Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with mount_hood www.salem-news.com 2010 Sunday at 11:33 a.m. the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team responded to a fallen and injured climber above Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. A 35-year-old woman, climbing with a group near Crater Rock slipped and fell. She fell and slid on glacier ice approximately 300 feet. http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/hood-rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/hood-rescue.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:48:00 PST The Zigzag District of the Mount Hood National Forest announces upcoming activities. As the snow begins to fall on Mount Hood it is a great opportunity to spend some time outdoors and enjoy YOUR National Forest. The Zigzag Ranger District Interpretation & Conservation Education Program will again provide tours of Historic Timberline Lodge, guided hikes/snowshoe tours out of Government Camp and Trillium Lake, and the Ski With A Ranger Program at Timberline Lodge Ski Area. http://salem-news.com/articles/november212010/zigzag-events.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november212010/zigzag-events.php Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:00:00 PST The Clackamas County Sheriffs Office Search and Rescue Team along with Portland Mountain Rescue, Mountain Wave and Timberline lodge employees responded to a fallen climber on Mt. Hood just below the summit. http://salem-news.com/articles/july242010/mount-hood.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july242010/mount-hood.php Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:57:00 PDT Personnel from the Crag Rats, Corvallis Mountain Rescue and Eugene Mountain Rescue, were able to successfully recover the body of Canadian climber, Robert Dale Wiebe today. "We appreciate all of the help that we received from search and rescue volunteers", said Chief Deputy Jerry Brown. "Today's mission could not have been completed without their help." http://salem-news.com/articles/june172010/hood-rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june172010/hood-rescue.php Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:16:00 PDT The Hood River County Sheriff's Office is currently coordinating a search and rescue mission in the western portion of Hood River County. A phone call to the Hood River 911 Center around 9:30 a.m. from the lost hikers, launched the rescue team. The hikers, a 23-year old female and 24-year old male, reported that they were lost in about four to five feet of snow. http://salem-news.com/articles/march262010/hood-lost.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march262010/hood-lost.php Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:16:00 PDT Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Patrol notified the Hood River County Sheriff's office Monday at about 6:30 p.m., that a snowboarder had been found deceased after being reported missing about an hour earlier. Detective Matt English with the sheriff's office says the snowboarder was later identified as 18-year old Levi Krukowski of Portland. http://salem-news.com/articles/march232010/snowboarder-death.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march232010/snowboarder-death.php Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:38:00 PDT Making the decision to suspend a search and rescue mission is among the most difficult that I am required to make as Clackamas County Sheriff. Unfortunately, that was how our rescue efforts for Katie Nolan and Anthony Vietti ended on December 16. http://salem-news.com/articles/january052010/mt_hood_cr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january052010/mt_hood_cr.php Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:15:00 PST The search for two missing climbers on Mount Hood is over. The information was released today by Det. Jim Strovink with the Clackamas Sheriff's Office. "The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, announces with profound sadness the necessity to suspend the ongoing Search and Rescue mission conducted on Mount Hood, in Clackamas County." http://salem-news.com/articles/december162009/mt_hood_ends.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december162009/mt_hood_ends.php Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:03:00 PST The Oregon Guard launched a Blackhawk helicopter Monday, in the search for two missing climbers on Mount Hood. The aircraft is a big help in searching dangerous terrain on days when avalanches threaten rescuers on the ground. http://salem-news.com/articles/december152009/hood_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december152009/hood_tk.php Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:04:00 PST As of 6:30 p.m. the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, ongoing search and rescue effort on Mount Hood, has paused for the evening, according to the agency's spokesman, Det. Jim Strovink. Sheriff Craig Roberts was on the mountain today and met with family and searchers. Sheriff Roberts emphasized, "This remains an active search and rescue mission, and the Sheriff's Office remains dedicated to this rescue mission." http://salem-news.com/articles/december142009/mt_hood.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december142009/mt_hood.php Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:30:00 PST Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Search and Rescue Coordinators and volunteers remain actively engaged in the ongoing rescue mission on Mount Hood. One of the climbers died on the mountain and has been recovered, but his two climbing partners remain missing. http://salem-news.com/articles/december132009/mt_hood.