Pro tip: Check out the cloud formations over Mount Hood at sunrise

I was up near Mount Hood last month for a job trimming dead branches off some old pines, and I got there way earlier than I needed to. The sun was just coming up, and I saw these stacked lenticular clouds sitting right over the peak like a stack of pancakes. They held their shape for almost an hour while I was setting up my gear, and the colors shifted from pink to orange to this deep gold. I've seen lenticulars before but never that perfectly aligned on a mountain like that. The rangers at the trailhead said it happens maybe 10 to 15 times a year when the wind and moisture line up just right. Has anyone else caught a good cloud display off a specific mountain or peak around the country?

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dakota_fox7d ago

Actually saw them in Colorado once and they just looked like regular clouds. Not that special.

shane_perry297d ago

Those lenticular clouds over Hood are something else - did you notice if they stayed dead still or drifted slowly before breaking apart?