School Refused to Cancel Required Mountain Hike Despite Snowstorm. Teens Built a Cave to Survive One of the Deadliest Alpine Events Ever

School Refused to Cancel Required Mountain Hike Despite Snowstorm. Teens Built a Cave to Survive One of the Deadliest Alpine Events Ever

It was meant to be a rite of passage, but ended in tragedyAP Photo/Riley Caton A search and rescue team on Mt. Hood in May 1986NEED TO KNOWIn 1986, a group of 20 — including 15 high-school students — set out to hike Oregon's Mt. HoodThe hike would end in disaster, with a PEOPLE article detailing what happenedFor days, some of the teens lay huddled in a self-made snow cave, some ultimately succumbing to the frigid temperaturesEven with the Weathe…