A family hike on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, from Crawford Lake across the Nassagaweya Canyon to Rattlesnake Point: 6.6 miles of crisp leaves, proper autumn colour and a queue of cars on the way out.
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Social media says the Palmer snowfield melted away this year for the first time. I pulled every Sentinel-2 satellite pass over Mount Hood for late summer 2025 and 2026 to check. The Palmer had a dreadful year, but “first time” is not quite right.
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From a late-July lightning strike to 94,000 acres, a lost lookout, homes burned near Friend and most of the Badger Creek Wilderness scorched: how the Grasshopper Fire grew, what it closed, and what it means for hiking on Mount Hood’s east side.
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An early October Sunday up Tom Dick and Harry with Hunter: seeding fireweed, a wind-ruffled Mirror Lake, a cairn of unexplained ambition, and a summit view of a Mount Hood that’s looking distinctly underdressed.
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