Mount Hood Conditions
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:48 pm
Hi all- this is my first post here so thank you for any advice you can give. I am not an experienced mountaineer, at all, but have been training very hard to hopefully summit Mt. Hood this month. My legs and lungs are in shape for a hard climb. The only snow experience I have had is a day of self arrest practice/crampon use and hiking up to 8600' feet on Mount Hood. I do not have roping in experience, although I do have a harness and rope if need be.
I will be climbing with an intermediate climber who has summitted St. Helens twice and South Sister once. We have been planning to do the South Route this weekend but I am finding myself kind of nervous because it is difficult to find conditions and a person was injured up there today. Does any one know how the snow conditions might be this weekend? From the looks of it, we would try for Sunday around midnight.
Thank you so much!
I will be climbing with an intermediate climber who has summitted St. Helens twice and South Sister once. We have been planning to do the South Route this weekend but I am finding myself kind of nervous because it is difficult to find conditions and a person was injured up there today. Does any one know how the snow conditions might be this weekend? From the looks of it, we would try for Sunday around midnight.
Thank you so much!