Mt. Hood Sports Docs Earn National Awards in Windsurfing and Cycling
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Mountain Characters
- Published: December 16, 2016
- Last Updated: December 16, 2016
Jeff Albright competing in Maui on the American Windsurfing Tour. Photo by Si Crowther
Two local sports medicine specialists took their personal training to a whole new level this year to earn the podium in national competitions for their respective sports.
Introducing the New and Hopefully Improved Hwy. 26
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Transportation
- Published: October 07, 2016
- Last Updated: October 14, 2016
The new Hwy. 26 is vastly improved after a $25 million investment. Or is it? Photo courtesy of ODOT
The $25 million Mt. Hood Safety Project is just about complete, so expect fresh asphalt and a new concrete barrier to prevent cross-over head-on collisions. As for whether the improvements will improve traffic flow during the winter peak season, we'll just have to wait and see.
The Four-Time Olympian in our Midst
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Racing
- Published: February 19, 2016
- Last Updated: February 20, 2016
AJ Kitt competing in the Beaver Creek GS.
AJ Kitt is a familiar character around Mount Hood, a family guy with three young kids, a ski racing coach, a hard-working real estate pro who helps run his wife Amy's vacation rental business. Just a regular Oregon guy, who also happens to be one of the greatest American ski racers in history: winner at Val-d'Isère, silver medalist at the Hahnenkamm, a four-time Olympian.
The Transformation of Cooper Spur
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Kids Racing
- Published: February 02, 2016
- Last Updated: February 10, 2016
250 kids raced in the 2016 Cooper Spur Duel Slalom.
What do you get when several hundred of the most hard-core ski families on Mount Hood descend on a quaint little throwback of a resort with limited indoor plumbing?
Snow-hungry weekenders storm Mount Hood, breathing life into the mountain economy
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Business
- Published: December 15, 2015
- Last Updated: December 17, 2015
Pent-up demand for fresh snow on Mount Hood.
Two tough snow years in a row on Mount Hood gave way to an epic pre-Christmas snowstorm last week, sending skiers and snowboarders racing up to enjoy the powder, with their wallets at the ready.
Four Avalanches in One Day on the North Side of Mount Hood
- Written by Michael Getlin
- Category: Backcountry
- Published: November 19, 2015
- Last Updated: November 19, 2015
A huge avalanche rips down the north side of Mount Hood. Photo by Walter Burkhardt
If you’ve never seen a large avalanche rip off the top of a highly prominent peak and sweep three thousand vertical feet onto a glacier below, I highly recommend you check one out. Preferably from a safe distance.
Washington High School Riders Are More than Welcome to Compete on Mount Hood
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: High School Snowboarding
- Published: October 30, 2015
- Last Updated: October 31, 2015
High School Snowboarding on Mount Hood is all about good times. OISA President Ben Beavon with Sandy High Riders.
When a parent asked Ben Beavon whether Washington kids are allowed to compete in high school snowboarding comps on Mt. Hood, he couldn’t think of a reason why they shouldn’t. So he brought the notion to the volunteers who run OISA, and it was a quick vote.
Video: Lindsey Vonn picks up her record-breaking seventh crystal globe in the downhill
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Alpine Olympics/World Cup
- Published: March 19, 2015
- Last Updated: March 19, 2015
She did it with power, energy and her usual brilliant skiing.
Meadows partners with Gunny Gunnarson and SPT to build a 4600-foot spring park from Catacombs to Daisy Bowl to the Superpipe
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Terrain Park News
- Published: March 18, 2014
- Last Updated: March 18, 2014
The spring park will target advanced riders.
Mt. Hood Meadows is bringing in a top terrain park design firm to help build a spring park from the upper mountain to the base area with a continuous flow of features.
Cole Welter, Sierra Jewett and Derek Roy lead the way in USASA Rail Jam #3
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Slopestyle/Rail Jam
- Published: February 13, 2014
- Last Updated: February 13, 2014
The third USASA Rail Jam of the Mt. Hood Series went down last weekend at Mt. Hood Meadows. Here are the full results, along with a highlight video from Pierce Hodges.