Mount Hood

"A gorgeous day in Kananaskis. King Creek Ridge to Mt Hood was pretty straight forward with the trip reports online being accurate. I thought there would be more scrambling on Hood, but I suppose it’s optional if you want it. I attempted an alternate descent down the west face that didn’t pan out. It might be doable, but I kept running into cliffs I didn’t want to down climb, having not climbed up them. 4 out of 5 people I met on my descent convinced me to not go back the creek. So I returned over the ridge again. This all ended up adding 400m to my day. 12km and 1,800m in 6.5 hours made for a good fitness day - plus two peaks with awesome views!" — ivo • Sep 28, 2024

"Up King Creek Ridge and across the saddle to the west face of Mount Hood, pretty well snow covered with questionably warm snow making things a bit slidy. Left through King Creek and ended up having to walk through the creek due to high water levels " — corbinruthven • Jun 18, 2022

"This is more an "easy" than a "moderate" scramble in the ideal conditions. I don't recall any real scrambling until near the summit to avoid a snowfield. The "moderate" rating is probably justified since the terrain is very steep and loose. I sticked to the ridge crest to avoid the snowfield near the summit, which was a solid difficult scramble. A no-slip terrain. Ice-axe came useful for last 100m on a steep slope. The snowfield should be gone in a week or two. I highly recommend the King Creek Ridge approach. Went back via the canyon and wasted lots of time and energy. The water was really high and the bushwhacking sucked." — Taras • Jul 5, 2020

"Took the wrong slope up and didnt really have adequate time to continue after we found ourselves on the right path again. Had a blast in the creek on the way down instead. lol" — Slogenstein • Jun 24, 2018

"Started just after 4PM, worked our way along the creek, to the col, went up the grass. We took a bit more of a direct route which was a bit more involved scrambling wise and a few climbing moves (on crap rock). Made it to the summit in just over 3 hours. Used the normal route for the descent and we completed the trip in just under 6 hrs." — BertB • Sep 22, 2015

"Second scramble since my move. We had about 2 feet of fresh snow. I was poorly equipped (i.e. no toque, cotton gloves) but fortunately others in my group helped me out. I almost turned around because I wasn't confident; however, with some encouragement from my group members, I was able to make it to the summit!" — lizimhof • Sep 28, 2013