The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-01-18
SKIING Is DELIGHT
full OREGON SPORT

Accompanied by number of excel
lent pictures of Mount Hood scenes, tht
following appeared in the Portland
Spectator of last Saturday:
In the summertime city people want
to wander away from work and heat,
to drive in automobiles, or ride In
trains, or sit astride pony or walk e
the wilds. the seashore and the national
parks. In the winter, they want diver.
sions of another kind-outdoors, il pos.
sible. OF course, it's an endless bother
to get all the sports In the right season
but there's a strange joy 10 the get.
ting.
American people not only enjoy
watching experts play the many popu-
lar games-baseball, ice hockey, foot.
ball, soccer-but they like to take part
in the sports, as well. That 10 why
this is becoming race of strong bodied
men and women.
And as they have grown stronger,
they show preference for sport of q
hardy nature. So long walks on snow.
shoes and exciting slides down noun.
tsinsides on skis become fsvorite week.
end diversions. As there is such splen.
did opportunity for this diversion only
short distance from Portland each
year more thousands are becoming ex.
pert on the skis. the broad snowshOee
and the toboggan.
As one can always 60 with gun, dog
and good company where adventure
beckons in the summertime, 80 one can
always find good skiing OIL the slopes of
old Mount Hood In the wintertime.
Either the O..W. X. & N. trains or
Automobiles take parties to the snow.
banks that offer such fine opportunity
for skiing. The trains connect at Hood
River with the Mount Hood railroad,
which runs up to Parkdale, 22 miles up
the valley. From there one can travel
on snOwshoes or skis to Mount Hood
Lodge. where Mine Host Rogers greets
all comers and servse hot food and
coffee.
The great mountain looms up majes-
tically. and beckons TO the venture.
some. If one Is fortunate In having q
bright day, the play of the sun rays
on the snow makes colors Of all hues.
You have never been on skis? You
are afraid of getting hurt while learn
ing? Dispel the thought. There Is
little danger. And when you do fall,
the snow is not hard landing place.
Do not hesitate because you have not
yet learned the art. There Is much fun
In learning how not to trip and how not
to tangle the feet. Only a few lessons
will be necessary before you will talk
at length about proper fastenings. bal
ance, tricks Of climbing, speed in coast.
ing and conserving Of energy.
To the ski.runner the Oregon forests
offer much. This is especially true on
the Hood River side of Mount Hood as
we'll as on the Government Camp Hotel
side, where number of Mazamas en-
joyed a snowshoe trip last week. There
is snowshoe club which has It's rem
desvous near Clou1ssCapp Inn, the Port.
land Ski Club. the ~. M. C. A. Ski
Club, the Oregon Trails Club and other
organizations which make trips each
year.
At Mount Hood Lodge are many in
teresting side trips, one of the most
appealing being the walk to Rocky
Butte camp on Barrett Spur, where a
remarkably picturesque view of Mount
Hood is obtained. Here ski-running
and jumping, snowshoeing and tobog-
gaming are enjoyed.
The trip to Mount Hood Lodge 10
inexpensive and full arrangements can
be made by writing to the Lodge at
Parkdals, Ore.. or communicating with
William McMurray in the Wells. Fargo
building, Portland. The skiing season
usually is in January and February.