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Mount Hood, also known as Wy'east, is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range and is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc.It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific Coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
The volcanoes with historical eruptions include: Mount Rainier, Glacier Peak, Mount Baker, Mount Hood, Lassen Peak, and Mount Shasta. Renewed volcanic activity in the Cascade Arc, such as the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, has offered a great deal of evidence about the structure of the Cascade Arc. One effect of the 1980 eruption was a ...
The Mount Hood National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, located 62 miles (100 km) east of the city of Portland and the northern Willamette River valley. The Forest extends south from the Columbia River Gorge across more than 60 miles (97 km) of forested mountains , lakes and streams to the Olallie Scenic Area , a ...
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Olallie Butte is located within Jefferson, Marion, and Wasco counties, all within the northwestern to north-central part [4] of the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] [5] The volcano lies just outside [6] the irregularly shaped Olallie Roadless Area, which lies within the Mount Hood National Forest to the west of the major crest of the Cascade Range and directly north of the Mount Jefferson Wilderness. [4]
Skiing on Mount Hood dates back to 1907 but summer skiing started in the mid 1950s. It started with Tucker Sno-Cats transporting skiers to the Palmer snowfield, at about 8,000 feet. The Palmer ...
Lookout Mountain, elevation 6,536 feet (1,992 m), [1] is the second highest peak in Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest [3] and the highest point in Badger Creek Wilderness. It sits about 8 miles (13 km) east-southeast of Mount Hood , separated from it by the valley of the East Fork Hood River .
While other Oregon volcanoes that were heavily glaciated—such as Mount Washington and Mount Thielsen—display eroded volcanic necks, Three Fingered Jack's present summit is a comparatively narrow ridge of loose tephra supported by a dike only 10 feet (3.0 m) thick on a generally north–south axis. Glaciation exposed radiating dikes and ...