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Postponed: Mt. Hood

  • Start date: 05/31/2014

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 06/01/2014

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Climb a South Side route early Sunday morning.

  • Event Leader: Beardsley Dave

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 320

  • Season: 2014

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Summit pack with ten essentials, crampons, ice axe, stiff snow boots, gaiters, trekking poles, sunglasses and/or goggles, helmet, harness with 2 prussiks,belay device, headlamp, and extra ice tool and shovel if you have one. No snowshoes. Rope and pickets supplied by the Obsidians. Plan to bivy near the parking lot Saturday night.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7.2

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 5200

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

On Sunday, June 1st, 8 climbers set out to climb Mt Hood, south side, "Old Chute" route. The team included 6 members and 2 nonmembers. The team was interesting for two reasons: first, there were two sets of father/son on this climb: Dave Beardsley and son Calvin, and Steve Johnson and son Justin. Both fathers had climbed Hood before but this was a first for their boys. Calvin completed the climb at the age of 15. Second, only 3 of the 8 climbers had summited Hood before this trip, so this climb was a first for 5 of the climbers!

The standard south side route on Mt Hood was, until a couple of years ago, through the "Pearly Gates" to the east of our route, but still within the crater rim. A snow ridge called the Hogsback led up to the base of the final short but steep and icy gate to the summit. But winds of change have shifted the Hogsback to the west which has left the old route wind scoured and rockier, so few climb this route today. The new standard route is to the west of the Hogsback and ascends through what was called the "Old Mazama" route. For some reason it is called the "Old Chute" today. This route avoids the infamous bergshrund hazard on the old route, but adds a long, steep run-out snow slope and a final 60' steep icy chute at the top.

We had an excellent time, great weather and 7 out of the 8 climbers summited.


Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 6
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Beardsley, Dave 541-357-0630 N 15
2 Signed-Up Beardsley, Calvin 541-357-0631 N 15
3 Signed-Up Huseman, Marge 541-743-3658 N 15
4 Signed-Up Johnson, Steven 541-520-2470 N 3
5 Signed-Up Johnson, Justin 971-404-1653 N 15
6 Signed-Up Morris, Michael 540-660-2860 N 15
7 Signed-Up Williamson, George 541-531-7305 N 15
8 Waitlist Lowder, Bill 541-517-0214 N 3
9 Signed-Up Harris, Danneille 541-521-5807 N 3