A Fatal Field Trip: The Mount Hood Disaster | Fascinating Horror

This short documentary tells the story of the Mount Hood disaster: a school trip that went terribly and fatally wrong in 1986... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KristianCrow ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: [email protected] *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:53 - Background ► 02:36 - The Mount Hood Disaster ► 12:18 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Mount Hood's Deadliest Disaster" by Pauls Toutonghi, published by Outside Online, November 2018. Link: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/mount-hood-disaster-1986/ ► "Peace and pain 30 years after Oregon Episcopal School's Mount Hood disaster" by Tom Hallman Junior, published by Oregon Live, May 2016. Link: https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2016/05/mount_hood_accident.html ► "School Refused to Cancel Required Mountain Hike Despite Brewing Snowstorm. Teens Built a Cave to Survive What Became One of the Deadliest Alpine Events Ever" by Virginia Chamlee, published by People, January 2026. Link: https://people.com/required-hike-mt-hood-led-to-the-deaths-of-9-teenagers-11888672 ► "Two Climbers May Have Survived Because of Their Positions in Snow Cave" by Robert Lindsey, published by The New York Times, May 1986. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/17/us/two-climbers-may-have-survived-because-of-positions-in-snow-cave.html ► "Mount Hood - The Episcopal School Tragedy" published by Traditional Mountaineering. Link: http://www.traditionalmountaineering.org/Report_Hood_EpiscopalSchool.htm ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #outdoors #climbing