Mount Hood National Forest

Parks Directory of the United States / National Forests

Address:16400 Champion Way
Sandy, OR 97055
Phone:503-668-1700
Fax:503-668-1794
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood
Size: 1,067,043 acres.
Location:In the Cascade Mountain Range of northwestern Oregon. Accessible by US 26 and 35. Nearby cities/towns include Gresham, Hood River, and Portland.
Facilities:83 campgrounds, 1 cabin, 20 day-use sites, trails (1,000 miles), winter sports area, lookout tower, scenic drives, hot springs.
Activities:Camping, fishing, boating, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, rafting, OHV riding, mountain climbing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, cross-country and downhill skiing, berry picking, mushroom collecting.
Special Features:189,200 acres of designated wilderness, featuring Mount Hood Wilderness, which includes the mountain's peak and upper slopes, and Olallie Scenic Area, a remote lake basin. Other points of interest include Timberline Lodge (built in 1937 high on Mount Hood), Lost Lake, Trillium Lake, Timothy Lake, Rock Creek Reservoir, and portions of the Old Oregon Trail including Barlow Road.

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2 while soaking in the hot springs in the Mount Hood National Forest. After the discussion turned to sexual orientation, the strangers attacked the two men, beating the Portland man on the head with a flashlight.

AROUND THE REGION

Near Mount Hood National Forest's ZigZag Ranger Station, on Lolo Pass Road, a plaque marks the site of a 200-man Civilian Conservation Corps camp that operated from 1933 to 1941; the corps performed forest and road maintenance and participated in the construction of Timberline Lodge.

Follow the pioneers over Barlow Pass

Similarly, Portland residents know the best places to hike on the Mount Hood National Forest, and folks in Southern Oregon can tell you the best camping spots on the Rogue River/Siskiyou National Forest.

Counties must realize logging isn't their salvation

Nurses at a Christmas Eve bonfire came to the rescue of two people seriously injured in a car crash in Mount Hood National Forest.

AROUND THE REGION

The next two days were hikers' bliss, going through the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and Mount Hood National Forest on smooth trails, the more barren forests giving way to vine maple, huckleberries and moss.

Hikers get no hot dogs, just cold Ducks

Forest Service officials have finally limited the more than 2,000 miles of access for dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles and four-wheel-drive vehicles in the Mount Hood National Forest (Register-Guard, Aug.

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG

She is a geographic information systems specialist for North Tree Fire International, and he is a forestry technician in wildland fire for the Mount Hood National Forest.

WEDDINGS

The Opal Creek Wilderness in the Willamette National Forest abuts the Bull of the Woods Wilderness to the northeast in the Mount Hood National Forest.

A CASCADE GEM

The two Oregon Democrats last week proposed an "Oregon Treasures" bill that would add 132,000 acres of wilderness, 34,550 acres of recreation area and 80 miles of wild and scenic river designations to the Mount Hood National Forest. That's 6,500 acres more than is proposed in the Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness bill, which is bottled up in the Senate.

Into the wild

The "Oregon Treasures" proposal would have an impact on the Mount Hood National Forest, adding 6,500 acres of wilderness designation, 79.6 miles of wild and scenic rivers and 34,550 acres of national recreation area.

`Oregon Treasures' seeks more wilderness protections

Farther east in the Mount Hood National Forest - where fallen trees, washouts and mudslides were expected - officials urged visitors to delay trips into the woods.

Furious weather threatens Northwest

The National Weather Service on Monday issued a "fire weather watch" from late tonight through Thursday evening in areas that include the Willamette and Mount Hood national forests. Hot and dry conditions are expected to generate a "highly favorable burning environment," according to the weather service.

Calmer winds aid efforts to block fire