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| Holsti97 | Hogsback  Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2008 | |
| Left Timberline parking lot at Midnight. Climbed under starry skies and on good snow for climbing. Reached the summit about 5:30 AM with son Ryan, and friends Ed, Dawn, and Doug. Beautiful views from the summit. HP#33. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2008 8:05 pm | ||
| mradventure | Old Chute via Hogsback Date Climbed: May 30, 2008 | |
| Temperatures above stayed about 31 deg. late morning, but the sun was melting the snow causing small ice chunks to break loose from the rocks at the chutes above the hogsback. Also causing the ice chunks to break loose were the teams above ascending and descending. Wear a helmet and stay roped up. Baseball size ice hit me on shoulder and forearm. The bergschrund is open but the pearly gates are closed, unless you are a technical ice climber with tools. I'm not. Summited at 10:00 am, snow softening up at hogsback, glissading was classic, and the tread through the slush at the bottom was, well you know, "most excellent". | |
| Posted May 31, 2008 12:13 pm | ||
| breagen | little too warm Date Climbed: May 15, 2008 | |
| Tried to Hogsback route, got up to the pearly gates but they wernt looking very nice so we looked at the old chute variation. However the sun hit the ice above and it was way too warm so we bailed. | |
| Posted May 22, 2008 8:46 pm | ||
| jnaleway | Hogsback Date Climbed: May 17, 2008 | |
| Climbed as far as the hogsback, but couldn't summit since it had shifted west away from the Pearly Gates (see photo). Still a great climg with my son Patrick, in the bright moonlight and early morning sunshine. Great views. A fun day. | |
| Posted May 18, 2008 2:16 pm | ||
| BradBartick | GREAT climb Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2008 | |
| Climbed solo from Hogsback to Old Chute then to summit. Great temps, no wind, great early snow but got soft in late AM. Moderate traffic. An enjoyable, moderate, straightforward route. No ropes needed if you don't mind some slight exposure on the ridge (very moderate). | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2008 6:54 pm | ||
| wyomtman | Classic Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2008 | |
| Camped out above Palmer the night before and awoke to a perfect day! Took the skis and board to just below crater rock, then enjoyed a nice boot pack up the hogsback (headed left off the hogsback) The climb was done with two of my best friends (The Vandervorts) and countless others, great mountain. | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2008 2:44 pm | ||
| Redwic | Much More Than Expected Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2008 | |
| The weather was perfect and the fumaroles were potent. The trek seemed much longer than anticipated. Once the sun came out, the snow softened up rather quickly. Beautiful scenery and many good conversations with other travelers. Then went back solo on June 15, to give my dad a special "Fathers Day" message from the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2008 11:41 pm | ||
| lalpinist | Icy Gates Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2008 | |
| Our team of 3 were the first to summit this spring. Left Timberline at 2:30 by full moon. It was a chore to break trail over the hogsback and the gates were icy; it took some to navigate both up and down, in the shade and cold wind. Up top, only a light wind and lots of sun. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2008 10:40 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Icy Gates! Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2007 | |
| First attempt failed due to pouring rain. Second attempt the following day started in a snowstorm, but we climbed above the clouds and it was a beautiful day. Pearly Gates area was covered in ice and we were lucky to have an ice climber with us. Used rope and ice screws. Had the summit to ourselves and only saw a few other people all day. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2008 3:45 pm | ||
| ecobiker | Mothers Day Date Climbed: May 12, 2007 | |
| We took the standard route up from Timberline Lodge. We camped up above the lifts to avoid the congestion the next morning but still stood in line to get to the summit. A popular but spectacular peak. | ||
| Posted Mar 3, 2008 8:40 pm | ||
| YEM | An Empty Summit Date Climbed: Feb 18, 2008 | |
| Old Crater Variation I broke my own rule. We arrived later than expected this year and didn't summit until 10. Many groups left before us due to ice fall which improved as the Sun warmed the upper slopes . Not what I expected. We enjoyed an empty summit on a perfect day. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2008 11:47 pm | ||
| Karl Helser | Old chute Variation... Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2008 | |
| Early season conditions. The weather was perfect! Chunky loose ice from Palmer to Crater Rock turning to the soft stuff all the way to nearly the summit. The hogsback is way left again this year. The Pearly Gate chutes look technical and slow, so I think the Old Chute Variation will be the standard south side route for a while. We didn't use a rope, but I could have used a second tool. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2008 7:43 am | ||
| jimegan | MT HOOD Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2003 | |
| WARMUP FOR LVMC CLIMB OF RANIER ON THE 28TH. CLIMBED FROM THE TIMBERLINE LODGE PARKING LOT UP THE HOGSBACK ROUTE WITH ALAN NAKASHIMA AND HOWARD HERNDON OF LAS VEGAS | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2008 11:47 am | ||
| LC | Very foggy climb Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2007 | |
| Climb the hogsback. Very icy. Heard all sort of rock fall. Cloudy day and not much of a view. | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2008 3:54 pm | ||
| jef80 | Cloudy Summit Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2007 | |
| Not much to see with the bad weather. A couple of peeks of the sun offered a nice view here and there though. | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2008 6:14 pm | ||
| DharmaBum1984 | Spring Attempt Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2006 | |
| Made good time to the Hogsback a little after dawn, but turned back because of deteriorating weather. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2008 1:42 am | ||
| snowcdh | Climb and ride Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2008 | |
| South side climb on a rare 2 day clearing in weather. The hogsback transition mixed things up. Summited around 12 PM and snowboarded back down the south side all the way into government camp in one continueous ride (about 8000 ft elevation change). | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2008 9:10 pm | ||
| jeffryrocksu | hogsback | |
| left tacoma after work drove to hood started climbing about 1:30 AM MADE IT TO THE SUMIT ABOUT DAY BREAK CAME BACK DOWN AND WENT HOME LONG FUN DAY | |
| Posted Jan 1, 2008 2:02 am | ||
| k2360tnf | Summited Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2006 | |
| Summited 1 day | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2007 6:04 pm | ||
| JonW | Hogsback Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007 | |
| Nice hike. Maybe too late in the summer. Pearly Gates was a mess, so we went up the snow slope to the left. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2007 8:10 am | ||
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