Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
Opening pic
Having only Sundays available to hike means that whenever there is a Sunny warm Sunday during the winter months the opportunity shouldn't be squandered & high places should be visited! Yesterday was such a Sunday & so Chizuru, Chiyoko & I set our sights on the Stone Shelter below Cooper Spur. Funnily enough we did the same hike last year on January 26th in very similar conditions. In comparing the photographs from last year to this there is less snow this year below 5500' but more slightly snow than last year above 5500'.
We set out by heading up the snowless ski slopes of the closed Copper Spur Ski Resort to the the beginning of the Pollalie Ridge Trail.
Very little snow to contend with on this ridge.
We continued on up the trail past the A Frame.
Sign pointing the way!
After about 3 hours we reached the shelter.
Made a spot of lunch!
From here we headed on over to the Elliot Moraine for the hike down to Cloudcap.
A final sit down at the Inn to soak up some rays before the hike down.
Then it was down past the A Frame & down to the Trail head on the Tilly Jane Trail.
Once the Sun falls behind the mountain thing get gloomy quickly at this time of year.
A final look back!
The hike came in at just over 9 miles & about 3200' of EG with lots of free vitamin D thrown in for free.
A few more pics of the day here. & a quick movie below..
http://youtu.be/Y0OZ0dQLR5s
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Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
wow, so little snow, looks like spring conditions
Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
Jerry, actually a little more up there than last year at this time though!
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Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
Nice! - great photos, too.
dn
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Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
ahhhh
so, each year it teases us
little snow right now, then a bunch the next couple months to screw up our early season high elevation plans
nice sequence of pictures
so, each year it teases us
little snow right now, then a bunch the next couple months to screw up our early season high elevation plans
nice sequence of pictures
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Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
And just like last year, we also did the same hike on the same weekend and thought the same thoughts of how nice it would be over at Cooper Spur if only there was enough time. It was another wonderful day to be out around Mt. Hood. Thanks for the report!
The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
I can't help noticing how much snow has melted over the last two weeks - I guess the snowshoes stayed on the packs!
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Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
Interesting to compare this to when we were up there just a few weeks ago! (Assuming your years are off-by-one?)
Nothing at the same angle, looking uphill at the shelter.
I always love going up there when the gate's closed! The entire mountain is yours!
01/09/2015Guy wrote:01/26/2015:
01/25/2014:
01/09/2015Guy wrote:01/26/2015:
01/25/2014:
Nothing at the same angle, looking uphill at the shelter.
I always love going up there when the gate's closed! The entire mountain is yours!
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Karl
Back on the trail, again...
Back on the trail, again...
Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
Oh Heck yeah!
Thanks Karl, my years were off by one!! Always behind the times me....
Thanks Karl, my years were off by one!! Always behind the times me....
Re: Cloudcap & Cooper Spur - 2015/01/25
Well done! Fantastic photos! Thanks for the TR!