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    Fascinating Facts about Mt. Hood
    in Oregon’s North Cascade Mountains

  • Mt. Hood rises 11,239 feet  (3426 meters) above sea level (USGS); its base spreads over 92 square miles

  • Mt.

    Hood dates from the late Pleistocene Era.

  • Mt. Hood is the highest mountain in Oregon; the 4th highest in the string of Cascade Mountain Range volcanoes that stretch from Mt. Garibaldi in British Columbia south to Mt.

    Lassen in Northern California.

  • “Wy’East” is the American Indian name for Mt. Hood.  (Mt.

    Tallest mountain in oregon and washington

    Adams was Klickitat and Mt. St. Helens was Loowit, and the Great Spirit was called Tyee Sahalie.)

  • Mt. Hood is a dormant or “sleeping” volcano, with steam constantly spewing from fumarole areas. 

  • Recent eruptions (all minor):  1804, 1853, 1854, 1859, 1865, and 1907.  Scientists believe Mt.

    Hood could have a significant eruption within the next 75 years.  More Volcano Information at USGS

  • Eleven glaciers grace Mt. Hood’s peak.

  • Mt. Hood is 22 miles south of the Columbia River.

  • The first white men “discovered” the mountain on October 29, 1792, when

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