Additionally, many buses provide transportation to and from Mount Hood Meadows, including those run by Columbia Gorge Area Transit (CAT).
The group included Jack L. Baldwin of Cooper Spur Ski Area, L. R. Steeves, Dr. J. Allan Henderson, and Roland B. Leavens, among others.
[1] On February 28, 1966—after more than two years of publicity—the Forest Service accepted a bid from another group including John Gray, and former Mount Hood Skibowl shareholders William Rosenfeld, Russell McJury and Shepard Wilson.
The first runs were cleared late summer 1966 and the Forest Service built the two mile entrance road from Bennett Pass.
[1] Chair #5, Texas, was finished August 1974 and was complicated by the deep snowpack present making it necessary to bulldoze and excavate snow to place some tower footings.
[1] In 1976, the Hood River Meadows (chair #6) double opened, providing a southeastern expansion into intermediate terrain along with a second base area.
In 1988, CTEC constructed a fixed grip quad known as Shooting Star to service an expansion to the north of the Yellow chair area.
A year later, Hood River Meadows was reinstalled on the opposite side of the ridge as Heather Canyon, providing an egress route from expert terrain accessible off of Cascade Express and Shooting Star.
[4] In 2017, SkyTrac was brought in to upgrade the Buttercup double to a fixed grip quad, servicing the beginner learning terrain and transporting guests up to the Vista Express.
Construction began during the summer of 2019 on the Sahale Lodge, an expansion to the indoor space that Mount Hood Meadows had to offer.