$5.00 donation at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Beer, wine, soda and water available to purchase. Author and emergency room doctor Christopher Van Tilburg will look at the history of America’s oldest all-volunteer mountain rescue team, the Hood River Crag Rats, and his own three-decade commitment to search and rescue. His recently published […]
Doors open at 6:30pm. $5.00 donation at the door. Beer, wine and soft drinks available to purchase. Historian and pioneering mountaineer Jeff Thomas and filmmaker Ned Thanhouser will present a one-hour video program highlighting films they have made documenting pioneering Oregon rock and mountain climbers. The films will include stories about the first technical rock […]
Doors open at 6:30pm. $5.00 donation at the door. Beer, wine and soda/water available to purchase. Between 1933 and 1942 over 86,000 CCC enrollees worked on Oregon’s National forests, state parks and tribal lands. They built 50,000 miles of forest roads, 20,000 miles of trails, hundreds of lookout towers and more. Glenn will share the […]
More details to come. Doors open at 6:30pm. $5.00 donation at the door. Beer, wine and soda/water will be available to purchase.
Richard’s passion for skiing is literally in his blood; his Norwegian grandmother skied to school in the 1890’s in Bergen, Norway. In his professional career as a journalist, Richard covered World Cup, World Championship and Olympic ski racing for several national publications. He has been a ski race coach in Colorado and Whistler, and still […]
Annually, the Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum holds “Ski the Glade Trail Day” as a living history event. Under permit from the US Forest Service, the trail is groomed by Timberline Lodge. Participants get a history lesson and a full day of trail skiing. Participants ride shuttle buses to Timberline Lodge and ski […]
Welcome back to Social History Happy Hour! This month’s speaker will be Andy Poorman, who has a Podcast called Mt. Hood Podcast, that features the geology, history, people, and news of Mount Hood. Come and find out who he is and what his podcast is all about. $5.00 donation at the door. Beer, wine, soda […]
Join us for our annual fundraiser, Heritage Night. This popular event features, a live and silent auction, delicious Hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, raffle and much more! Museum members are free. Admission for non-members is signing up to become a member at the door. Fun for all! See you there! If you’d like to donate something […]
Learn about Portland Mountain Rescue as they discuss their invaluable role in search and rescue operations. Doors open at 6:30pm. $5.00 donation. Beer, wine, soda/water will be available to purchase.
Author Glenn Voelz will be discussing his new book, Oregon Search and Rescue, that documents the long history of volunteers doing search and rescue in Oregon. His book is available in our gift shop online and in the Museum. Doors open at 6:30pm. $5.00 donation at the door. Beer, wine and soda/water will be available […]