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July 19, 1894: The First Mazamas Summit Mt. Hood

July 19, 2011 by Dave 1 Comment

"On Hood's Snowy Cap" (Morning Oregonian, 21-July-1894)The Mazamas, a nonprofit mountaineering education organization, got their start in 1894, when members of the defunct Oregon Alpine Club orchestrated a group climb to the summit of Mt. Hood.

The group’s first organized climb took place July 19, 1894, when 155 men and 38 women made the summit of Mt. Hood. The group voted for group leaders on the summit at 3pm that day. 105 of the climbers became charter members of the Mazamas – and to this day a requirement for membership is the ascent of a mountain with a living glacier.

In 1896 the group gave the name Mount Mazama to the destroyed stratovolcano known today for holding Crater Lake.

Filed Under: History, Nature, Portland, This Day in History, Travel

Comments

  1. Gail Kuriger says

    February 13, 2019 at 12:02 pm

    My Great Great Aunt Caroline Maben was in the 1894 group. She was an adventurous woman and a major part of our family history.

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