Alpine_Tom Posted January 22, 2001 Share Posted January 22, 2001 Anyone have any information on conditions on Mt. Hood? I'm specificially interested in the Leuthold Couloir. Apparently the National Forest (http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/climb_up.htm) has decided that the climbing season is limited to the period from Mid-April to mid-June, and doesn't provide ANY conditions information outside that two-month window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowleopard_x Posted January 28, 2001 Share Posted January 28, 2001 Tom - Due to the severe drought, you should have no problem getting up Hood, even Leuthold, unless you wait and climb after a big storm. It has been so warm and dry, the conditions on the peak are akin to November. I was up on the Reid Glacier (below Leuthold) 3 weeks ago and we did not need snowshoes, or skis to hike all the way up there. Pickets did fine, and the ice wasn't even hard enough for screws, with a few exceptions (glacial ice, of course). There is very little snow, and the crevasses are still not fullly covered. Something stunning, if you know what a normal year would be like at this time. That said, be careful about climbing on the west face of the peak after a storm, as the entire area is an avalanche trap. And as bad as this winter has been (bad as in dry), it's still winter and you could get hit with a killer storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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