stachyra Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Some climber friends and I from New England are planning on visiting the cascades for a week of climbing in the middle of August. Currently we are bandying about which routes to tackle, and two that we are looking at are the Palmer Glacier/Hogsback route up Mt. Hood, and the Tahoma glacier route up Mt. Rainier. Has anybody ever climbed these in mid-Aug? Are they do-able at that time? If so, what are the glacier surface conditions like? I.e., is there sufficient snow cover on top so that you can still navigate across them easily, or are the crevasses so opened up by that time that you have an impossible route-finding nightmare? Thanks, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot'teryx Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Yikes, hood in August will be a choss pile with some slush mixed in {near} the top. I would advise doing Adams up the south side, with the normal snow year, base camp to pikers peak {might} be snow free. Tahoma Glacier route on Rainier is a commiting route as far as I have heard. Generally done with 2-3 base camps (Input anyone?) and the Tahoma glacier can get pretty broken up. Go around the other side and head up the Emmons route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I did Rainier via Tahoma Glacier in July 10-12, 2004. At around 10,500 the remaining snow bridges were very weak - didn't think they'd last much longer. Mid-August will probably be fairly complicated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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