[TR] Mt. Høød - Dog Route 2/25/2005

[Thrashador]

Climb: skis and splitboard

 

Date of Climb: 2/25/2005

 

Trip Report:

 

The snow was tricky most of the way except for some turns, surprisingly, right off the top and then beside and immediately below crater rock. It was a 'my kingdom for a groomer' kind of day and yet still fun. Saw Dave and Glen on their way to a circumnavigation.

 

Gear Notes:

left pieps, puffy, probe & shovel in the car

 

Approach Notes:

pray for snow

Edited February 27, 2005 by Thrashador

[Chriznitch]

Cool pics

damn--look at all those boot tracks!

[texplorer]

Attempted the "dog" route on Sat Night. We experienced some fairly nasty weather with wind chills below -20F. Despite that we were doing ok until just below the hogs back. My gf finally got shut down by altitude sickness and we decided to turn around.

 

Within 2-3 minutes clouds had enveloped the 20 or so climbers just reaching the hogsback. 2-3 minutes after that the clouds were probably 500ft lower. I was amazed at how fast the weather changed. I hope those at the HB were smart enough to turn back or experienced enough to deal with what must surely have been whiteout conditions above.

[Thrashador]

It is scary how quickly and drastically the weather can turn.

These were some views from the east Sunday around noon:

 

And this unfortunate view we stumbled upon roughly

1/2 mile up White River from the snowpark:

 

pre-season plywood booters are unacceptable.

f-ing garbage.