sean_beanntan Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Climb: Mt Hood-SUnshine Date of Climb: 7/4/2005 Trip Report: Camped at Lag Crags at 8000ft Sat thro Monday. We decided to hike the west morraine but a nicer route would be to approch the crags from the elliot glacier....either from the west or east morraine. Crevasses are starting to open but still easy route finding. Both ramps onto the Lag crags are good. Warm conditons with winds 5 thro 15mph. Even with relatively warm weather, we did get evap cooling so that crampons were used from camp. Good boot pack from camp to top of snowdome. Bergshrund 1 is still quite small and we climbed above it to the left of Anderson Rock via a ramp/snow step system. Pockets are starting to open up but still a sweet option. Bergshrund 2 has two options. Snow conditons on the left of the horse shoe were like cork and super climbing. Great direct line to the Queens chair. There is a snow bridge half way along the traverse to Cathedral ridge that would make the return journey a little less spicy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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