What Oregonian doesn’t love Mount Hood?

The tallest mountain in our state is a beacon and an inspiration, and this fall The Oregonian/OregonLive has released a new book celebrating all things Hood.

With six chapters and hundreds of photos, "Mount Hood Revealed" revels in the history and beauty of the mountain. The book is a great companion to your adoration of Hood, whether you already know it well or are just getting acquainted.



You can buy your copy of "Mount Hood Revealed" online now – just in time for the holidays. Here's a quick preview of what you'll find inside:

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Wade Hewitt

First views of Mount Hood as hikers head to the McNeil Point shelter from the Top Spur Trailhead, 2018.

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History Museum of Hood River County

Arline Winchell Moore picking huckleberries near Lost Lake with Mrs. Lenz, Mr. Arens, and dog Shep, circa 1912. Moore stood out in Hood River for speaking and acting in defense of local Japanese American families, many of them orchardists like her father, when they were targeted by a federal internment order and local fears and bigotry during and after World War II.

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The David W. Day Family

Construction of the Timberline Lodge, 1936.

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Mazamas

James Francis Drake/J. K. Gill party resting on the summit of Mount Hood, August 18, 1892. This was very likely the largest single group to climb Mount Hood before the Mazamas organized on the summit in 1894 and reflects the growing interest.

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Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum

The Mt. Hood Skiway aerial tram had self-propelled cars that ran from Government Camp to Timberline Lodge, early 1950s.

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Liz Wade Photography

Sunset on Mount Hood from Timberline Lodge, 2015.

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Barbara Sonniksen

Members of the Oregon Winter Sports Court promoting the opening of Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, 1937. Queen Rose Winkler is at bottom right. The court also included princesses Helen Fisher, Dorothy Greenwood, Helen Jones, Marge Stepp, and June Wyrich. The outfits were all designed by White Stag Sporting Goods of Portland.

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Mazamas

Wy'East climbers on the summit of Mt. Hood, May 8, 1932.

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Oregon Historical Society

Edward P. Cliff (left) and Darrell Jones riding the Magic Mile chair lift at Timberline Lodge after the facility's dedication, December 1962. Cliff was chief of the US Forest Service and Jones was a Clackamas County Commissioner.

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Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum

Mt. Hood Ski School lesson, circa 1958.

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Mazamas

Mazamas log lodge burning, December 4, 1958.

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Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum

Party of climbers at the wreckage of an Air Force plane on Mount Hood, August 1949. The B-26 crashed four months earlier, killing an Air Force pilot and an Army colonel and master sergeant, on April 21, 1949, while approaching Portland at 7,000 feet.

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History Museum of Hood River County

Construction crew that built Cloud Cap Inn, 1888-1889.

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Oregon Historical Society

Skiers getting a tow up the mountain during the mid-summer ski tournament, June 1937.

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Oregon Historical Society

People gathering at 5ft celestial telescope on Mt. Hood.

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History Museum of Hood River County

Workers during the construction of the road to Lost Lake, 1920. The men are on an Excelsior motorcycle with boxes of dynamite.

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Meridith Allen

View of Mount Hood from Hood River vineyard, 2017.

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History Museum of Hood River County

Horticultural Fair in Hood River, early 1900s.

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Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum

HotelRhododendron Inn, 1915. The inn was built in 1905 on the south side of Mount Hood. It was destroyed in a fire in 1949.

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Historical Collections & Archive

Looking east across Portland to a Mount Hood covered in snow, circa 1930.

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History Museum of Hood River County

Greenpoint Mill of the Stanley Smith Lumber Company, 1916.

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Erik Eagon

The sun rising over Mount Hood and the iconic St. Johns Bridge, 2019.

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--Jamie Hale | jhale@oregonian.com | @HaleJamesB