The North Side trail to the summit from Cloud Cap Inn 
The North-side Climb of Mount Hood. 
The north-side climb of Mount Hood is made 
from Cloud Cap Inn, where climbing parties are 
the 
Inexperienced persons should 
not attempt to climb Mount Hood without a 
the north 
most difficult, and will appeal most to lovers of 
organized during season by competent 
mountain guides. 
side is the 
guide. The ascent from 
mountain climbing. Parties of men and women 
climbers, however, have climbed the mountain 
from the north side and no exceptional difficulties 
are encountered. The views of the mountain 
obtained from the Hood River Valley side are 
quite different from those of the south side, the 
cone shape of the mountain being much more 
distinct on the north side than on the south, 
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as a result of differences in erosion and in expo- 
sure to the sun and the melting ice and snows. 
Mount Hood is climbed annually by large 
numbers of people. Mountain-climbing clubs of 
Portland make the ascent frequently with parties 
numbering as high as 100 people or more. The 
Forest Service has established a forest-fire look- 
out station on the summit, where experienced 
observers are stationed during the entire summer 
fire season. 
small building on the summit of the snow-clad 
peak, and many climbers have found shelter there 
Visitors are always welcome at the 
from the biting winds which sometimes blow 
across the crest of the mountain. Communica- 
tion with the Portland, Oreg., headquarters of 
the Forest Service is maintained from the summit 
of Mount Hood by means of an insulated tele- 
