Mt. Hood and what else?

[eddiegold5001]

Hi, my wife and son and I are planning on climbing Mt. Hood this May and hopefully will have some extra time afterwards. Can anyone suggest another mountain we could climb in the vicinity. We are relatively new at this and anything more difficult than the South Side of Mt. Hood would be too difficult. Also did South Spur of Mt. Adams last year. Thanks.

[Water]

South Sister (road access) and St. Helens (permits) are both viable, though I'd say both are easier than the south side of adams (all else being equal). If you can access it (questionable when they open the rd-generally around memorial day) south sister is neat due to the close viewing proximity of middle & north, broken top, and bachelor.

 

additionally you could go up to Mt. Rainier and do a day-hike up to Camp Muir -- not getting 'to the top' of anything but quite beautiful and impressive size of rainier compared to hood and even adams, weather permitting.

 

 

 

[DPS]

What about Mt. Shasta? May is a good month and it is only a five hour drive from Portland. Avalanche Gulch is standard.

[chris54]

Broken Top and or the South Sister would be something you may be interested in. It is about a 3 hour drive from hood. But you get to see the other half of Oregon which is high desert. Broken top has some srambling at the top which make it a better climb in my opinion.

[111]

Avalanche Gulch is standard.

but terribly boring. There are many other routes on Shasta. look into those, then descend A.G.

[eddiegold5001]

day hike to camp muir actually sounds like a good idea, as we are planning to climb rainier in july. any idea how long the drive is from hood to rainier?

[Water]

4hr~