Hood - Black Diamond

[Corax]

I had a look in the Black Diamond 2006 catalogue and found a really nice photo from Hood on page 68.
I don't know anything about the peak and I'm interested to know where this photo is taken, in relation to the summit and normal route. Also, if there are any photos on SP of the same place, please let me know. I suspect there are some, but I'm not sure. The snow conditions can really make a difference on how things look like.

[cascadetraveler]

Hi corax, Mount Hood is located in the united states in the state of oregon. It is the highest mountain in the state. It is a cascade range volcano. the page ishttp://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150189/mount_hood_html

[Corax]

[jschrock]

Looks like an afternoon shot of Illumination Rock on the SW ridge.

Dunno why it looks weird to me though - if it's Illumination it should be obvious...

Here's some shots of it on SP - but nothing from the same angle.

http://www.summitpost.org/object_list.php?object_type=3&object_name_3=illumination&context_search_3=search_context&parent_id=150189

[tazz]

If it was the SW side of Illumination Rock it would have Hood in the back ground right?
The shot was also taken from a high point. The only high points around Illumination rock is to the E -NE. The sun seems to be on the wrong side of it too. It might be a flipped shot. Plus where is all the rime ice Hood usually has plastered to it. Not sure it has me all confused. Here is a distant shot of Illumination rock.

[jschrock]

[jschrock]

Either way I NEED TO GET BACK UP ON HOOD! Sitting down here waiting waiting waiting...watching the webcams...argh!

http://www.mazamas.org/your/adventure/starts-here/C102/

gonna be a little bit yet...patience.

Last year was my first season on Hood (and most of my climbs were just quick runs/slogs up the south side) so there are people on here with a lot more familiarity with that area than me.

[Brian Jenkins]

Similar pic from Hammer from 2002 on SP:


Although the one in the catalog looks from higher on up which makes me wonder if they were climbing something up that technical ridge (the route name escapes me). Or maybe they were high on the traverse over to the Reid or Leuthold routes.


Here's one I took last year a bit left of the ridge in the catalog photo maybe just below and left of where the tent is.




And below is what it looks like from the east on the Hogsback route.





And one more shot for the other side:


Another good one from the saddle:

[jschrock]

yup - if colorado would quit hogging all the early season snow we could be a lot closer to that.

send some of the good stuff our way guys.

[tazz]

I knew you would come through with with some great shots Brian! I still think the shot is flipped though.

[Brian Jenkins]

I think it could just be an afternoon shot. The east side is shaded. The far side on the west is somewhat shaded like the sun is oriented to the SW but peaking around to be direct on the more northern side. The climbers shadows are almost NE heading. Maybe just a winter afternoon shot. Although the background low mountains are very processed looking, like watercolor.

By the way, I picked up one of those Black Diamond tents this year and they are great, although not meant for 4-season camping.

[MichaelJ]

Brain,
Have you tried your BD tent in rain yet? My Lighthouse starts dripping like crazy after four or five hours in a steady rain, which takes it out of running for a decent three season, low-elevation tent. Fine in dry conditions, though.

[sloggmeister]

[Brian Jenkins]

Michael,
I had the tent in arguable the worst storm I've been in yet on Granite Peak in July and it held up great. Was hailing all night with winds so strong I had to hold the tent wall out away from my face. Not a drop inside and I have not seam-sealed it. So far so good, I've been really happy with it.

Brian

[Corax]

Hood looks like a very nice peak and I hope to go there one day. Thanks for all the answers.