markseker Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 (edited) Climb: mt hood-dog Date of Climb: 2/2/2005 Trip Report: 6am - depart portland, team of two 8am - step on snow; 6 climbers ahead put in stairway from 8500' to summit; surface generally unconsolidated 3-day old powder over hard pack or ice; shrund open 4 inches west side of hog; entire route in great shape, easy; crampons above 10500' sunny, little wind; FL @ 10000 1pm - summit; a bit more breezy; CAVU 2pm - played around on crater rock until nearly falling into fumerole; backed off 2:20p - began snoboard descent from hosgback; fun, good shredding weaving around rocks 3pm - beer @ car 5pm - arrive in portland in time for meeting with president to learn state of the union a great day to climb, not a great year for downhillers, check out the exposed rocks: http://langek.dyndns.org/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=hood20050202 -m Edited February 6, 2005 by markseker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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