JoeMack Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Climb: Mt. Hood-South Side Date of Climb: 4/30/2005 Trip Report: Left the T'Line lot at 10:00am Saturday. Skinned up through the clouds to clear blue skies at the top of Palmer. The weather was super fine: warm and no wind. Booted up to the Hogsback and tried to eat some lunch without gagging from the sulphur stank. The berschrund was easy to get around and the Pearly Gates were soft: didn't need crampons nor an axe (which was good since I didn't have them). I decided to ski down via the slope to climbers' left of the hogsback (Mazamas Route, I think, per David Waag's book "Oregon Descents" The traverse over there was on a ridge that was a little more exposed than I thought, but the snow was soft and there was some boot pack from a pair of British guys that had just come from that direction after climbing Leutholds. The untracked slope was beautiful and the snow was like velvet. Minimal sloughing. A cloud had rolled in and reduced vis significantly, but I traversed back to the hogsback and descended without a problem. Made it below the cloud at the top of the Palmer lift and cruised via the groomed slopes back to the truck at 5:00 for Happy Hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbw1966 Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Did you see Arlene Blum while you were there? She was part of a large entourage that was doing a photo shoot for Fortune (or Forbes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMack Posted May 2, 2005 Author Share Posted May 2, 2005 Did you see Arlene Blum while you were there? She was part of a large entourage that was doing a photo shoot for Fortune (or Forbes). There weren't any groups that I saw/met that matched that description. I wonder why a business magazine would be doing an article about Mt. Hood?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbw1966 Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 The article is supposed to be about Ms. Blum, whom you may recall led an all-female expedition to Annapurna. She does motivational speaking now. They probably summited around 1230 or 1 p.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMack Posted May 2, 2005 Author Share Posted May 2, 2005 Oh, that Arlene Blum! I summitted at 3:00 and must've missed 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Has anyone climbed the south side recently? I'm wondering about the condition of the bergschrund (sp?) and generally how the rockfall is at the pearly gates. Thanks! Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaper_Jeffy Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Carrie, Sometimes the USFS report is useful: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/recreation/climbing/conditions.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Thanks! If only the weather would take a turn so we could get up there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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