Summit Name: Mt. Hood
Location: Cascade Range, Oregon
Elevation: 11,240 ft.
Date: January 1st, 2019
Time/Orientation: 7:54AM/South Face
Edition: 1/1
Mt. Hood is a stratovolcano and the highest mountain in the state of Oregon. It is the 28th highest mountain in the United States and the fourth tallest in the Cascade range. It is also one of the most climbed mountains in the world with over 10,000 people attempting the summit annually.
This mountain is the mother of all of my inspirations in the backcountry. From hunting and fishing in the national forest as a kid with my Dad, and now climbing/backpacking/photography/snowboarding as an adult. Mt. Hood is in large part the reason why ...