Mount Sunflower Repairs

Posted on 5/6/2012 by Roger


Repairs are being made to Mount Sunflower which was heavily vandalized last year.

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Time Lapse of Timberline Lodge

Posted on 4/28/2012 by Roger

Stars at night Mt. Hood Timberline Lodge, Oregon USA. Time Lapse Video by Steven Koch Photography. from Steven Koch on Vimeo.

We’re always a sucker for time lapse videos. Above is a 13 second night timelapse (shot over 5 hours) behind Timberline Lodge.

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Timberline Posts Plans for Water Park on April Fools Day

Posted on 4/1/2012 by Roger


Timberline posted today plans to open at Water Park at Timberline Lodge. Let’s see. It’s April Fools, right?

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Nifty Photos of Mount Rainier’s Lenticular Clouds

Posted on 3/28/2012 by Roger


The UK Mail has some nifty photos of the lenticular clouds on Mount Rainier.

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Mile…Mile & A Half Documentary on Hiking the John Muir Trail

Posted on 2/16/2012 by Roger

MILE…MILE & A HALF (trailer) from The Muir Project on Vimeo.

A very nice nice documentary on hiking the John Muir Trail is out (Mile…Mile & A Half).

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Mount Rainier Concession Up For Bid

Posted on 2/12/2012 by Roger

Mount Rainier National Park is preparing to open bids to run the concessions in the park. Mount Rainier Guest Services currently operates the concessions including Paradise Inn and National Park Inn and has the contract since 1987. Its contract was to expire Dec. 31 but has been extended to December 31, 2012

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Fatality on Mount Hood on Feburary 6, 2012

Posted on 2/9/2012 by Roger

The body of 32-year-old Jared Townsley was found on February 7 at about 9,200-feet on Mount Hood. He had been reported missing on February 6 after not returning.

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Man Arrested for “Stealing” Glacier

Posted on 2/2/2012 by Roger


Police in Patagonia, Chile have arrested a man for stealing 5 tons of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier to be used for cocktail drink ice.

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Mauna Kea Covered in Snow

Posted on 1/28/2012 by Roger

Here’s Mauna Kea covered in snow.

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4 Missing on Mount Rainier After Being Missing for a Week

Posted on 1/27/2012 by Roger

Hope is dwindling on finding 4 climbers reported missing for more than a week on Mount Rainier on the Disappointment Cleaver Route. They are Mark Vucich, 37, of San Diego, and Michelle Trojanowski, 30, of Atlanta. The two were planning to camp at the Muir snowfield. Sork “Erik” Yang, 52, of Springfield, Oregon, and Seol Hee Jin, 52, from Korea.

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