[Line of roped climbers approaching summit of Mt. Hood. Man on summit in foreground. Mazamas. Frank Branch Riley at tail, Cooper Spur, fixed rope climb.]
Photo shows the headwaters of the Sandy River on the western slope of Mt. Hood. Timber growth is slowly covering the scars of a forest fire which probably raged around 1890. Mt. Hood, 11,245 feet high, was named in 1792 in honor of Viscount Hood of the English peerage.
[Line of roped climbers approaching summit of Mt. Hood. Man on summit in foreground. Mazamas. Frank Branch Riley at tail, Cooper Spur, fixed rope climb.]