Mt. Hood conditions.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:54 am
Has anyone been up around Southside very recently? If so, how are the conditions? Thank you.
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TheViper wrote:Once you reach the top of the old chute, how much hike time is it to the summit? Are you pretty much just hiking along the "knife edge" to the summit?
TheViper wrote:Oh thats awesome, very cool pic, thanks...well thats not much of a "knife edge".
Brian Jenkins wrote:There is a bit of a knife edge from where the Old Chute tops out to the summit. It is more narrow towards where the west side routes and Sunshine/Cathedral Ridge top out but there is a section of narrow between the top of the Old Chute and where it widens out towards the summit:
http://www.summitpost.org/summit-ridge/381897/c-265416
http://www.summitpost.org/west-rim-route/448482/c-265416