Mt. Hood Barret Spur (again!) 08-31-2019
Posted: September 1st, 2019, 7:48 am
Being somewhat dissatisfied with not getting high enough on the last trip, I'd solidified the idea of getting an earlier start in an attempt to avoid the winds as they seem to get worse as mid day approaches.
Well, that didn't pan out as the winds were just as brisk as my last attempt, but I decided to push fourth to the actual summit this round, and what a difference!
Bring your super super wide angle...front row seat!
It's almost stimuli overload with so many glacier photos to be had!
St. Helens through the haze...
Columbia River /Glenn Jackson Bridge:
Dalles Dam / The Dalles:
The "trail" up:
Peering over the edge into the terminus:
one thing I learned: Stay to the right in most cases between the first lower summit, and the second summit, and at the very top, there's a notch you can pull yourself up through among the large boulders. I'd mistakenly went to the left with one foot on a ledge, and a nice sheer drop off to behold below! I then pulled myself up over the top and wasn't looking forward to going back down, until peering back over finding my mistake and a much safer alternative just a few feet away. Ran into a nice individual on the lower summit and shared bear stories on the tedious trip back down to dollar lake.
More photography here: https://chrismarkes.smugmug.com/
Well, that didn't pan out as the winds were just as brisk as my last attempt, but I decided to push fourth to the actual summit this round, and what a difference!
Bring your super super wide angle...front row seat!
It's almost stimuli overload with so many glacier photos to be had!
St. Helens through the haze...
Columbia River /Glenn Jackson Bridge:
Dalles Dam / The Dalles:
The "trail" up:
Peering over the edge into the terminus:
one thing I learned: Stay to the right in most cases between the first lower summit, and the second summit, and at the very top, there's a notch you can pull yourself up through among the large boulders. I'd mistakenly went to the left with one foot on a ledge, and a nice sheer drop off to behold below! I then pulled myself up over the top and wasn't looking forward to going back down, until peering back over finding my mistake and a much safer alternative just a few feet away. Ran into a nice individual on the lower summit and shared bear stories on the tedious trip back down to dollar lake.
More photography here: https://chrismarkes.smugmug.com/