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I skied up hood a week ago. There is good snow coverage from the top of the magic mile up, and you can piece together snow all the way to the paved road below silcox.

 

Conditions are "firm". The main chute is quite steep and runneled right now. The old chute is more favorable, but there was a great deal of ice coming down from above. The schrund is wide open and gaping.

 

Be aware of two large crevasses climber's right of Crater Rock. They are somewhat covered. At least one climber has had to be rescued out of there, and there were ski tracks over them.

 

Enjoy.

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I was up on the hogsback about a week ago as well. If you ski it, take rock skis. Lots of footprints going up to the bergschrund and lots coming right back down. As Iain noted, the old chute is the route of choice right now and even that requires trudging back onto scree before you get on the snow again.

 

We need more a lot more coverage.

 

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