Mount Hood Climber's Log

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mrmaxtrax

mrmaxtrax - Apr 19, 2012 1:48 am Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2011

mt hood old chute  Sucess!

beautiful clear day on the mountain

Cal

Cal - Apr 18, 2012 12:15 am Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2012

Old Chute  Sucess!

Steeper than I thought it would be. Glad to have the short ax in addition to the long. Devil's kitchen was particularly nasty and left my eyes feeling like I'd just chopped an onion, other than that, beautiful day for a climb.

VndlClmbr

VndlClmbr - Apr 3, 2012 1:51 am Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2011

Old Chute  Sucess!

Was sucessfull in my 3rd attempt, got to the summit with Reggie, and Christine, felt great to finally get the summit done

OWilderness

OWilderness - Mar 13, 2012 1:56 pm Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2011

Made It!  Sucess!

Made it up last summer in gnarly weather, but beautiful views from the top!

santanoni

santanoni - Jan 13, 2012 12:01 pm Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2011

South Side in a cloud  Sucess!

Started at about 145, was trying to beat a weather system. I lost. Mist condensed on me until about 9500, then it became ice. Visibility was lousy, but I went on as several guide groups had made wonderful tracks to follow. They turned back at the hogs back, but I made the final ascent and then came down. By the time I was at the top of the palmer I still had a quarter inch of ice on me. Pretty entertaining in that regard. Made it down by 8, so it was a fast run despite the weather.

Rock67

Rock67 - Jan 7, 2012 4:17 pm Date Climbed: Feb 11, 2000

Mt. Hood  Sucess!

Climbed with Dan Trout

setrent - Jan 6, 2012 4:15 pm Date Climbed: Dec 5, 2011

Reid Headwall  Sucess!

Excellent conditions made this a great climb. If in doubt route finding, go climbers left.

hatchgrey - Jan 6, 2012 1:20 am Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2011

Complete white out  Sucess!

Complete white out! only saw 5 others on the mountain that day. everyone summitted

hunterslee

hunterslee - Dec 16, 2011 12:51 am Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2009

Hogsback

Good times on a beautiful mountain!

mreiter1

mreiter1 - Dec 11, 2011 2:07 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2010

Success  Sucess!

Hogsback Route

gimpilator

gimpilator - Dec 6, 2011 10:18 pm Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2011

Leuthold Coulior  Sucess!

The Leuthold Coulior in December is a strange place to learn ice climbing. We spent the first night at Illumination saddle. The wind destroyed my tent so we had to dig a snow cave. Later that evening another man joined us after he was unable to erect his tent in gale force winds. The following day, in the coulior, we found thin ice covered the steepest parts of the hourglass. Constant icefall bombarded us, thankfully no large pieces. We downclimbed the standard route.

DrGonzo

DrGonzo - Nov 23, 2011 2:33 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011

Mt. Hood, Old Chute  Sucess!

Pretty simple (But fun) climb. We summited at 8:00 AM. On decent there were a lot of people knocking ice loose... I was struck in the hand with one of these rather large blocks. No injury, just got me nice and pissed off. I would make sure and wear a helmet if you are going to be near the pearly gates/hogsback later in the day. I'm from Portland, so it was a pretty fun day trip!

lalpinist

lalpinist - Nov 11, 2011 10:49 am Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2011

nICE day to climb Hood  Sucess!

Conditions were good and it was not crowded. On the way up we saw tents at around 9,000 (I hadn't seen people camping there before). Part way up we could see a team climbing from the Cooper Spur direction. About 30% were doing the Pearly Gates, the rest doing the Old Chute. I saw one or two teams going by the saddle to Leuthold Couloir. The Bergschrund was open extended down to intersect with the path of the Old Chute, which now is rerouted to simply go over the Hogsback (at 90 degrees rather than traversing the Hogsback) and down in the direction of Leuthold. There is a narrow snow bridge (over a deep crack) at the bottom where the vents have melted a bunch of snow. You ascend some super soft volcanic soil to before going pretty directly up the slope. Here is the worst part for this route: even though there weren't a whole lot of people, you have to climb up and down fairly exposed to ice fall from above caused by other climbers zig-zagging up or down. Progress was slowed by everyone shouting "ice" or "roller" every minute or so. And there is a lot more exposure to ice fall (natural and man-made) than the Old Old Chute path. Anyway, the trip was successful. We skiied/snowboarded down from Palmer (it was tough on tired legs) and we avoided that awful slog back to the parking lot. It was an awesome trip!

lalpinist

lalpinist - Nov 2, 2011 8:12 am Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2011

Old Schute Ice Fall  Sucess!

Summited with my buddy Eric. This was my 4th summit, and my 6th or 7th attempt. Conditions were generally good, but the berg was open quite low and so the old chute route started low and as a result there was a long exposure to icefall (man made and natural) - much more than I'd seen in the past. Nice day. Skiied down from Palmer.

dpex

dpex - Nov 1, 2011 11:44 pm Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2001

White and Cold  Sucess!

Pearly Gates and on up. Windy and cold!

apachedino

apachedino - Oct 27, 2011 11:06 pm Date Climbed: May 19, 2011

Leuthold   Sucess!

Camped @ Illumination after barely finding it in a whiteout. Awoke to crystal clear but very cold weather. Very faceted snow and postholing led us up Leathold instead of our planned Sandy Glacier Headwall route. Stellar day that turned into an inferno later!

Ted Eliason

Ted Eliason - Oct 12, 2011 12:10 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 1995

Easy, but cold  Sucess!

6 1/2 hrs from Timberline to the summit, standing behind a boy scout troup slowly crossing the crevasse in the crater. Still no skin exposed on top in July.

ssbclimber

ssbclimber - Oct 8, 2011 1:46 am Date Climbed: May 27, 2009

The Old Chute  Sucess!

Timberline Lodge and back in 11 hours with Ezra Danciu, George Sakaldasis, and Hugo Pimentel. Above Crater Rock we took the hogsback and traversed to the Old Chute. Perfect weather.

MMclimbhigh

MMclimbhigh - Oct 7, 2011 2:47 am Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2010

Palmer  Sucess!

The last day of official winter. Beautiful ski from Hogsback down. Finished up the Old Chute variation with fun catwalk on ridge.

vbeckman74

vbeckman74 - Aug 21, 2011 6:17 pm Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2005

Easy Hood  Sucess!

We lucked out with the weather. Pay attention on Hood. Get a GPS tracker from the park. Watch the weather. Don't take chances. Hood kills people. Bagged with my cousin, Dean.

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