Carrie Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Anyone have an update on the Hood Climbing conditions? I haven't got in my summit this year and I suppose after this hot weather it will be too late? I'm conservative, so if it's not great, I'll wait until next year. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_A Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Here you go. http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/recreation/climbing/conditions.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerJ Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Cool. The report I read linked to CC.com -r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 did the sunshine route last sunday and it was in fine shape and tremendously superior to the shit s side - do that instead and be sure to be high on the mtn by sunup as it's sloppy early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couloir Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 did the sunshine route last sunday and it was in fine shape and tremendously superior to the shit s side - do that instead and be sure to be high on the mtn by sunup as it's sloppy early Ahhh..a nice break from the domestic chaos! How's the schrund? Any other cravasses opening up yet? I'm probably doing it 7/9 and would love to go as light as possible (ie no glacier gear). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 re: sunshine route - the current track goes up left of horseshoe rock (thus exposing itself to icefall off the upper elliot - about 30 minutes after running through the hundred feet of exposed area it was swept by an iceblock bigger than ron jeremy's cock - quite sobering) - there's a bridge necessary to get left of the horseshoe that very likely won't be there after this coming weekend and will require travel well off to the right of horseshoes where there are currently at least 3 other options for getting onto the ridge - might well only be the lowest still around if this heat continues for 10 more days we descended the cooper spur - great fun to cover so much of the mountain in one day - currently you can regain the elliot just below the middle icefall directly from the middle of the spur trail requiring only about 300 feet of climbing to return to camp below the snowdome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 you guys don't appreciate the peace and quiet of the south side??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couloir Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 you guys don't appreciate the peace and quiet of the south side??? I think I'm done with it for a few years. Winter maybe, but not now. Like Ivan said, the N side has so much more shizzle to offer. currently you can regain the elliot just below the middle icefall directly from the middle of the spur trail requiring only about 300 feet of climbing to return to camp below the snowdome Yeah, that was my other question. I was planning on camping around the base of Snowdome (and do a carryover) and didn't know if getting to that point it made more sense to cross in the middle of the Eliot or to cross lower on the Eliot, along the ~Timberline Trail and come straight up around Lang Crag. I'll decide when we get there. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couloir Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 an iceblock bigger than ron jeremy's cock - quite sobering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frikadeller Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Here are some Hoodies crevasses on the south side...PIc take last 6/24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 I actually have not climbed another route other than the south side. I guess we do it at least once a year because we know the route well and get back to Timberline in time for brunch! How advanced/difficult is the sunshine route--I was also considering the Cooper Spur route. It would be nice to avoid the crowd at the Pearly Gates. I always feel like I'm taking my life into my hands and wonder if I should just turn around at the hogs back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 do the spur next - for the full experience bivi around 9000 and get a very early start so the descent's done befroe the sun softens up the route - tech difficulty is similar to s side - elliot has a lot of glacier travel so requires more diligence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_Matlock Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 re: Slog's Back - did it last weekend. The bridge over the crevasse looked close to punching through. The route this year seemed different to me. The conga line up the Hog diverts right and regains the ridge up a brief but steeper slope (60 degree? Anybody?). Earlier in the year the route went left around the headwall, now it's going back through the gates. Save yourself a lot of hassle by bringing a second tool and just free the west rim or take the short cut by freeing the left chute, thus bypassing the roped-up yokels. The second tool isn't required, but woulda been nice for the brief exposure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 do the spur next - tech difficulty is similar to s side It should perhaps be noted that if you slip on the south side you will probably have a painful but survivable runout "most of the time". If you fall on Cooper Spur you will die. The exposure can be difficult for some people downclimbing in the afternoon, when it becomes better for skiing than for skittering around with balling-up crampons. It is not "bad" but the south side and cooper spur are not equivalent climbs. of course, it's pretty unstylish to fall on any of these kinds of climbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 well - if chix in woolen dresses were doing it en masse in the 1880's and it scares you off you might as well hand in your crampons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 are you saying chix in woolen dresses suck at climbing they were also yarding on this the whole way up, in Sept: there was a lot of shit done in the 1800's I think I would pass on. but anyways I was just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 same pile of shit i believe i saw sunday on the way down the spur and i wouldn't mess w/ dem prospecting-era beyotches climbers or not - might suppose me testicles were fahqing golden nuggets and fahq up the whole space-time continium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberline113 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I soloed up the southside Wed. 6/28/06 Route was soft to summit, take but you may not use your crampons. The bergschrund is still passable on the right side. I went up the Old Crater route, descending down thru the Pearly Gates, encountering a steady hail of small debris in the chutes above the Hogsback, summit time near noon, with no one else around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfs1978 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Looking for conditions report from anyone that's been up the Hogsback in the last couple days (or anyone familiar with Hood after conditions like this week's). With the wet weather over the past few days I'm wondering what to expect...mushy nasty cascade concrete? ice? solid? also curious how far the schrund has spread to by now - I have a first timer that's looking to go along so don't want to push our/his luck. thanks much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 (edited) Here you go.jfs1978 http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/recreation/climbing/conditions.shtml] Edited July 13, 2006 by Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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