Mt. Hood (Wy'east), South Side

Activity Notes

This climb is geared towards the recent BCEP graduate.  You will need crampons, helmet, 2 ice axes (your normal ice axe and a second tool), harness, and a prussik with locking carabiner.

The plan will be to meet in the climbers registrar at 2am on Sunday, May 7th ready to climb.  So you need to be there at 1:30am (DO NOT BE LATE I WILL LEAVE ON TIME).  It should take approx. 2.5hrs or so to reach the top of the Palmer, where we can take a short break.  It should take another 2.5hrs or so to reach the Devil's Kitchen where we will take another short break and hopefully begin warming up as sunrise ought to be near.  We will then ideally move up thru the Pearly Gates right side using 2 ice axes, which should take about another hour to reach the summit.  If conditions warrant it, I may install a fixed line to prussik upwards, but I am hoping we won't need it due to current snow levels.  I will definitely install a fixed line for us to prussik rappel when coming back down the chutes.

I do not mind if there are ski mountaineers who wish to join and ski/snowboard back down to the vehicles, but I ask that you be willing to wait in the DK until all team members are accounted for before I let you go down.