PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 63-year-old man died Sunday after falling 500 feet while descending Mount Hood.
The man, whose name has not been released, was climbing with his adult son when he fell at the 10,500-foot level on the Old Chute Route.
Rescue teams navigated what deputies said was a difficult terrain and hazards from toxic gases venting from the mountain as they made their way to the accident scene.
When rescuers reached the climber, he was dead.