Mount Hood’s Palmer Snowfield is North America’s only summer ski area, where thousands train alongside Olympic hopefuls each summer.
MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — All winter long, Mount Hood is a premier winter ski destination. But during the summer, skiing continues, and the mountain becomes a place where thousands of people flock to train.
It is the only mountain in North America that offers summer skiing. It all takes place near the top of the mountain on Palmer Snowfield.
“It helps a lot because you get a lot of repetition,” said Richard Graves, who is attending ski camp. “That’s a lot of what it is. It’s
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