Trip
Intermediate Alpine Climb - Mount Hood/Reid Headwall
A one-day alpine ice climb up the west side of Mount Hood.
- Info
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Contacts
Stephen Sugiyama
Primary Leader
- Sun, Apr 10, 2016
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Intermediate Alpine
- Adults
- Intermediate Ice Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 7.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 5,200 ft
- 2 (4 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Tukwila Park and Ride, Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
(Rescheduled from February.) The routes on the Reid Headwall are a step up in difficulty from the adjacent Leuthold Couloir. Climbers must be able to move quickly throughout the entire climb. We will leave Timberline around 2:00 a.m. The climb may be cancelled or rescheduled if the weather or avy conditions warrant.
Route/Place
Mount Hood/Reid Headwall
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Green Trails Mount Hood Climbing No. 462S
USGS Mt Hood South, OR - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Helmet
- Harness
- Belay device
- Crampons
- Ice axe/tool (2)
- Pickets
- Ice screws
- Glacier gear
- Avy gear
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