Destination: Mount Hood!

After finally deciding that we didn’t need to get to Mooouuunt Hood until Wednesday night when supposedly the rest of the crew would roll in, Ryan and I opted to take off that morning and bang out the 14 hour ride with as much sunlight as possible. With a 1”-3” forecast of snow in town and a 4”-7” forecast at elevation, we figured it was for the better. Waking up to 5” in town with a solid foot at elevation, the morning started out slow. I figured that would be the case after checking out the pass between Wyoming and Idaho on WY22 for most of the night. This is where everyone usually parks to start the hike/skin up to ski.

Pulling out of No Name Alley at 6:20 in the pitch black with snow packed roads wasn’t bad until we started ascending and it started snowing again. I hadn’t been up to the pass since mid November before the resort opened. With dominating 5’ to 8’ walls of snow I at least felt pretty good about our chances of not sliding off into the abyss. With heavy snow falling and no sunlight helping visibility on the new foot of snow it was slow and steady. But we made it over and down into Victor, Id. with no hiccups and into the Targhee National Forest. Unfortunately most of the pictures Ryan got are from before or after Targhee Ntl. Forest.

After driving for six hours we switched and I finally got a chance to snap some pics. We split the ride 50/50 so neither of us was too tuckered out. This was the view driving through Mountain View, Id. then west and eventually south towards Mt. Hood.

 

Next stop, party at Government Camp... Mt. Hood.