May 25, 2001, Illumination Rock, Mt. Hood

5/25/01

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Posted by Zap on 9/15/02 11:09am

Jill and I arrived early and cycled on the quad for awhile then put on the skins and headed to Illumination Rock. It was a sunny day with a bit of a breeze which made the climbing pleasant. Climbed the knife ridge below Illumination and looked down the Reid Glacier which is already heavily crevassed above the icefall. The top pitch is very steep but the corn had 1" of cream on a firm base and we let the force of gravity create sweeping turns-it was heavenly. We were the only skiers on the perfect corn snowfield. A great day on Mt. Hood.

Zap

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