After nearly a week in the Mount Hood National Forest wilderness, a lost mountain biker has been found safe -- albeit "tired, ...

Ralph Sawyer, 52, found his car on East Still Creek Road and drove it back to his home in Gresham, officials said. Sawyer ...

Public use fire restrictions in Mount Hood National Forest and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area will be in ...

Deal to preserve thousands of acres of Mt. Hood wilderness disputed by conservation groups Published: May. 04, 2018, 5:13 p.m. Cloud Cap, Cooper Spur and Eliot Glacier on Mount Hood's northeast side.

PORTLAND -- A new survey says that almost 140,000 people a year venture into the wilderness areas of the Mount Hood National Forest, about twice as many as previous estimates. Survey results are ...

Wilderness designation is the highest level of protection federal land can have. A 2009 bill protects 127,000 acres in the Mount Hood National Forest with that label.

Plan, as approved, doesn’t respect area’s wilderness designation. VIEW E-EDITION. SUBSCRIBE. Support local journalism. Only 99¢ per month. MANAGE ACTIVATE SIGN IN. Hi . SIGN OUT. 50°F. News; ...

Popular areas like Tamanawas Falls and Mt. Defiance, together amounting to about 30,000 acres, would be incorporated into the 311,000 acres of designated wilderness already in the Mt. Hood ...

The U.S. Forest Service will propose a rule this month requiring anyone heading above 9,000 feet on Mount Hood to get a special permit that would cost around $20 per person, per climb, or $100 for ...

MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — She’s a lurker. Mount Hood, the craggiest and mightiest of the Oregon Cascades, is a rock-and-ice presence that, on many days, you feel more than see. Thanks — or no ...

If passed, the bill would preserve almost 127,000 acres around Mount Hood with Wilderness protection and add almost 80 miles on nine free-flowing stretches of rivers to the National Wild and ...

Sports; Outdoors; New permit likely required to summit Mount Hood beginning in 2023 June 10, 2022 Updated Fri., June 10, 2022 at 7:44 p.m. In this Dec. 13, 2009, photo, a cloud forms over Mount ...