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december132009/mt_hood.php Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:33:00 PST The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office has formally announced that Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel have located one of the missing climbers on Mount Hood. This person was located by SAR volunteers, deceased, at approximately 10:00 a.m. on the Reid Glacier, at about the 9,000' level of Mount Hood. This deceased climber is identified as 26-year old Luke T. Gullberg of Demoines, Washington. http://salem-news.com/articles/december122009/mt_hood_rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december122009/mt_hood_rescue.php Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:30:00 PST Clackamas County Sheriff's Office personnel and volunteers launched a Search and Rescue mission on Mount Hood Saturday, for three missing climbers. Det. Jim Strovink, Sheriff's Office Spokesman, says Clackamas County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Coordinators were alerted late Friday evening by a friend of one of the three climbers, that the climbing party was overdue from their climb. http://salem-news.com/articles/december122009/hood_rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december122009/hood_rescue.php Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:31:00 PST Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a single car crash Sunday that resulted in the death of a Baker City couple west of North Powder on Interstate 84. OSP Trooper Travis Moody says at approximately 5:20 p.m. a 1998 Dodge 2500 pickup driven by 79-year old Richard Lee Coller of Baker City, was eastbound on Interstate 84 near milepost 283. http://salem-news.com/articles/december062009/fatal_84.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december062009/fatal_84.php Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:38:00 PST Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a Saturday morning two-vehicle fatal traffic crash on Highway 35 about five miles north of Mt. Hood Meadows that left one person dead and eight injured. OSP Sergeant Julie Wilcox says Saturday at approximately 10:28 a.m. a 1992 GMC Yukon sport utility vehicle driven by 16-year old Justin Wayne O'Neal of Battleground, Washington was southbound with two other teenagers on Highway 35 near milepost 69 on snow/ice-covered roadway conditions. http://salem-news.com/articles/november152009/meadows_fatal.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november152009/meadows_fatal.php Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:00:00 PST A report of a shooting in the Mount Hood National Forest was called into the Clackamas County Sheriffs Office Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. http://salem-news.com/articles/october092009/shooting_hood_10-9-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october092009/shooting_hood_10-9-09.php Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT The Snow Cat spins 180 degrees and backs up about 30 feet. The ramp is lowered and the driver opens our door. Six climbers and two guides exit, one guide scrapes the snow with his toe and says, “crampon’s for sure”. Without hesitation, we all turn our head lamps and strap crampon’s onto our mountaineering boots. Its 12:25 Father’s Day morning 2009. http://salem-news.com/articles/july022009/mount_hood_7-2-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july022009/mount_hood_7-2-09.php Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 PDT Search and Rescue personnel on Mount Hood have successfully rescued a patient with a broken leg from the Sandy Glacier area. Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Jim Strovink, says the patient is being airlifted by an Oregon National Guard helicopter from Mount Hood and transported directly to Emanuel Hospital, in Portland. He says the patient is 27-year old Kristopher R. Haskins of the Seattle, Washington area where he is employed by the University of Washington, in Seattle. http://salem-news.com/articles/june282009/hood_rescue_6-28-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june282009/hood_rescue_6-28-09.php Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:20:00 PDT Sheriff Craig Roberts and members of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Unit say they wish to acknowledge the exceptional team work, finesse and courage rescue personnel exhibited – once again – so heroically on Mount Hood this weekend. "A special thanks to Mountain Wave Communications; American Medical Response and the Reach & Treat Team; Mount Hood Ski Patrol and Portland Mountain Rescue; as well as the ever vigilant and reliable Oregon Army Air National Guard," Clackamas Sheriff's Office Spokesman. Det. Jim Strovink said. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172009/hood_final_5-17-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172009/hood_final_5-17-09.php Sun, 17 May 2009 16:46:00 PDT A second rescue on Mount Hood was launched this morning for a climber who reportedly fell 500' while climbing on the Hogs Back – at the 10,600' level – on Mount Hood. Rescuers were going to airlift the climber from the mountain, but Army Guard Helicopter crews say they're concerned with the helicopter rotor vibration that may create additional hazards on the present delicate and unstable surface of the mountain. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172009/hood_rescue_2_5-17-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172009/hood_rescue_2_5-17-09.php Sun, 17 May 2009 09:59:00 PDT A 34-year old female climber was injured while ascending Mount Hood, near Crater Rock early Saturday morning. Clackamas County 9-1-1 received an emergency cell phone call at 5:20 a.m. from a member of the 10-person climbing party on Mount Hood. It was reported that falling ice and debris had struck Jessica M. Deans, a member of their climbing party, causing injuries to both her legs; however, the injured party was conscious and breathing. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172009/rescue_051709.