Bennet Pass-Mt Hood Viewpoint

[Naturebat]

For an afternoon snowshoe hike, we went up to an unnamed viewpoint on the Bennett Pass Road for a view of Mount Hood. There was freezing fog around Barlow Pass, but at Bennett Pass the weather was perfect and sunny! Snow is about 1-3 feet deep, too, in the area. The snow is somewhat powdery, but compacted.

Unfortunately, I kind of forgot to take much of any photos on the way up. So I only have photos from the viewpoint.



Mount Hood from the trailhead




Mount Hood from the viewpoint




Looking down from the viewpoint at the forest below








Mount Hood sure looks beautiful in winter!







Raven(?) at the viewpoint area




Freezing fog around Barlow Pass, on the way home







GPS Track:
http://gpsfly.org/g/7946

[adamschneider]

Yup, that's a raven. I've never seen a crow in the mountains; they usually live near people, in cities and around farms.

[Chazz]

Beautiful photos, as always.

[Webfoot]

Really nice photos.

[Naturebat]

Beautiful photos, as always.

Really nice photos.

Thank you.

Yup, that's a raven. I've never seen a crow in the mountains; they usually live near people, in cities and around farms.

Thank you. I was pretty sure it wasn't a crow, but I didn't know if there were any raven look-a-likes in our mountains or not.