Frikadeller Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 (edited) Trip: Mt. Hood - ZigZag Glacier Date: 9/13/2008 Trip Report: I came home from work on Friday night to find my wife working the BBQ and a case of beer in the fridge! Rad! I drank way too many beers. Ate some good Vegetarian BBQ! I woke up on Saturday morning around 1030 AM, and hungover.... Damn it!! I was supposed to go snowboarding.... So I did anyways. So I packed my crap, and arrived at Timberline around 1PM.... I started hiking down the PCT, snowboard and all on my back, and entertained all the strange questions I usually get from the hikers on the trail. Turned north on trail 798, and started my hike up the hill. Follow that up even further, and you get to the first snow "finger"... At this point I think the Hangover is losing it's grasp on me, but I could be wrong. Until you get to scree heaven.... I took a break here, and while eating a banana, some tourists that rode up on the Magic Mile Sky Ride confronted me. They said they where out of water. WTF, why would you hike up to 8200' in bone dry weather and not bring water? Oh yeah, that's right, they rode a lift... I gave them some water, leaving me 16oz. less water to fend for my self. I am just a bucket of charity sometimes, and I don't know why. Any ways, onwards I go, climbing over scree hill after scree hill, until I finally find my objective! Ahhh... Finally, what I came to attack. But, it's time to eat some lunch and take a break. Anyhow, no irritants here, and I took a good hour just being lazy, and enjoying the mountains. Then I strapped up the board, and started my ride down. Sorry kids, I forgot to take pictues, but I can say this: The damn snow actually has got worse from last week I was up here. The runnels are deeper, and the suncups are more vigilant than ever. I think I ate shit four or five times on the way down. Way different from last week. I ended up in the little Zig Zag canyon drainage, which was in much better shape last week. I had to play scree idiot for most of it, and since I forgot my gaitors, I had boots filled with Mt. Hood sand. Fantastic. I love that kind of stuff. I eventually found a line out of the canyon, which had me relieved. Seeing huge rocks still levitated by melting snow did not give me a huge set of confidence about the stability of the canyon walls... On my way out.. Oh well, I found the PCT once again, and made my way back to the parking lot. The mountain in it's state as of yesterday. Skål!!! Gear Notes: Red Bull, Camel Lights, and Gatorade. Approach Notes: Baffle PCT thru hikers when you tell them you are hiking 10 miles in ski boots... Edited September 14, 2008 by Frikadeller Quote
Chad_A Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Baffle PCT thru hikers when you tell them you are hiking 10 miles in ski boots... Nice TR Now, go get your rock climbing shoes and go craggin'...and stay away from that choss pile until the snow comes back Man, I can't believe how ugly that thing gets in summer... Quote
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