Comments on: Backcountry Skiing Corn Report – Guest Blog from Mount Hood, Oregon

By: Woody

Woody — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:13:22 +0000

Thanks to all for the nice comments and escpecially to Shane for the GREAT pictures and excelent write up.
woody

By: powstash

powstash — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:41:14 +0000

must be all the rage these days to ski the WyEast. I hit it on Tuesday and it was primo from the top. I actually skied the upper face and it was firm so I booted back up, waited another 15 min on top and then hit it under primo butter conditions. Although I put in a bootpack myself on the first up the second go around I followed some nice boot tracks that went up and to the climbers right.

Not a bad day in the Hood!

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:31:44 +0000

Shane,

that must be your tracks I was wondering about yesterday (Mothers Day), while I was fighting the first 100 yards down from Wy’east in death-crust till I reached the butter-cream. The 2 guys before me, and I have seen only their skiing tracks, hit the corn right from the top. But from there on it was a dream.

By: Shane Parker

Shane Parker — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:59:08 +0000

Lou,

Thanks for the post. You are right. We do have it pretty good up here in the NW…especially during the spring and summer. I find my jealous side coincides with the lack of bluebird days during the winter. Maybe I need a second home part of the year…close to 54 14ers. By the way, that is Mount Jefferson in the background of the second picture. And I should also give credit to my free heel’n ski partner in the pictures…Don “Woody” Woodhouse. Thanks for the introduction to ski mountaineering and all the mountain comradary.

Shane