Finally got it on my third trip out there. Gettin' after Denali in 2015. 
Mount Hood: Third Time's a Charm
Mount Hood: Third Time's a Charm
Mount Hood - State HP #49
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Hey, great trip report! And so nice that you commemorated the 4 people killed in Boston. It's funny, the bombing was only a short while ago (less than two months!) and it seems sometimes that it's been forgotten, which of course happens as the world turns to other news, and also all of us turn back to our lives. I appreciate that you thought of them (and of all us in Boston) as you made your trek up Hood. Great job! I did Hood a few years back on a gorgeous sunny May day. Lovely place. Keep us posted on Denali!
Thanks Carla. I guess it was in the same kind of spirit as Flags on the 48 ... except that I was just kind of doing my own thing. Great city, great people.
Just a wonderful trip report and photos. Brought back a lot of memories. Wow, #49/50. Quite the accomplishment.
We climbed Mt Hood during a July with very sketchy snow conditions. A lot of snow had melted off of the rocks high up.
After a snow school refresher day, we left Timberline Lodge with our guide around 11pm and climbed through the night and waited at the bergschrund for enough light to see. Up through the Pearly Gates and the sun was reaching the summit as we arrived, quite the experience.
We descended a different route, down a chute we protected by pickets. At the base of the chute the sun had warmed the slope above and our guide suggested we run across the base of the chute one by one as the snow was peppered by rocks. He told us not to look up so a rock would hit a helmet rather than a face. Very scary as the snow was littered with rock fall and we could hear rocks whizzing by as we sprinted. After many glissades back to Timberline we were back in the Timberline Lodge pool looking up at the summit, reflecting on the great day and happy no one had gotten hurt.
We climbed Mt Hood during a July with very sketchy snow conditions. A lot of snow had melted off of the rocks high up.
After a snow school refresher day, we left Timberline Lodge with our guide around 11pm and climbed through the night and waited at the bergschrund for enough light to see. Up through the Pearly Gates and the sun was reaching the summit as we arrived, quite the experience.
We descended a different route, down a chute we protected by pickets. At the base of the chute the sun had warmed the slope above and our guide suggested we run across the base of the chute one by one as the snow was peppered by rocks. He told us not to look up so a rock would hit a helmet rather than a face. Very scary as the snow was littered with rock fall and we could hear rocks whizzing by as we sprinted. After many glissades back to Timberline we were back in the Timberline Lodge pool looking up at the summit, reflecting on the great day and happy no one had gotten hurt.
A great reason to go earlier in the season. Out of the five times I've been to Hood, my Winter ascent in February 2010 was by far the best, safest and the most fun as we were able to ski a lot of the route unpeppered. I'll never understand climbing in the Cascades past Memorial day in general as IMO the objective hazard rate goes way up. Just my two cents. Glad you had a good trip Puma and good luck on Big mac!
Thanks Alan and skiguy. I always appreciate you guys taking the time to check out and comment on my TRs! Funny how the state highpointing thing has grown from a nugget in my mind 12 or 13 years ago into such a major part of my identity.
Training the next couple of years for Denali will be fun. But with tougher far-off mountains, I've learned that if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. I feel truly lucky to have had the health and ability to hit so many great summits on this journey while still being young enough to take a couple of more whacks at Denali if the first attempt doesn't work out.
Cheers.
Training the next couple of years for Denali will be fun. But with tougher far-off mountains, I've learned that if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. I feel truly lucky to have had the health and ability to hit so many great summits on this journey while still being young enough to take a couple of more whacks at Denali if the first attempt doesn't work out.
Cheers.
Good luck and fun with Denali. I missed my chance to go a few times. Job, time off, family, $$. Lots of my friends summited and it's one of my hiking regrets that I missed it.
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