Past Activity

Mt Hood Climb Monday 5/5/2025

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Start date: 05/05/2025
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 05/05/2025
End time: 11:59 PM

Descending the knife edge ridge towards the Old Chute Photo by: Wim Aarts

Event Leader: Wim Aarts
Event Leader Phone: 503-804-8370
Event Leader Email: waarts@gmail.com
Assistant Leader: Steve Davis
Event category: Climbs
Area Type: Mountain
Departure Location:
Rating: Difficult
Roundtrip total drive miles: 320
Season: 2025
Permits Required:
- Wilderness Area
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required: **All Climbers will need a Mt. Hood climbing permit. Must go online to get your own permit prior to the event. Obsidians is not responsible for climbers without their own permits and are subject to fines if stopped by a ranger. ** https://www.recreation.gov/activitypass/AP21894/order
participant prerequisites: Participants need to be in good physical condition and have solid snow travel skills (ice axe use, self-arrest, and be comfortable on steep slopes). Depending on the conditions we might need to rope up for climbing or descending.
Conditions:
Total Distance: 6
Member Fees: —
Elevation Gain: 5600
Non-Member Fees: 50
Committee: Climbs
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The team of 10 climbers left the parking lot at Timerline at 4:15am and enjoyed the beginning of the day hiking up to the Hogsback area at 10800'. At the Top of the Palmer lift one participant decided to turn aorund. We arrived at the Hogsback after 5 hours of climbing. One more participant decided. to wait for the team to return at the Hogsback. Another 1-1/2 hours of climbing steeper terrain through the 2 O'Clock couloir got us to the summit around 11am. Since I had checked out the knif edge traverse to the 1 O'Clock couloir it was safe and we descended that way to the Old Chute. After 200-250' of stiff downclimbing and frontpointing the team of 8 returned to the Hogsback.
Some participants plunge stepped down, some glissaded partway.
Besides the leader and one participant the 6 other climbers had not summited Mt Hood before this climb.
Back at the parking lot after 10-1/2 hours of climbing and descending.

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