Weather slows search for men on Mt. Hood
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Blinding snow and powerful winds blasting Mount Hood hindered teams searching for three lost climbers Wednesday, as forecasters warned that a new storm could bring gusts of 100 mph, followed by a deep freeze.
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A pair of climbers who misjudged the weather on Mount Hood and got caught in whiteout conditions were taken to safety Tuesday after spending a night in a snow cave.
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Rescuers searched Monday through the remnants of a deadly avalanche, unsure whether more backcountry skiers had been caught up in the slide in northwestern Montana.
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Six snowmobilers missing in the mountains for 2 1/2 days while a howling blizzard swirled around them were rescued Monday Â hungry and cold but unhurt Â after taking shelter in a cozy cabin and calling 911 on a cell phone when the storm eased up.
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Rescue teams equipped with ice axes, ropes and other high-altitude gear were once again frustrated Tuesday in their efforts since the weekend to find three climbers on Oregon's highest mountain. After battling high winds and blowing snow, search teams broke for the day without success.
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More than 50 expert climbers headed up Mount Hood on Saturday, encouraged by a break in the weather that improved their chances of finding three climbers reported missing on Sunday. However, the danger of avalanches is "extreme" and could halt the day's work, authorities said.
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The body of one of three climbers missing for more than a week on Mount Hood in Oregon was found on Sunday, a spokesman for the Hood River County Sheriff's Department said.
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Good weather Sunday greeted searchers scouring Mount Hood in Oregon for three climbers who have been missing for a week, and at least one search team predicted it would reach the summit later in the morning.
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Rescue teams headed up the flanks of treacherous Mount Hood on Monday to search for three climbers reported missing in heavy snow, but were ordered off the mountain when conditions became too dangerous.
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Search teams dug through 30-foot  deep snow on Saturday to try to find as many as five off-trail  skiers believed trapped by a "monster" avalanche on Friday near  Park City, Utah, but hopes of them surviving were faint,  officials said.
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Heavy snow and high wind hampered efforts Wednesday to rescue at least 10 hikers who were stranded by an unusually early winter storm in the Sierra Nevada.
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As an experienced backpacker, Frank Horath knew to check the weather forecast before leaving on an overnight hike with family members to an alpine lake in the Sierra National Forest. The forecast said the weather would be clear in the mountains through the weekend, with a storm moving in Monday. They would be home well before then, he thought.
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The search for two missing climbers on Oregon's highest peak continues as the body of a third climber was brought down the mountain, authorities say.
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SHAVER LAKE, Calif. The weather is apparently cooperating in the search for 13 hikers missing after an intense California storm. It dumped snow and rain across the Sierras over the past two days.
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Search-and-rescue coordinators assembled Sunday in near white-out conditions on Mount Hood in Oregon in an attempt to find eight climbers -- three of whom had fallen from a ledge, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said in a written statement.
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Rescuers looking for three missing climbers on Mount Hood found a body Sunday in the area where one of the climbers made a distress call a week ago, authorities said.
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