Mount Hood Climber Seriously Injured, Rescued After Fall: Sheriff

MOUNT HOOD, OR — A climber who sustained serious injuries while climbing Mt. Hood Friday was rescued by a multi-team search-and-rescue mission led by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, the sheriff's office said Sunday. The climber, a 31-year-old woman from Portland, was rescued from Hood's Old Chute area where she landed after falling several hundred feet and taken to a nearby hospital where she remained Sunday night, according to the sheriff's office.

The woman fell around 6 a.m. and other climbers on the mountain called 911, the sheriff's office said. Callers told dispatches that a medical doctor who was also climbing the mountain at the time, was with the injured woman and providing care, according to the sheriff's office.

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue Coordinators activated a mission and deployed to Mt. Hood, setting up a command center at Timberline Lodge, the sheriff's office said. Volunteer searchers from Portland Mountain Rescue and the Hood River Crag Rats, deputies said. AMR's Reach and Treat Team responded and the Oregon Office of Emergency Management were also told about the fall and were ready to respond, the sheriff's office said.

Shortly after 10 a.m. Friday, rescue crews reached the woman and took over patient care, according to the sheriff's office. Just after 10:45 a.m. a helicopter from the Oregon Army National Guard arrived, rescuers hoisted the woman into the the helicopter and she was flown to a Portland-area hospital, the sheriff's office said.