A winter climb here could be practice for one of the bigs like Everest.
It can be very pretty with the snow and ice sparkling in the winter.
Some other reasons, too.
there is a good time line and a list of deaths on Mt Hood from 1981 on at www.oregonlive.com. One question I have not had answered whether the tracking devices would have worked for the hikers, or are they just for skiers?
Will put a crew on helicopter up on the mountain this morning. Search is narrowed to area near caves and directly below them. Eliot Glacier, Cooper Spur, 60% slope, 2500 foot fall, will search by air. Have been searching down around timberline, but not finding anything.