PDXClimber Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 Anyone been up Hood recently? I am contemplating a Leutholds or Sandy Headwall ascent some time soon, especially since weather has been pretty stable the last few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Pumpington Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 Yo PDX, Got a fair amount of precip last night(Gresham),wind has been coming out of the east, so theremight be a little wind loading on both of those routes. Dig a pit and scope the layering first;both those routes have large open slopes at thetop, which are prime avi angle(30-40 deg.). Don'tjust assume it's stable, because there's been acouple days of clear; there might be a lot of snowfrom the east side of the mountain, now depositedon the west side! I'm heading up tonight, with abuddy, and try a route a little more easterlyfacing(after snowpack analysis first, of course!).Best of luck and safe climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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