Weather Hampers Search for Mt. Hood Climbers
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COOPER SPUR, Ore., Dec. 13 -- Cold rain lashed the base of Mount Hood on Wednesday as search parties headed back up the treacherous slopes to look for three climbers missing since the weekend.
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DAY&#39;S DRAMA: Rangers complete the precarious rescue of two climbers from a snowy mountain and remove the frozen bodies of two other hikers who died in a raging early blizzard in California&#39;s Sierras.
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Finally the scorching 90-degree weather has subsided and it feels like it should in early September, warm and breezy, the perfect time to be outdoors. But maybe you are not quite sure where to hike or bike, or simply looking for some different terrain.
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At least 2 dead as Calif. effort helps find dozens of stranded hikers caught in freak blizzard this week. BY BEN MARGOT. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.
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SHAVER LAKE, Calif. -- Seizing on a break in the weather Thursday, rescuers managed to locate 19 hikers reported missing in a blizzard that also killed two climbers stranded on the face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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A pair of climbers who misjudged the weather on Mount Hood and got caught in whiteout conditions were taken to safety Tuesday after spending a night in a snow cave.
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Rangers rappelled down Yosemite&#39;s most forbidding peak and then carefully climbed back up the sheer 3,200-foot face of the snowy mountain, rescuing two climbers and carrying the bodies of two others on their backs.
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ARLINGTON -- Despite a fear of heights and her claim to be &quot;the most unathletic person out there,&quot; Becky Carriveau of Medford said she was inspired to sign up for a beginner's indoor rock-climbing class through the Wild Women Outfitters retail store in Arlington as a challenge for the coming year.
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Rescue officials extended the search for two missing climbers on Mount Hood in Oregon on Monday, surveying a wider area on the possibility that the pair may have fallen down a steep side of the mountain.
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Rescuers searched Monday through the remnants of a deadly avalanche, unsure whether more backcountry skiers had been caught up in the slide in northwestern Montana.
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(CBS/AP) Cloudy weather obscured the top of Mount St. Helens on Wednesday morning, making it difficult for visitors to see the volcano&#39;s crater after several days of steam and ash eruptions.
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Coastal rain and mountain snow were forecast for Tuesday across the Northwest and parts of the Great Basin. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph were possible in the Northern Rockies.
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A small amount of snow dusts bouquets in the Park City area on Friday after some mountain valleys and higher-elevation areas got a foretaste of winter from hovering storm clouds.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Another winter, another scare on Oregon's Mt. Hood. As three stranded climbers return safely home, a closer look at the economics of search and rescue.
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If you like awful weather, you'll love spending a night on Mount Washington
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Teams of soldiers and civilians scoured the rugged Fort Hood terrain early Monday for a soldier missing since he set out on a solo navigation exercise three days earlier.
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Heavy snow and high wind hampered efforts Wednesday to rescue at least 10 hikers who were stranded by an unusually early winter storm in the Sierra Nevada.