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172009/rescue_051709.php Sun, 17 May 2009 08:53:00 PDT An Oregon State Police trooper cited the drivers of six exotic sports cars for speed racing Thursday morning when he spotted the vehicles at a high rate of speed on Highway 18 near Grand Ronde. Over two hours later, one of the same vehicles was stopped again by OSP in the Columbia River Gorge for a high speed violation. http://salem-news.com/articles/april232009/exotic_chase_4-23-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april232009/exotic_chase_4-23-09.php Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:07:00 PDT Police say nobody was injured Sunday morning when a pair of passenger cars crashed into a bus with 20 kids aboard. It happened on westbound Highway 26 at approximately 7:30 a.m. according to Oregon State Police. OSP spokesman Lieutenant Gregg Hastings, says the crash happened when a red passenger car near milepost 18 lost control, slid across the center grass median and crashed head-on into a blue passenger vehicle and a RAZ Transportation bus occupied by about 20 juveniles enroute to the Mt. Hood area. Hastings says the bus driver, 44-year old Roger Peterson of southeast Portland, attempted to avoid the crash, crossed over the median and ended up in the westbound lanes. http://salem-news.com/articles/january252009/boring_mva_bus_1-25-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252009/boring_mva_bus_1-25-09.php Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:44:00 PST Police say an experienced mountaineer encountered falling ice while ascending Mount Hood Saturday morning around 10:21 AM, near what is referred to as the Pearly Gates portion of Mount Hood, with an elevation of approximately 10,000'. 45-year old Michael R. Leming of Portland, Oregon, a mountaineer, was struck with a ‘shower of falling ice', which caused this climber to fall a reported 200', says Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Detective Jim Strovink. "As a result of this violent fall, the climber suffered at least one broken ankle and was totally incapacitated. The injured climber was ascending the mountain with two other experienced climbers at the time of this incident. All members of this climbing party are well equipped and experienced climbers," Strovink said. http://salem-news.com/articles/january182009/mtn_rescue_1-17-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january182009/mtn_rescue_1-17-09.php Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:55:00 PST Search and Rescue personnel on Mount Hood are reporting the Oregon Army National Guard 1042 helicopter has flown to the Hogs Back area of Mount Hood, and lowered a medically trained member of their flight crew down with rescue personnel on the ground with the patient. This member of the flight crew assessed the situation and determined the best options available to remove the patient from the mountain. SAR officials report that at approximately 6:15 PM this evening, the injured climber was air lifted off the mountain and flown directly, in fair condition, to Legacy Emanuel Hospital, in Portland. Also, the first person on the scene rendering aid to the injured climber earlier is identified as 31-year old Jeff Manor of Rochester, Washington. Clackamas Sheriff's Office Spokesman Det. Jim Strovink, says Manor is a volunteer fire fighter - in training - with the Little Rock Fire Department, in Washington. http://salem-news.com/articles/october192008/rescue_complete_10-19-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october192008/rescue_complete_10-19-08.php Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:53:00 PDT The Oregon Army National Guard is be launching a Blackhawk Helicopter to make a mountain extraction of a climber who has suffered a head injury on Mt. Hood. Kay Fristad with the Oregon Guard says he is one of two climbers who had been on the mountain. The second climber is making his way down the mountain. The Blackhawk helicopter from the Oregon Army National Guard, based in Salem, Oregon, is expected to launch around 4:20 PM. http://salem-news.com/articles/october192008/helo_climber_10-19-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october192008/helo_climber_10-19-08.php Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:26:00 PDT A male climber on Mount Hood has reported from a cell phone that he and another climber who was climbing separately, had fallen, tumbling a distance estimated to be 300 feet. The Clackamas County Communications Center received the call at 12:33 PM, according to Detective Jim Strovink with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. "This reporting male climber informed dispatch he was not injured; however, the other climber who had also fallen suffered some facial cuts, knee and elbow injuries, yet was conscious and breathing. Both climbers are reported to be dressed warmly and the weather conditions are comfortable." http://salem-news.com/articles/october192008/hood_rescue_10-19-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october192008/hood_rescue_10-19-08.php Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:09:00 PDT Search and Rescue workers on Mount Hood say an injured female hiker has been reached. They were able to free her from under a boulder described as weighing approximately a ton, that had pinned her leg. Clackamas Sheriff Spokesman Jim Strovink says the woman's leg is described as broken, adding that she is conscious and breathing. http://salem-news.com/articles/july312007/hiker_mthood_2_73107.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july312007/hiker_mthood_2_73107.php Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:33:00 PDT Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue teams are responding to the Government Cama area of Mount Hood in search of a 18 to 19 year-old woman who is reportedly pinned under a large rock. The boulder is described to weigh at least one ton, with the patient in shock, Sheriff's Office Spokesman Jim Strovink said. http://salem-news.com/articles/july312007/hiker_mthood_73107.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july312007/hiker_mthood_73107.php Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:14:00 PDT At 11:30pm, the 5 lost climbers were found and safely brought back to the Timberline Lodge. Efforts by Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Unit and the Portland Mountain Rescue made for quick and safe rescue of the five men. All five hikers are reported to be in good condition with no injuries. There were no injuries to rescuers during the search efforts. Through the use of GPS coordinates and a mountain locator unit search efforts were swift and resulted in the rescue of the hikers quicker than anticipated. A snow cat was used to safely retrieve and transport the hikers off the mountain. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132007/mt_hood_2_51207.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132007/mt_hood_2_51207.php Sun, 13 May 2007 00:21:00 PDT