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Short Summer Ski Season On Mt. Hood

Summer skiing on Mt Hood closed on August 2, a full five weeks earlier than normal. (Jordan Harper/Northwest News Network)
Summer skiing on Mt Hood closed on August 2, a full five weeks earlier than normal. (Jordan Harper/Northwest News Network)

Timberline Resort at the top of Mt. Hood in northern Oregon is the only place in North America that offers a full summer ski season.

But not this year. The resort closed to the public earlier this month, five weeks earlier than usual. And that's after an already dismal winter ski season.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Julia Pickar with the Northwest News Network reports.

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  • Julia Pickar, reporter for the Northwest News Network. She tweets @juliapickar.
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