Cobrien1125 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 (edited) Trip: Mt Hood - South Side Date: 6/23/2010 Trip Report: After two canceled attempts we arrived at the parking-lot about midnight June 23rd. We started our ascent with 35 degrees weather decent snow conditions and a spattering of stars shinning through a sporadic layer of high cirrus clouds coming in from the southwest. Without another light on the mountain ahead of us and being one of very few cars in the parking lot we had most of the morning to ourselves. The copper colored moon set about 3 am and we could begin to see the clear skies and the mountain as it laid out before us at 4. At about 8500 ft the snow seemed a bit wet and soft hinting at avalanche conditions so we pressed for approx 500ft or so. Tour our delight the snow stiffened up we felt confident in climbing further up eventually climbing the Old Chute to the Summit. Reaching the summit at about 6:30-7:00 we were the first group up for the day and had an amazingly clear view of Jefferson and Washington looking south with Rainier shining brightly from the north. Back at the Hogsback we ran into several groups of people and made our descent. About 8:30 we saw a lot of shedding on the cliffs left and right as we descended the hill as the temperature started to push over 60. Edited June 25, 2010 by Cobrien1125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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