7/12/2019 – East Glacier Trail and Timberline Trail, beyond Cloud Cap on Mt Hood, OR
Walking above Cloud Cap on a blue sky day, the same hike we did last year in August.
Beyond the ridgeline of the Eliot East moraine, Mt Hood rises another 5000 feet.
Mt St Helens, Mt Rainier and Mt Adams on view to the north.
We walked up the crest of the moraine another 1000 feet.
Close-ups of the glaciers from our lunch stop:
Continuing south beyond Cooper Spur shelter, to the trail high point::
Cooper Spur Shelter
meltwater
Cascade peaks to the south: Broken Top, the Three Sisters, Mts Washington and Jefferson.
As we headed back, clouds began collecting and spinning around the peak, 4000 feet above us.
Another glacier closeup.
It almost seemed like I could step up into the sky….
northbound
A few flowers for the day…
Dwarf alpine flowers and trees, butterflies, rocks, glaciers, meltwater creeks, sublimity. Hike #31, 6 miles, 1650 feet.
Driving down the many switchbacks through the burn zone – white on white.
beargrass, burned forest, clouds
Mt Adams beyond
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