Mount Hood
The North Cascades are relatively lower in elevation than the region’s high peaks. But the impacts of the heat on those peaks is no less dramatic. Mount Hood, the tallest mountain in Oregon, saw the snowline rapidly recede uphill during the heat wave. Normally snow-clogged gullies have dried out.
The snow melted out so fast, campers were forced to evacuate from area campgrounds as rivers and creeks filled up. The deluge of water means that there’s less left for the remainder of the summer dry season.
