Well, I am planning on climbing Hood again this year after taking a break in 2011 from mountaineering. I have climbed Hood about 10 times in the last decade and usually start my season with a test run to the top. However, I never want to walk back down that mountain again. So in 2009 I started carrying my skis to the top of Triangle Morain and skiing down from there. But as I was not up there last year or at all this year, I was wondering...
A) How are the conditions this year? Anything unusual? Are the Pearly Gates open or are we using the West Crater variation?
B) Have any of you guys skied all the way down from the summit? Am I crazy for thinking about it?
Thanks for any beta on the South Side conditions!