The Cascade Kid

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Trip: Mt Hood - South Side from Portland By Bike (18:25'15) Date: 6/8/2013 Trip Report: On the afternoon of June 8th I left SE Portland by bicycle (SE 65th and Duke) for Mt Hood, carrying my climbing/skiing gear. Full story and photos on Mountain Lessons. [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/medium/cc.jpeg[/img] I arrived at Timberline Lodge around 10:00 pm, and began climbing the south side around 10:30. I reached the top of the Magic Mile by Midnight, and Triangle moraine by 1 am. After ditching my skis there, I summited under a moonless sky at 3:00 am, the first to reach the summit that night. The snow was excellent, allowing ski crampon use to triangle moraine, and facilitating fast travel in high dagger up the old chute. The winds were incredible, sustained 30-40 mph until the crater, with gusts in excess of 50 mph on the summit ridge, requiring crawling on the descent. I skied from triangle moraine on what would no doubt become great corn about 6 hours later, and after repacking, was back on my bike towards Portland by 5:30 am. Total time round trip to Portland was 18:25'15. 110 miles by bike, and more than 12,000' vertical gained total. This is no doubt not the FKT, and I am aware that this has been done before. Whatever. I'm happy to have finally ticked this project in well under 24 hrs. Gear Notes: Full list available through the link. Lightweight ski-mountaineering gear, minimum layers. Keep moving. Stay warm. Approach Notes: By bike. The stretch from zigzag to govy is long, and uphill, and frankly worse than timberline road.

I'm unclear, is this tree climbing or landscaping?

Trip sounds fun. TR photo fail though.

Hey. That's sick.

"Turtle" Color, ran in them once, slightly too small for me. Retail $110, get them for $70. PM with questions. It's trail running season! http://www.sportiva.com/products/footwear/mountain-running/wildcat

Nicely done. Do you really think a second tool is necessary? Whippet and axe perhaps...

Good to meet you after coming down of triple couloirs. I was trying ti figure out why you looked so familiar then, and it was because I've seen your face on here before. At least you had a bomb day of skiing!

Solid.

Jens, that's the spirit. Didn't mean to imply low snow in some global warming year-long trend kinda way. but looking at old photos of the TCs and the north face, it's clear than when the routes are in good nick there's usually more and more-consolidated snow. Nice work on Colchuck!

sporadic dirt for about 3/4 mi, then snow covered

the photo with your skis in it made me poop myself a little bit.

b/c 3C's was a spur of the moment backup, and all of our beta was from memory and now from an extensive review of available TRs. Speculation... but I bet the north face may fave most more difficulties than usual in the low snow.

Didn't climb through the runnels, didn't successfully bypass them due to lack of snow/ice for even the bypass. No ice anywhere. And with as much spindrift as whips around that thing, of course there were no snow bollards left.

(Stuart) (Sunrise on the bivy perch) (Night falls above the Stuart glacier) (approaching the route on the Stuart Glacier) (The first crux pitch of the great gendarme)

Trip: Dragontail Peak - Triple Couloirs and Gerber Sink Date: 3/9/2013 Trip Report: Colin B invited me to attempt the Gerber Sink yesterday. When we arrived at Colchuck lake around 07:00, we watched John F and Daniel H bailing off the route. Conditions on the approach were great, but the mountain was largely free of ice and with little snow. We made a group attempt at the Triple Couloirs. The second couloir likewise has no ice. Not even a little bit. Collective memory said there was a mixed bypass, but even after colin scratched around for a while, we didn't find it. Looking at old photos, we were in the right place, with 0 snow where there's usually a ramp. Oh well. We bailed. Sunny day, good people. 13 hrs car to car. There were many cars at the trailhead, which was not surprising with the good forecast. On the other hand, we didn't see many people at the lake. A group of skiers/climbers from Bend, and some other more local friends. Where'd everyone go? [Photos, video, and subjective take at Mountain Lessons .] Below, the start of the first, most of the second, and the end of the third couloir divide the center of the face. The Gerber Sink connects snow runnels just right of center starting just to the right of the low point on the face. [img:center]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8510/8546522414_3361014293_b.jpg[/img] Gear Notes: Two tools, 1 rope, 1 nut, one bootied pin. Approach Notes: three with snowshoes, I without, no real problems with ether approach. Skis not recommended unless you're going skiing.

Most excellent [brew] Hope our beta photo got you off the sofa, but that's probably just coincidence. When you want a catch, call.

Trip: Mt Hood - Ski Circumnavigation Date: 2/15/2013 Trip Report: On the 15th of February under bluebird skies, E. Linck and I made a circumnavigation of Mt Hood on skis at roughly the 8000' level. Mr Linck knows a little something about volcalo circumnavigations as the current record holder for circumnavigating Mt Ranier's wonderland trail unsupported (running for 27 hrs? Please.) and I know a little bit about skiing and glaciers. It was a good team for the task. As previously reported, conditions were ideal for distance travel, if not for skiing. The turns were good on the Reid glacier, but the stiff surface made for quick travel. We made the circumnavigation (10.8 mi, ~7200') in 08:00:28. This is an amazing way to spend the day and see aspects of the mountain that you would never otherwise see. TR and Photographs Route Beta. This trip opened my eyes to the adventure that is available to us locally. So many people climb the South side of Hood and think that they've been there done that. The South side is a good place to learn some skills, but Hood would be a really boring mountain if that's all there was to it. This probably applies to our other local destinations. What else is being ignored? Get after it. Gear Notes: Skinny skis, nylon skins, wish we had ski crampons, which would have taken off more than 1 hr. Didn't rope for skiing on glaciers. Roped on the Ladd glacier when walking. Fast-walked through serac zones. Approach Notes: 1:35 to I-rock from the parking lot. Our approach was light and as fast as possible. Go slow to go fast.

the parking lot

Trip: Mt Hood - Reid/IRk, Sandy, Ladd, Eliot, North F., Blk Spider Date: 2/16/2013 Trip Report: Quick conditions report, TR pending. For route beta and TR go to: Mountain Lessons Here are conditions from yesterday, 2/15/13. On all aspects, snow conditions are firm and generally supportable, with more consolidation/ice on SW-W aspects. No real loose snow to speak of. Plenty of ice around in little nooks and crannies for those seeking adventure Southerly aspects grew sloppy in the sun below 8000' The North Side Routes appear to have a passable Bergschrund on the right March Madness is aerated and ugly looking. Don't know about the S. side, don't care. Yokum ridge looks sparse, as rime goes. Coopers spur has contiguous snow. The routes in the black spider environs have ice, but it looks a mite thin and sun-affected. The bluest, thickest ice is on the westerly aspects. I Rock North Face Reid Headwall, Leutholds, Some Yokum Sandy Headwall More Sandy Headwall Coe Headwall and Serac North Side and Eliot North Face Detail South Coopers Spur and Black Spider Environs BS Detail Drips South of Black Spider No excuses now that you've got the beta. Go do something. Gear Notes: ski crampons recommended. Approach Notes: 1:35 to Illumination saddle on firm, tractionable surface.

Split decision, V2, outside of Moab, UT.

Trying to find bottom and failing in the Wasatch Range, UT.

Following on unnamed water ice-- Ouray, CO.

Richie Brady, climbing at the Black and Tan Wall, a hidden limestone crag in Southwest Utah.

Alex Ragus, at the bivy perch on the North Ridge of Mt Stuart, Cascades Range, WA. Taking in another splitter day at sunrise.