My friend and fellow liftie, Phil Pedry, Brian, and I assembled at my house to prepare for the climb. None of us had been up Mt Hood before, so we agreed to take the easiest, most straightforward route, climbing from Timberline lodge.
We left my house around 12:30 am, registered at the trailhead, and began our ascent, Brian and me on skis with climbing skins, Phil in mountaineering boots. We followed a groomed trail along the ski area boundary and Palmer chairlift to an elevation of about 8500 feet.
A view to the southwest of the treeline below the Palmer Glacier
Crater Rock, seeming a slight bump on the flank of Mt Hood
At the top of the Palmer chairlift, the groom ended. By this time, the sun had started to rise, and we could make out Crater Rock, the Pearly Gates, the spiny summit ridgeline and other features of the massive volcano in the gloaming.
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