.jpg) Mount Hood viewed from just below Timberline | |
| Date | 12–13 May 1986 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mount Hood (Oregon) |
| Organised by | Oregon Episcopal School |
| Deaths | 9 |
In May 1986, seven students and two members of staff from Oregon Episcopal School died during an excursion on Mount Hood. The students were participating in an adventure program required by the school for sophomores. The disaster is the second deadliest alpine accident in North American history, behind an avalanche in 1981 on Mount Rainier which claimed eleven lives.[1]
- ^ Toutonghi, Pauls (2 November 2018). "Mount Hood's Deadliest Disaster". Outside Magazine. Retrieved 5 November 2018.