Eugene Mountain Rescue Hood 2008

After much weather analysis the decision was made and we left Eugene at 1830 on Friday, May 10th with 3 vehicles. "Refreshed" by a quick nap in the noisy Timberline parking lot the ten of us began the trudge up the Palmer Snow Field at 0240 on Saturday morning. The stars were out, the winds were calm and the Mountain fully visible when we left. Not for long...

By daybreak at the top of the Magic Mile Chairlift the winds had picked up and the clouds were rolling in. Maikey, Ahjah and I decided to stay on the planned West Crater Route while the rest of the group switched over to the Standard Route. Radio communication was maintained between the two groups. With low visibility and rain turning to freezing rain above the Palmer Snowfield the Standard Route group decided to call it a day and headed down the mountain. With Maryanne's approval and Maikey's excellent guidance we proceeded carefully around Crater Rock and up to a very windy and cold summit. The downclimb was uneventful via the Hogsback and Standard Route and we arrived at the parking lot to meet Don McLaughlin at 1230. After "debriefing" at the Mt Hood Brewing Co the three of us made the long drive back to Eugene, arriving around 1730.

* Maryanne Reiter - Trip Leader
* Ahjah Boise (1st Hood Summit)
* Adam Gapinsky
* Don Harrold
* Maikey Lopera
* Roy McCormick (Photo credit: rm)
* Don McLaughlin
* Laurie Monico
* Jason Rice
* Tim Thoren

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Maikey is awfully enthusiastic at 2am!	Gear up... Timberline Day Lodge (5900')	Palmer trudge
	Note the snow is still over the windows at the lodge!
Crampons on at the top of the chairlift (8,500')	Ahjah before the clouds enveloped us	Are we there yet?

Ahjah and Maikey	Crater Rock ice	Up the steep part

Summit photos (0845)	Take the damn picture!	Glaze ice on was on everything

Can we leave now?	(11,239')	Wind and freezing rain... nice!

Carabiner closeup with ice	GPS Track (It was a good day to have a GPS!)	Weather Station at chairlift (note the increasing windspeed)
		5-11-2008 Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center Top of The Magic Mile chair, Timberline, Oregon Wind sensors not heating and may rime MM/DD Hour Temp Wind Wind Wind Wind PST F Min Avg Max Dir 7000' 7000' 7000' 7000' 7000' ------------------------------------------ 5 10 100 34 0 3 11 317 5 10 200 34 4 9 15 300 5 10 300 35 7 13 18 299 5 10 400 35 7 13 21 297 5 10 500 35 6 12 18 311 5 10 600 36 7 12 17 305 5 10 700 37 6 12 23 297 5 10 800 39 9 16 26 284 5 10 900 40 12 18 26 286 5 10 1000 44 11 19 30 283 5 10 1100 43 11 18 27 281 5 10 1200 43 7 17 34 281 5 10 1300 43 11 19 33 274 It was a good thing we left early as the wind gusts were up to 63 mph by 7 PM Saturday. Current weather report




GPS Analysis by Garmin - To view track in Google Earth go to the bottom of the map in the dashboard. .GPX File - Right click... Save target as... Hood.gpx (Can be used to show track in many mapping programs)

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EUGENE MOUNTAIN RESCUE

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Saturday May 10th, 2008 Trip Report