A group of Mazamas climbers scales Mount Hood summer 1963

The Mazamas (pronounced mah zah maz) is a mountaineering club based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded July 19, 1894 on the summit of Mount Hood. Charter members had responded to an advertisement in the Morning Oregonian of June 12, 1894 announcing a meeting at the summit.^[1] In all, 105 men and women were founders. Soon after, members did pioneering climbs throughout Oregon and Washington.^[2]

The Mazamas have been an important part of the climbing community in the Pacific Northwest of the United States since their founding. In addition to organizing hundreds of climbing trips and expeditions by their members annually, they are involved in education and conservation. They are similar in their aims and activities to The Mountaineers of Seattle, Washington, which began in 1906 as an auxiliary of The Mazamas.^[3]

The name Mazamas means mountain goat, from Nahuatl mazatl, deer.^[4]

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