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==Establishments== [[File:Mount Hood, Oregon by William Keith, c1881-83.jpg|thumb|left|240px|William Keith (American, 1838–1911). ''Mount Hood, Oregon'', {{circa|1881}}–1883. [[Brooklyn Museum]].]] [[Timberline Lodge]] is a [[National Historic Landmark]] located on the southern flank of Mount Hood just below [[Palmer Glacier]], with an elevation of about {{cvt|6000|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1364&resourceType=Building |title=National Historic Landmarks Program—Timberline Lodge |publisher=National Park Service |work=National Historic Register |date=1977-12-22 |access-date=2008-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216121832/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1364&resourceType=Building |archive-date=2008-12-16 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The mountain has four [[ski area]]s: [[Timberline Lodge ski area|Timberline]], [[Mount Hood Meadows]], [[Mount Hood Skibowl|Ski Bowl]], and [[Cooper Spur ski area|Cooper Spur]]. They total over {{cvt|4600|acre|sqmi km2}} of skiable terrain; Timberline, with one lift having a base at nearly {{cvt|6940|ft|m|-1}}, offers the only year-round lift-served skiing in North America.<ref name="summerski">{{cite web |url=http://www.firsttracksonline.com/2006/07/17/beat-the-heat-summer-skiing-on-oregons-mount-hood/ |title=Beat the Heat: Summer Skiing on Oregon's Mount Hood |publisher=FastTracks Online Ski Magazine |date=2006-07-17 |first=Marc |last=Guido |access-date=2013-07-13 |archive-date=2021-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131052400/http://www.firsttracksonline.com/2006/07/17/beat-the-heat-summer-skiing-on-oregons-mount-hood/ |url-status=live}}</ref> There are a few remaining shelters on Mount Hood still in use today. Those include the Coopers Spur, Cairn Basin, and McNeil Point shelters as well as the Tilly Jane A-frame cabin. The summit was home to a fire lookout in the early 1900s; however, the lookout did not withstand the weather and no longer remains today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=July 2020 |url=https://wyeastblog.org/2020/07/ |access-date=2021-06-06 |website=WyEast Blog |date=July 30, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Mount Hood is within the [[Mount Hood National Forest]], which comprises {{cvt|1067043|acre|sqmi km2|0}} of land, including four designated [[National Wilderness Preservation System|wilderness areas]] that total {{cvt|314078|acre|sqmi km2|0}}, and more than {{cvt|1200|mi}} of hiking trails.<ref name="hoodfacts1">{{cite web |url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/mthood/about-forest |title=About the Forest |publisher=U.S. Forest Service |access-date=2013-07-17 |archive-date=2013-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725114011/http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/mthood/about-forest |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mthood/workingtogether/volunteering/?cid=fsbdev3_036682 |title=Trail Stewardship |publisher=U.S. Forest Service |access-date=2014-06-13 |archive-date=2014-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104011946/http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mthood/workingtogether/volunteering/?cid=fsbdev3_036682 |url-status=live}}</ref> The most northwestern pass around the mountain is called Lolo Pass. Native Americans crossed the pass while traveling between the [[Willamette Valley]] and [[Celilo Falls]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=3154 |title=Lolo in Trade Jargon |page=12 |work=Discovering Lewis & Clark |publisher=The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation |author=Mussulman, Joseph |date=September 2011 |access-date=2014-10-01 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134054/http://lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=3154 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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