Ovr40 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Trip: Mt Hood - Old Chute Date: 4/14/2012 Trip Report: Easy hike to top of chairlift. Followed by blowing spindrift and chilly wind. Summit was fairly sheltered. Here are some of the climbers on the mountain around 8:00 to 10:00 AM, and one cheesy summit self portrait of me. Lon Gear Notes: Sweet rolls and cold pizza. Approach Notes: A spot of black ice on road below Timberline could have ended badly. Edited April 16, 2012 by Ovr40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123tom Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Thanks for the report hope to be up there soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Deleted_Beck Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 What was the snow all like? Did you climb back on the 7th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovr40 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) Hey Ben These are the snow conditions I saw: At the hogsback and below, there was a layer of soft powder, wind deposited up to a foot deep in places and scoured off in others. It was still blowing around a lot, and would fill in boot tracks in less than five minutes (so each climbing party got the privilege of breaking thier own trail :-). Above the hogsback the snow was a little less powdery, but still very soft. Going up and down the old chute one had to be sure to kick through the soft layer to find solid footing underneath. Also, plunging almost the full depth of one's ice axe was necessary to get a secure position. I didn't climb on the 7th. I was hanging out in Lincoln City that weekend. Edited April 17, 2012 by Ovr40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptown_Climber1 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 thanks for the description and photos! We were up there early on the 14th also, but turned around at the hogsback.....had a couple newbies with us, and conditions were pretty brutal....was told it was 17 degrees, and -3 degree wind chill. That, with the soft snow made it incredibly hard going.....was wondering if it improved in old chute, but it doesn't sound like it did much....nice effort getting up on top through that though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donniedarko Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I happened to be riding at Timberline that Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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