises 1,067,043 acres (4,318.17 km2)
of land—including four designated wilderness areas that total 314,078 acres
(1,271.03 km2)—and more than 1,200 miles (1,900 km) of hiking trails.
These two great views of
Mount Hood were sent by Tere Belcher of Oregon (3 April 2014) who is fortunate
to live with this mountain visible from her living room.
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