"Beautiful day on the mountain. Took the Old Chute from Hogsback up to summit ridge due to congestion on the Pearly Gates and went back down the same way. Route was in very good climbing condition." — jodola • Jun 9, 2019

"Attempt up Mount Hood from the Silcox Hut. Epic storm conditions, -12-degree windchill, 30 mph winds, and a whiteout made for an adventurous outing on which I bailed as I was too cold and no longer having fun! Plus waffles awaited at the Silcox Hut." — markhadland • Jun 7, 2019

"Did the loop counterclockwise from Tombstone Pass. Lots of nice flowers starting to pop out down low, but the open slopes below Cone Peak were still pretty bare. Still some snow patches on the north side of Iron Mountain, but the trail stays pretty level as it contours around the peak so it wasn't hard to lose. The last switchback to the summit of Iron Mountain was still snowcovered so we just made a straight line up the rock to the top." — calipidder • May 23, 2019

"Kings is a leg burner. Incredible workout, very shaded 90% of the trip, not hot at all. No views until the top 1/2 mile, but great forest incline trail. Watch footing on the way down, this should be on your training hike list. It is a workout. " — puddlepirate • May 12, 2019

"Part of a 2 Cascade volcano road trip with CSMC and birthday ascent of Hood. Rick and I had bagged Mt St Helens in the heat on Thursday. We met the others at a roadside pull off Friday evening and bedded down for 4 hrs. I didn't sleep. Up at midnight and on our skis by 1:30am heading straight up the line of head lamps in 8C perfectly clear night. Passed endless groups of people thru 900m elevation gain in under 2 hrs and then switched to crampons as the ski cramponing was getting steep. Left the skis on the Hogsback and proceeded up Pearly Gates with the masses to summit around 6am just after sunrise. Waited for other party members to appear and enjoyed stellar bluebird morning looking north to previous summits of St Helens, Adams, and Rainier...and south to future summits Jefferson and the Sisters. Descended to Hogsback and waited in sun for an hour for snow to soften. Gave up at 9am and skied crud for 95% of the descent until hitting slush near parking lot. Laid down on thermarest for hour and a half while waiting the others to return. Hit lunch (felt like breakfast) at Charlies in Gov't Camp and then headed for Hood River. Home in Calgary Sunday evening after a mountain bike rid..." — alexjoseph • May 11, 2019