Really hate to bring it up but - can we maybe talk about climate change?
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Environment
- Published: January 27, 2015
Rocks are rearing their ugly heads on Mount Hood, making January look like July.
Midway between the heavy rainstorm that swamped Mount Hood on Saturday, Jan. 17 and the record-high heat of Sunday, Jan. 25, I took a midweek day off to make some turns with my 10-year-old daughter, Melina. A news item about climate change came on the radio as we were driving up from Portland to the mountain, and I found myself trying to explain the relationship between human progress, fossil fuels, greenhouse gases and the lack of snow on the mountain we have been enjoying together since Melina was four.
Work on the mountain? Got health insurance? You may have more (and cheaper) options than you realize
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: News
- Published: January 27, 2015
Shredding without health insurance: What could possibly go wrong?
If you do seasonal work on Mount Hood and you are wondering about your health insurance options, you might consider attending a health insurance open house organized by Cover Oregon for Monday in Government Camp. Especially since health insurance may be far cheaper than you thought - or even free.
Oregon-raised ski mountaineering legend 'American Dave' Rosenbarger dies in an avalanche in Italy
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Ski Mountaineering
- Published: January 23, 2015
Rosenbarger's Instagram feed shows one deep powder shot after another.
“American Dave” Rosenbarger, who grew up skiing Oregon and moved to France to ski pristine powder, died in an avalanche today on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.
Danny Davis's Winning X-Games Superpipe Run
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: X-Games/Olympics
- Published: January 23, 2015
Danny Davis chased Shaun White off the podium with this high-flying run down the X-Games Superpipe in Aspen last night.
2 Videos: Lindsey Vonn races to her record-breaking 63rd World Cup victory
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Alpine Olympics/World Cup
- Published: January 19, 2015
Lindsey Vonn won two World Cup races in one weekend in Italy to tie and then break the all-time record with 63 victories.
Shred Hood needs a Marketing Whiz to help us reach more people
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Business
- Published: January 20, 2015
Know a recent college grad who is looking for a unique marketing internship? Someone who enjoys skiing and/or snowboarding and getting up to the mountain every weekend? Someone who knows and loves Mount Hood?
Maya Barnard-Davidson has progressed off the ventilator and out of the ICU after a harrowing accident New Year's Eve at Skibowl
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: News
- Published: January 15, 2015
- Last Updated: January 17, 2015
Maya Barnard-Davidson has been hospitalized with traumatic brain injury following a ski accident New Year's Eve at Skibowl. Photo courtesy of Candy Barnard-Davidson
Just hours after the fatal crash of Brian Fletcher on Mount Hood on New Year’s Eve, 19-year-old expert skier Maya Barnard-Davidson suffered a serious accident on the same trail at Skibowl. She was immediately life-flighted to OHSU in Portland, where she remains hospitalized, recovering from traumatic brain injury.
Candide Thevex burns up the Internet with One of Those Days 2
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Freestyle
- Published: January 19, 2015
The great French freeskier Candide Thevex snagged more than 7 million page views for this first-person video, and it is easy to see why.
The young skier who died on New Year's Eve on Mount Hood is remembered and mourned after a terrible fluke accident
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: News
- Published: January 13, 2015
Brian Fletcher (on the left) with his older brother Drew at Mount Ashland in 2007. Photo courtesy of Sandra Fletcher
Brian Fletcher, the 37-year-old man who died in a ski accident at Mt. Hood Skibowl on New Year’s Eve, was a lifelong skier who loved the mountains.
Racers scramble to get the season started on Mount Hood despite thin snowpack
- Written by Ben Jacklet
- Category: Racing
- Published: January 14, 2015
Austin Keillor of Hood River raced his way to first in the Mt. Hood League GS, one week after winning the Cato Memorial. Photo by Mike Juliana.
Mitey Mite and high school alpine racers squeezed in their first official runs of the season last weekend, with two league races at Mt. Hood Meadows and a lively season opener at Summit for Kids Kandahar 2015.