num_pages: 102
description: Mount Hood - South Side Route is an informational guide to Oregon's most popular climbing route and quite possibly the most popular climbing route in North America. If you are thinking of climbing Mount Hood and want as much information as possible look no further. Mount Hood - South Side Route gives the most up to date and comprehensive information about climbing Mount Hoods popular South Side Route. With full color photography from the ground on the route as well as aerial photography that covers a 360 degree view of all sides of Mount Hood see not only the south side but all sides of the mountain including the renowned North Face. This book covers getting in shape gear to take as well as where to rent the gear and places to stay on the mountain from hotels to the parking lot. Make no mistake Mount Hoods South Side Route may look easy when standing in the Timberline parking lot but the last several hundred feet can leave the inexperienced at the mountains mercy. Mount Hood can be a dangerous mountain that creates its own weather that can leave one stranded in a white out and winter like conditions in a mater of hours. With its steep upper flanks the inexperienced and ill equipped climber can find themselves wishing they had done their homework. This book has been put together for those looking to embark on their own adventure on Mount Hood. To inform those who would otherwise be less informed and may cause themselves or others harm. As the book states within its cover If you are inexperienced seek professional assistance from a guide service.
language: English
title: Mount Hood - South Side Route
publisher: Cascade Climbs LLC