RECREATION
Shredding the Hood
Snowboarding is more than a sport... it's a lifestyle at Mt Hood. It offers a sense of community and it's fun! Snowboarding in the U.S. took off as a new winter snow sport in the late 70’s when the likes of Jake Burton, started building snowboards for a different way to get down the hill. Just a few years later, Mt Hood was recognized as one of the few ski areas to welcome snowboarders. By the early 90’s, there were more riders than skiers “on the Hood”. The sport’s popularity at Mt Hood has been growing ever since.
Snowboarding at Mt Hood has graduated from a means to get from top to bottom to a sport filled with tricks. Mt Hood is now known for its awesome terrain parks. In the beginning, riders would build half pipes and jumps by hand, then after ripping through the obstacles, they would slog back uphill on foot. For the last decade or more, the resorts have put mega effort into building world-class parks that are located in several locations throughout the “ski” areas. Terrain Parks with names like The Zoo & Shipyard include rails, both straight and wavy, jumps and fun boxes, some are even crazy with curves. Now riders can catch a chairlift back to the top of the park.
The riding parks are maintained every night by some of the top terrain groomers in the U.S. The only Terrain Park Groomer’s Camp is hosted right here each summer, right alongside the most popular area for summer snowboard camps.
If “shredding the gnar” is your idea of fun, then Mt Hood is the place to be, bro.