Location
Oregon,
US
Distance
6.6 mi
Description
GPS Track
Mt_Hood.gpx46.78 KB
FKTs
Male
Female
Alex King | 1h 54m 59s | |||
Alex King | 2h 9m 7s | |||
Jackson Cole | 2h 35m 34s |
Alex Borsuk | 3h 23m 49s | |||
Robyn Reeder | 3h 36m 2s | |||
Sarah Morris | 4h 6m 54s |
Male
Jack Kuenzle | 1h 31m 31s |
Jason Dorais | 1h 44m 3s |
This route on the old FKT site
Comments
Climbed Mount Hood on June 9th 2019. Summit 1:42, Round trip 2:35
Strava track: https://www.strava.com/activities/2437057928
I started at Timberline lodge parking area, climbed the South Side route and intended on taking the pearly gates (most direct route) to the summit. I ended up taking the old Chute route due to several roped up partys on the pearly gates.
Logistically I found this climb tricky. Consolidated snow is required if you choose to go on foot, and the upper 1000ft requires crampons making it tough to move fast in my opinion. Recent snow fall, warm temperatures and crowds made it tough to move quickly enough to even get close to Jasons time. I think skinning is the way to go for a truly fast ascent. Maybe I need to invest? Hopefully I'll be back next year and weather permitting give it another go.
-Jcole
On May 23rd, 2020, I climbed Mt. Hood with an ascent time of 1:39:36 and a round trip time of 2:14:50.
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/3499565284
I was going for the ascent record as I don't think the Jason Dorais' ski RT time of 1:44 is in the cards for me. Obviously, I didn't get the ascent record but I think the 2:14:50 time may be the FKT for Round trip on foot if that matters.
It was a beautiful day but with 10 inches of new snow two days previous it made for some pretty slow post-holing for a majority of the climb. Also, a ridiculous amount of people made the pearly gates a bit dicey and rather slow trying to weave and swerve safely through the crowds. So now I'm biding my time and waiting for some better conditions to give it another go.
Hey there,
I'm thinking about attempting a women's FKT up the standard south side route. Anyone know of any women's time that's already listed somewhere? I've done some research and haven't found anything.
Thanks!
Hello!
Ironically Sarah Morris did an FKT for it the same morning you made this post. It processed today and is posted above. Best of luck!
Alex Borsuk likely has the current round trip female FKT on the South Side route on Mt. Hood. She had a summit time of 2:24 and a round trip time of 3:16 on 05/25/2016 with no glissading.