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| EastKing | Hogsback-Old Chute  Date Climbed: May 29, 2009 | |
| Done deal. But I will go back many more times. What a beautiful climb! See both on April and May TR's | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2009 2:33 am | ||
| bruceg | South Side Date Climbed: Jun 16, 1997 | |
| Climbed with Timberline Mountain Guides. Summited at 6 am in a cloudbank. I have heard that the view is great. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2009 8:13 pm | ||
| gimpilator | 1st Attempt Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2009 | |
| Craig and Greg and I set out at 10pm and made it to the Hogsback by 4am. Craig having been on the summit twice was fully prepared to continue on. Greg and I dizzy from altitude sickness and sulfur dioxide fumes decided to turn around. I thought we could probably make it up the chute in our condition but it would have been an unnecessary risk coming down. UPDATE: My second attempt was successful via the Leuthold Couloir, December 4th, 2011 | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2009 9:13 pm | ||
| lalpinist | Perfect Conditions Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2009 | |
| Very nice conditions (clear, warm, mild wind an not as crowded as other times I've been). The Pearly Gats are still iced up; the Old Chute route that is stomped out went a little bit West of where I remember, making a bit of an exposed stretch to the true summit. The (half) moon when it first rose was so orange, it looked like mars. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2009 5:37 pm | ||
| deungsan | finally got to Hood Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2008 | |
| Partner Tony and I did the normal route. Fairly straightforward. Good time all around. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2009 6:31 pm | ||
| NCclimber | Lucked out Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| Barely got to the summit before being chased back down by a storm. Great intro on glacier climbs. Climbed with WoundedKnee and Timberline. | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2009 5:57 pm | ||
| skydiver777 | The first of three Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2008 | |
| Two friends and I set out to climb 3 peaks in one week. Mt Hood, the first, we used to warm up for Mt. Adams. the first day we climbed up to the Devils Kitchen,(p.u. sulpher) set up camp and reviewed rescues. In the morning we got up to make a short climb to the summit. Beautiful clear weather. We could see 200 miles in each direction. Climbing down sucked seeing all those skiers, and I didn't have my skis. Onto Mt. Adams | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2009 4:58 pm | ||
| farrisgl | Camped out above ski lift Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2002 | |
| Two of my French business colleagues Joel and Luc climbed up from timberline lodge early afternoon on Saturday and camped out about a 1/4 mile or so above the top of the upper ski lift. Really nice weather and an enjoyable evening apart from the sound of the ski slope grooming equipment backup alarms active until almost midnight. We were up with the crunch, crunch, crunch of other climbers walking past our tents and heading toward the summit. Very busy morning as we climbed above the bergschrund and through Pearly Gates ice chute. The number of people, and poor climbing techniques would have made this really dangerous if not for the fairly soft snow conditions. My friend Luc, a very experienced French mountaineer, couldn’t contain himself with 3 groups, asking “do you guys know what you are doing?” These dangerous climbing practices taking place just a few weeks after the multiple fatalities in exactly the same place. We reached the summit at first light providing a truly amazing site. On the summit was a very intricate snow cave complete with a window out the steep North Slope. Are decent was marred with more questionable climbing parties including a group of 3 roped together equality dividing a 60 meter rope with the climber in the middle. We took our time on the descent enjoying the spectacular setting. This is a really great summit; however it was sobering to think of the three deaths as we passed the 'shrund just a few weeks before. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2009 2:27 pm | ||
| mthomas | Hogsback Date Climbed: May 31, 2004 | |
| Solo climb in 9 hours roundtrip after frustrating attempt on Rainier. Winter wonderland! | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2009 11:39 am | ||
| lneher | South Side Old Chute route Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2008 | |
| This is the easiest way to the summit when the Hogsback moves too far left of the Pearly Gates. We climbed through the fumaroles to avoid ice falling across the standard traverse on a warm day. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2009 11:42 am | ||
| Jakester | South Side Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2009 | |
| A 2am start in snowy conditions turned into a full on blizzard at 4am. Four of us skied down at 6am (from 9,100ft) without regret. The other four continued and eventually broke through the clouds at the Hogs-back (swine-spine). Steep ice with wind-packed snow over it created avalanche danger so they turned around 300ft short of the summit. Fun trip though. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2009 12:34 pm | ||
| sassyplatt | Loved it! Date Climbed: May 14, 2007 | |
| Hog's back, Pearly Gates, very exciting and beautiful. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2009 7:17 pm | ||
| wonkeytaco | South Side - Ice Fall at Hogs Back Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2009 | |
| Group: Dain Zaitz, Brent Fisher, Josh Friberg, David Bekken and Me (Ben Friberg) Time: Left 12:00am 1/18/2009 Return 9:00am 1/18/2009 4 climbs on Mt hood since I started climbing and this was the first time I had to turn back and it was a great decision and really helped to make the trip a memorable experience and to increase my Mountaineering skills. | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2009 10:32 pm | ||
| nickmech | Southside/Hogsback Date Climbed: Mar 21, 2004 | |
| Left car at midnight and had clear weather and good snow. Saw a guy take a long slide off the hogsback before self arrest. Wow! Norman and Andrew snowboarded back to car. Didn't bring rope. | |
| Posted Jan 1, 2009 4:27 pm | ||
| oregonmtnman | South Side Route Date Climbed: May 13, 2006 | |
| Made summit with Chemeketans out of Salem, Oregon. Beautiful weather, although bitterly cold (even with down jacket and shell on). Great mountain. | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2008 12:09 am | ||
| Curtissimo | WY-EAST: brash warrior Date Climbed: Jul 1, 1997 | |
| WY-EAST is such a better name for this peak. Did it roped up but saw a senior citizen in shorts and running shoes make it too! | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2008 9:36 pm | ||
| nextyearranier | Old Chute- Great Memories Date Climbed: May 26, 2007 | |
| Great climb! Physically tough, for me at least, but a great summit. Went in May with Timberline Mountain Guides and had a blast. Wish I'd tried to glissade part of the way down though. | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2008 8:42 pm | ||
| mnatureson | South Side via Old Chute Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2008 | |
| Great climb! | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2008 1:44 pm | ||
| kavak | Via Hogsback Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2003 | |
| This was supposed to be a climb with my brother-in-law, but he hurt his ankle while mowing his lawn. Go figure. I didn't want to climb alone so I went to a online climber's board to seek a partner. I found a 17 year old guy from Salem, OR. We met in the parking lot for the first time at 12:30 am with his parents and decided that we wouldn't use a rope because we both had experience on moderately steep snow. We arrived on the summit at sunrise 5:30 am. The second and third arrivals for that day. And oh yes, it was my 52nd birthday as well. It felt good to keep up with the young man from Salem. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2008 10:02 am | ||
| lloyd | Cold Day | |
| My camera froze. I froze. It was fun. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2008 6:41 pm | ||
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