Sunrise on Mount Hood Morning Runs on the Lifts Skiing Up the Palmer Glacier Steaming Fumaroles in the Crater The Hogsback of Mount Hood The Summit of Mount Hood View North of the Eliot Glacier Our Group on Summit of Mount Hood Looking Down at Timberline Skiing Above the Bergschrund on Hood Upper Terminal of the Palmer Lift Evening Light on Mount Hood

Looking up from the same spot as the previous photo, we see the famed Hogsback. Winter winds deposit the snow into a long, narrow ridge running from Crater Rock up towards the Pearly Gates and the summit. Just above the highest skier in this photo, the Hogsback is split horizontally by a bergschrund (a large crevasse which forms near the top of a glacier). The bergschrund has been increasing in width and overhang over the past few years, and now presents a formidable obstacle. Upon reaching it, we decided to put our skis on our packs and hike up with ice axes in hand for safety.