DPS Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Climb: Mt Hood-NF Date of Climb: 11/19/2005 Trip Report: Climbed the NF of Hood on Saturday. Left the car fashonably late a bit after 4 am, summited a bit after 4 pm. Descended South side, but descended a chute a bit to skiers right of regular chute and did not have to resort to any rappeling, just easy downclimbing. Hitched a ride back to our car. Gear Notes: 2 pickets, nuts, pins, screws Approach Notes: Approached from sno park, Cloud Cap road pretty snowy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_A Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Good job, Dan! Glad you finally got it done. Sorry- meant to contact you, but by the time I was at my cell, it was too late. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freefall Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 I'm looking to give it a go on Sat. I thought the weather was going to turn, but the latest forcast has slight snow (6000ft) Friday and partly sunny on Sat. The freeze temp has been forcast to be around 11000ft all week with it dropping to the 6000-7000ft range on friday and sat. I hear the ice on the route is alittle thin. This cold snap should help to fatten it up a bit, correct? Would you recommend snowshoes for the approch? Which chute did you climb Left or Right and how was their condition? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Nice job, Dan! Who're ya climbing with these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 Thanks Marcus. I did the route with Nick Strait, he has come out of retirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegV Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Congrats Dan! Did you do the right or left gully? How was the ice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 We did the main face, to the left of the left gulley, in the interest of saving time. The ice was good, snow was good, the rock was crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwalling Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 holy fuck... 4am... holy fuck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 holy fuck... 4am... holy fuck!!! I'm too old for alpine starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Dan: It's not clear from your TR whether you enjoyed this trip. Did you like the route? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 Hi John, I definitely ehjoyed the trip. I would recommend the route. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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