Visitors can learn the fascinating story of Oregon’s most famous and tallest mountain year round at the Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum in Government Camp. But one day a year, a handful of historic ...
With little money and no electricity, self-taught craftsman Henry Steiner, his wife and their 11 kids foraged for timber and river rock, and used hand tools and pulley systems to build log cabins in ...
A new documentary reveals a largely forgotten chapter on Mount Hood: the fire lookout cabin that was built on the summit in 1915. Cabin in the Sky: The Mount Hood Lookout is a 10-minute film that ...
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon. (KOIN) — A wooden cabins tour is giving an inside look into a unique part of Oregon history, but organizers say tickets can sell out quickly. The Mt. Hood Cultural Center & ...
In 1915, U.S. Forest Service ranger Elijah “Lige” Coalman built a fire lookout cabin on the summit of Mount Hood. The cabin served as a place to view nascent fires and as a bit of a party spot, ...
Depression-era log cabins handmade by the legendary Steiner family in Mount Hood are so prized that some original owners have passed them on to the next generation as they would other heirlooms. The ...
After summer backpacking season ends, before winter ski season begins, a magical window of time opens on Mount Hood. Fall is a glorious time on and around Oregon’s tallest mountain. At lower ...