Smelling a bargain, resorts from Mount Hood Meadows to California's Squaw Valley awaited the auction.

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The views of Mount Hood and the Portland from the apex are worth the 400ft climb.

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Many of the outdoor scenes were shot at the Timberline, a ski resort in the shadows of Mount Hood.

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One stop along the tour is the Mount Hood Freeway, the construction of which was halted in 1974 to preserve the neighbourhoods that would have been demolished.

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Mount Hood Meadows jammed a stick in Hanna's spokes: It agreed to buy the land and 100-yard drive to Skibowl's east parking lot, blocking Hanna from using it.

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"He surprised everyone, " says Maryanne Hill, who has owned a Mount Hood water company since 1961 and moved to Government Camp, the only town on Mount Hood, in 1932.

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When his 26 unbuilt condominiums sold out in two hours on a day in 2003, Kirk Hanna, owner of Collins Lake Resort on Oregon's Mount Hood, should have been thrilled.

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The people of Niagara Falls must unconsciously look for it, the way the Swiss glance up at the Matterhorn, or the citizens of Portland, Oregon, locate Mount Hood: Where's the mountain?

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If one visits Mount Hood in Oregon one can see that the snow on the side of the mountain facing China has a grey shade while the east side is bright white.

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Ever since he shook up the resort scene back in 1987 when, as an unknown, he elbowed aside rivals to grab the bankrupt Mount Hood Skibowl, Hanna has relied on surprise and crossed fingers to muddle through.

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Hanna grew up ski-racing on Mount Hood.

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