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the road can be open, and still have snow at the trailhead. sounds like time to set a time to head up the mazama!!

lost one of my trekking poles. well, lost isnt really the right word. I left it on top of st helens. monday the 23rd. orange and black. thanks

did this early monday. i would go late/early to get on firm snow. when we were coming down about 10 am it was getting soft, by the time we were in the trees it was a slush fest. great conditions, and a great place to be. we wore our crampons, and had ice axes out for most of the accent, but it was dark, and icy going up. when we were coming down, most people were going up without crampons, but still had axes out. dont think crampons would do any good in the slush, and you could arrest without an axe. just depends on what time you go up. dont think snow shoes would help, but skis would be great!.

wow, great pic. thanks!

ran out of steam today!! three of us went to work at 6 am thursday, got off work by 6pm, spent time with our families, then headed to hood. now this never used to be a problem for me, not sleeping for 24-48 hours. i guess now that i am getting older it is! we started up from the parking lot at 2am, with clear skies, and a bright half moon. beautiful night, great snow!! about the time we got almost to the top of the palmer it got a little windy, and i started to feel a little sleepy. by the time we made it to the final approach to crater rock i started falling asleep while trying to walk up. now, with crampons on and an axe in my hand (it was quite icy and quite windy by now) this didnt seem to safe to me. so one of my buddies (the other was somewhere up on hogsback by now, didnt want to wait for us "old" guys) and i sat down behind a rock for a break from the wind, and to get somethin' to snack on. well, next thing i know im waking up with my butt feeling like it was frozen to an ice cube, which it pretty much was. i sat down and fell asleep for about 20 minutes, on the ice. not pleasant. i barely made it back down the mountain, half awake, my legs kept shakin. i guess im going to have to start taken naps or something before being up all night now. bummer. anyhow, beautiful night. great conditions (except for wind, which was apx 30+ mph). snow perfect, solid. everyone we talked to who summited said things were great all the way up. enjoy!!

'cept for the entire population of pdx heading up the hogsback!

we were planning on going up saturday. but with the weather, we figured we would go up on friday morning instead! im not a huge crowd person.

Its time to get back up on hood. Has anyone been up lately? looking for pg conditions, possibly old chute if pg no longer in shape. Whats the snow been like lately? heading up friday night. thanks dave

sounds like the road to pole creek th is now snow free!! just in time, im heading down there in a week. http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/conditions/current_trailshort_report.pdf

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they eat your food if you arent watching closely, found that out the hard way!!

ouch, we had planned to do the mazama glacier june 2nd, but are putting it off until late june to late july now. crazy snow this year!

Great pics Joe! thanks

it also says 89$ new, so my guess is its a full pack. did you get yours uw?

any site related to climbing, including all weather sites had the warnings posted! some people just don't think it will happen to them, or don't bother to check first. and yeah, if you insist on going anyway, get up early, and return early, early, early!!! temps were above freezing at the summit last night!

supposed to be 75degrees friday day, and then only 50 degrees overnight!! thats at the 9000 ft level! we're going up with some noobs afterwork on friday and working on crevasse rescue and anchor building on the snow cliffs around timberline lodge (the ones from the snow plows in the parking lot). then go rock climbing on saturday. should still be a good weekend eh?

check out the warning for the weekend. think we're going to postpone our trip a bit. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=pqr&zone=ORZ011&pil=XXXSABSAS&productType=Avalanche+Warning

did you make it up? how'd it go? hope you had fun. We are still planning on going up friday, but we'll see. supposed to be a hot one. as long as it freezes at night we should be good though eh. heres hoping!

sposed to be hot this weekend. cant wait to see what it does to the snow up top.

were heading up about the same time. going up late afternoon/early evening friday, getting up early and attempting to summit saturday. I agree, hoping for some harder snow than what ive seen so far!

ranger: snowmobiler eh? wheres ur sled? fairweather: drove it into the crater the otherday, going back to get it now! sounds good to me!

WOW, that's great! I guess i've been going about it all wrong!

I don't know, 5.scary seems alittle above my ability!!! Gotta work, used up most of my time off already!! Got to save a few days for adams, and liberty bell later this spring, early summer! Hoping I don't get sick and use up all the rest of my days!!! Hope it goes well!! Maybe next one. l8r

what route are they climbing on the pic for the picnic? is that at washington park? does it get harder higher up? thank for the info. anybody from pdx area going to the picnic?

is anyone going to head up to hood this weekend? or have they been up? we were planning on going, but just checked the weather and it doesnt look good. freezing level above 10000 ft, lots of new snow this week. thinking about doing it next weekend instead. would love a report from anyone who goes up this weekend. thanks