ivan Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Climb: Mt Hood-Horror on the Hogsback Arete! Date of Climb: 11/17/2005 Trip Report: the first "hood lap" of the season went down this morning. meself and 3 folks i'm too tired to remember either the names or faces of took on the dramatic and engaging hogsback arete of the might mt hood. oddly, we encountered a large number (about 10) of folks who had simliar ideas of getting some excericise in at 11 PM on a wendsday. the slopes above the lift are in double-plus good crampooning shape, but the chute through the pearly gates is currently damn spicy w/ just a single axe and alum cramps. the 'schrund has it's head up it's ass. question: i saw a lot of light coming from a structure down the wy'east arm, about the same altitude as silcox but across the great gorge of the white glacier - is that new? i don't remember seeing it before. now it's time to finish fusing two days of work into one Gear Notes: a second tool and steel crampons would have been nice for the butt-clenching mixed moves on delicate rime feathers lightly attached to frozen mud that currently marks the pearly gate chute Approach Notes: titties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegV Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 question: i saw a lot of light coming from a structure down the wy'east arm, about the same altitude as silcox but across the great gorge of the white glacier - is that new? i don't remember seeing it before. Aren't these $$$bastards building a new chairlift? Soon, Hood will become a Bachelor#2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 question: i saw a lot of light coming from a structure down the wy'east arm, about the same altitude as silcox but across the great gorge of the white glacier - is that new? i don't remember seeing it before. probably the upper station of Vista at MHM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireneo_Funes Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 or a simple visual hallucination Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kioti Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Glad you guys made it up there and back OK! Sorry I missed you for the first Hood Lap, but I'll get out there sooner or later. Any good nighttime shots? Sunrise? Later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 probably the upper station of Vista at MHM Yup. Just wait for the govy tram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezebel Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Also note worthy were the NUMEROUS fractures all along the Crater Rock traverse with a surprise slide just below the Hogsback. Oh and the constant sound of chandeliers crashing coming from the Steel Cliffs. We bailed. I think the mountain was talking to us and telling us that our post work conditioning climb was not going to include a summit. Sometimes the mountain speaks and you have to listen. South Side I know....but does anyone really have anything to prove on that route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhclimber Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 sounds like things were pretty active what time were you up there jezebel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Jez, you wanna go to smith this weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifthclass Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 jez, drew, and i left timberline around 6:30 p.m. i don't know if i'd call the cramponing "double plus good" with all of that rime, but maybe we took a different line above the palmer. from what i saw, anyone headed up there in these warm conditions should be wary of icefall. i turned round just before crater and ran into ivan's group on the way down -- my partners held out 'till the hogsback. chris, i emailed jess, but think she has plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandPounder Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Wow, way to get out there! Thanks! Going to see it for myself on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 So who's into going to Smith this weekend? PM me. We're looking for a 4th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezebel Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 We started at about 6:30 pm and turned around at 10:00. Sorry Winter no Smith for me I've got a long ride w/Guinness on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriznitch Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 now it's time to finish fusing two days of work into one does that mean you taught the kiddies twice as much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrashador Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Nice tr and thanks for the info. Sounds like it would be an 'interesting' ski. Until more snow lots of chanterelles around there are to pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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