On clear days, you can see snowy Mount Hood, the highest mountain in Oregon (at 11,239 feet), from Portland. Mount Hood is the region's prime skiing area, with numerous powdery downhill and cross ...

We drove along I-84, through the sunny and windswept Columbia Gorge till arriving in adorable Hood River, where you turn onto Highway 35 and pass apple orchards and scenic farms on Mount Hood.

Researchers from six universities, including Oregon State, have teamed up with NASA to test a walking robot on the terrain of Mount Hood. They're trying to see how this robot would withstand the ...