Mount Hood, Stratovolcano in the Cascade Range, Oregon, United States
Mount Hood is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Range, about 50 miles east-southeast of Portland on the Clackamas–Hood River county line. Its summit reaches 11,249 feet (3,429 m), and 12 named glaciers and snowfields descend to roughly 2,100 m. Timberline Lodge sits on the south flank just below Palmer Glacier.
Lieutenant William Broughton named the peak after British Admiral Samuel Hood in October 1792 during his Columbia River expedition. European settlers later built trails and lodges, while indigenous communities had used the area for centuries before their arrival.
The name Wy'east has been linked to Mount Hood for over a century, but no evidence shows it is a genuine name in any indigenous language; it may derive from an 1890 work by Frederic Balch. In one version of that story, the peaks Hood, Adams and St. Helens mark where the spirit Sahale placed the fallen lovers Wy'east, Pahto and Loowit. The mountain lies partly inside the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs reservation.
Five winter sports areas, including Timberline Lodge, offer skiing at higher elevations throughout the year. Weather changes quickly, so visitors should prepare for fog, wind, and sudden temperature shifts.
The twelve named glaciers reach down to about 2,100 m, and their combined ice covered roughly 80% of the cone in the early 1980s. Between 1981 and 2023 the glaciated area shrank by 39%.
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