[TR] Mt. Hood- South Side 11/17/2005

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Climb: Mt. Hood-South Side

 

Date of Climb: 11/17/2005

 

Trip Report:

As the other TRs indicate, the south side needs a little more snow. Make that a lot more snow. The climb was wonderful with good climbing up to crater rock but our group wasn't comfortable going above that. Still, the full moon and still air made the climb more than worth it. check out photo 136 and zoom in on the Pearly Gates; is that an avalanche from the day before?

There is a photo of a pit we dug near crater rock. There is one 2 inch ice layer in between two 6 inch dry crumbly layers of snow.

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http://oregonstate.edu/~rothi/Mount%20Hood/P1010136.JPG

 

Gear Notes:

never even got to put on a harness.

 

Approach Notes:

nice firm crust to walk on the whole way up. hardly post holed at all.

[ivan]

very cool pic - you must have been that large group i encountered at the top of the lift on the way down. hmmm...guess i was glad i didn't see that avy crown on my own journey to the gates.

[sweatinoutliquor]

Cool, nice work! Thanks for reporting conditions. Sounds like I should just keep sitting here drinking reading your trip reports, rather than going out there myself... At least not until things settle down a bit! Thanks again!