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Mount Hood

Oregon's highest point. 11,249 feet of stratovolcano visible from Portland on a clear day — the most-climbed glaciated peak in North America. Eleven glaciers, twelve ski runs, one unmistakable silhouette.

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The Mountain

Ask anyone in Portland which direction south is. They don't use a compass — they look for Hood.

The Summit
11,249 ft · Crater Rock & Steel Cliff
The summit crater still vents fumaroles — Hood is dormant, not extinct. Contour lines at the peak reveal the asymmetry: the south face scarred by Crater Rock, the north face a sheer wall of ice and volcanic rock called Steel Cliff.
Timberline Lodge
5,960 ft · South Side
Built by the WPA in 1937, sitting at treeline where the mountain transitions from forest to snowfield. The contour map from here captures the full ascent — lodgepole pine giving way to bare volcanic rubble and glacier.
Cooper Spur
8,514 ft · Northeast Ridge
The most dramatic ridge on the mountain. The north face drops 3,000 feet from the summit to the Eliot Glacier — one of the steepest contour gradients on any Cascade volcano. The contour lines stack so tightly they nearly merge.
Palmer Glacier
8,540 ft · Summer Skiing
One of only two glaciers in North America with a ski lift. The Palmer Snowfield above Timberline is where Olympic teams train in July. Contour lines here show the glacier's gentle upper basin steepening into crevasse zones below.

Routes & Valleys

From the Gorge to Government Camp, Hood's terrain shapes how the Pacific Northwest lives.

South Side Route
The Classic Climb · 5,300 ft gain
The most popular summit route. From Timberline Lodge through Palmer Snowfield, past the Pearly Gates couloir to the summit. Over 10,000 attempts per year. The contour lines trace the path from forest to fumarole.
Eliot Glacier
Largest glacier on Hood
The Eliot descends the northeast face, carving the deepest glacier valley on the mountain. Its lateral moraines — ridges of debris pushed aside by advancing ice — show as parallel contour features flanking the glacier's path.
Government Camp
3,900 ft · Base Village
The mountain town at Hood's base on Highway 26. Named for an 1849 Army regiment that abandoned their wagons here in early snow. A contour map from this radius captures Hood's full profile rising from the valley.
Timberline Trail
41 miles · Full Circumnavigation
The 41-mile loop around the mountain crosses every glacier-fed river valley. Sandy River, White River, Zigzag River — each carved by a different glacier. The wide radius captures Hood's complete volcanic footprint.

Portland's Mountain

Mount Hood is the most-climbed glaciated peak in North America. Over 10,000 summit attempts happen each year — from experienced mountaineers on the technical Wyeast Route to weekend warriors ascending the south side in a long day. It's the mountain that taught the Pacific Northwest to climb.

But Hood isn't just a climbing objective. It's the reason Portland has year-round skiing. It's the volcanic peak that creates the orographic lift for Hood River's world-class wind. It's the backdrop to every eastbound drive on I-84. For two million Portlanders, it's simply "the mountain."

Our prints render Hood from 1-arc-second USGS 3DEP elevation data — the same dataset used by the USGS for their topographic quadrangle maps. The contour lines reveal what the eye can't always parse from 60 miles away: the asymmetry of the summit crater, the deep valley of the Eliot Glacier, the gentle south slope that makes Timberline skiing possible.

The Bold preset captures Hood's dramatic north face in high contrast. The USGS Classic renders it as the survey maps do — brown contours on white, the cartographic tradition that mapped the American West. Prints start at $29 with free worldwide shipping.

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