eddiegold5001 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Water Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 What about Mt. Shasta? May is a good month and it is only a five hour drive from Portland. Avalanche Gulch is standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris54 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
111 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Avalanche Gulch is standard. but terribly boring. There are many other routes on Shasta. look into those, then descend A.G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiegold5001 Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Water Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 4hr~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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