DanielHarro

totally took the Right hand gully to the summit. I think with little to no coverage made it hard to find the Cooper Spur decent route, or that is the excuse I am going to tell myself....

Trip: Mt. Hood - North Face Date: 11/6/2015 Trip Report: Took a run up the North face and found simply amazing conditions all around! The Elliot is pretty broken, we took the far line climbers left approach to the base of the route. This proved to be the most sketchy part of the day with little coverage on the glacier. Its funny to look back at my old TR's. I did the route back in 2005 HERE I can't believe it was 22.5 hrs on route. I guess its all about experience and conditions. Alpine start from Bend at 3:00 am and started our hike from Cloud Camp at 6:15 am with no need for headlamps. Shenanigans on the Elliot. High winds on the summit. Conditions got better throughout the day. Brandon approaching the entrance. Took us 4hrs to get to the base of the route and start climbing. It was slow going on a few sections of the glacier. Legit ice the entire route. A little higher up. Last ice step in the couloir. Exit to the summit ridge 6.5hrs after leaving the car. Brandon's first Mt. Hood summit. Gear Notes: Hand full of screws, found excellent screw placements during the entire route. 45M 8.1 single rope worked well for safety on the glacier and since we found amazing ice screw placements the rope would have actually held a fall. Approach Notes: Started at Cloud Camp and was planning on decending the Cooper Spur route back to our car to avoid the stupid car shuttle, but spent almost two hours on the summit trying to find the Cooper Spur decent. Ended up descending the side and hitched a ride back to the North side. "Thanks Michael for the ride!!! Michael was the hero of the day. All in all it took us 10hrs total.

yes!

sick!

good writeup Clint! Great season in AK!

Thanks for sharing!

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Next generation!

Alex Lowe didn't have either.... ha

Awesome!

Looks awesome!! Thanks for sharing!

NW Alpine Spider Hoody

mac or pc?

Yeah!

Looks good thank for the update!

I disagree. I own 4 pairs of MH gloves and have had amazing results. I used the Hydras exclusively on the cassin ridge basecamp to basecamp 5 days and stayed dry and warm. I don't know why you had a bad experiance, but I have been using them for over two seasons with good results.

Great Euro look! Nicely done!

Added photo ect. More coming as well...

the latest NW Alpine pants look sweet, I have last years and they are awesome.

Layton- Look at the Sterling Nano. Used it on the cassin and was very impressed though I did retire it after using it only on that route because it got so much abuse. I have had a few Jokes and I like the Nano better as far as handling. Made in the USA as well.

Evanmfreeman- Yeah read your Cassin TR, talk about super epic trip! Makes for some very vivid memories!

Thanks for the help! Any real life experiance in breathablity?

I have a 1st generation Firstlight tent (yellow) and have had some conflicting reports on the 2nd generation (Green) firstlight. So are they the same fabric? If not is the Green fabric lighter, more breathable? Mine is 6 years old and it has survived 4 trips into the Alaska range and is showing some use. Looking at other options. Any input would be great!!

Fun times boys!

Awesome photos Alasdair! Thanks for sharing!