Mt Hood summit: Like April only it's June

Justin S, Frank M and I enjoyed the summit to ourselves after spending 7 hours of our Flag Day - 14.Jun.2011 - climbing up to hold a US Flag at the highest point in Oregon.   Did you catch that in the news? 

It was Justin's first summit experience, and he was pretty stoked, especially after doing most of training in a stairwell in Manhattan.    My Mt Hood summit log now reads 27 and Frank's approaching double digits, sort of like his age only smaller.

Mountain conditions were more like April than mid-June, sort of like the weather in the rest of the state.   Icy, colder than expected, windy and lots more snow cover than normal, from the Timberline Lodge parking to the summit. 

Click here for 20 pics of the day.