[TR] Mt Hood - Eliot Glacier 08/25/2006

[OlegV]

Trip: Mt Hood - Eliot Glacier

Trip Date: 08/25/2006

Trip Report:

On a beautiful August day, Ivan and I went to explore the upper Eliot Glacier. Photos by Brent McGregor. 

Mt Hood covered with fresh powdered snow:

Approaching the upper Eliot -  a war zone looking like the battle for Stalingrad:

The ice towers reminiscent of Coliseum:

me

War Zone:

Leading into unknown:

I always wanted to explore the satellites of Giant Planets . Somewhere on Enceladus?

Some fun glacier ice:

Truly intimidating landscape:

Me belaying Ivan:

Eliot  seracs

Gear Notes:
Ice climbing rack

Approach Notes:
Cloud Cap

[mountainsloth]

Cool! What did you find up there?

ice giants?

the holy grail?

fun? 😊

[OlegV]

immortality