The pilot of a Chinook helicopter has performed a two-wheel mountain-side landing during a rescue operation for a stranded climber in the US state of Oregon.

Footage shows the rear end of the Chinook perched just under the snowy summit of Mount Hood before airlifting the climber and six rescuers off the mountain.

The helicopter hovered while all seven people were loaded in using a plank, authorities said.

The whole operation took about 30 minutes.

Mount Hood is about 80 kilometres south-east of Portland and is about 3,420 metres high.

According to local news reports citing officials, the man had climbed Mount Hood to take his own life but had changed his mind.