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The ultimate adventure guide
Video Date:
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Glacier Caves: Mount Hood's Secret World
Glacier Caves: Behind the Scenes
Video Date:
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Ice Crawlers
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Old-growth forest of noble fir and western hemlock.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood (11,250') from Bald Mountain's southern slope.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Sunrise through the forest en route to McNeil Point.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Mount Hood (11,250') en route to McNeil Point.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Contributor Eric Guth looking out from the McNeil Point Ridge just below the shelter.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Mount Hood (11,250') and the McNeil Point Shelter.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
McNeil Point Shelter.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Mount Hood (11,250') and the McNeil Point Shelter.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Climbing above the McNeil Point Shelter.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Muddy Fork Canyon illuminated.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Beginning of the off-trail traverse en route to the Sandy Glacier Caves.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Mount Hood (11,250').
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Mount Hood's Sandy Glacier Caves in view.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Mount Hood's Sandy Glacier Caves in view.
Andrew Stohner
Photo Date:
11/29/2015
A view of the caves from McNeil Point
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Off-trail traverse en route to the Sandy Glacier Caves.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
En route to the Sandy Glacier Caves.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
View of Snow Dragon's main entrance.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
View of Snow Dragon's main entrance.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Snow Dragon's main entrance.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Panoramic view of Snow Dragon's entrance.
Tyson Gillard
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01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Snow Dragon ice.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Snow Dragon ice.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Snow Dragon.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
10/29/2013
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: main entry to Snow Dragon.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: main entry to Snow Dragon.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Snow Dragon.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: icy stalagmite formations in Snow Dragon.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
01/04/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Snow Dragon.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Sunrise from Snow Dragon.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Sunrise view of Mount St. Helens (8,365') from Snow Dragon.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Morning view from Snow Dragon.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
View of Snow Dragon's main entrance and the Muddy Fork of the Sandy River.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Pure Imagination's lower entrance.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Pure Imagination's lower entrance.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Pure Imagination.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Pure Imagination.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Pure Imagination.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Pure Imagination.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Pure Imagination.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Pure Imagination.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Pure Imagination.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Inside Pure Imagination: rock debris hazards from the ceiling are present throughout the cave.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: inside Pure Imagination.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
10/03/2013
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Brent McGregor explores Pure Imagination.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
10/04/2013
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Brent McGregor explores Pure Imagination.
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
10/29/2013
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: ice formations in Pure Imagination.
Andrew Stohner
Photo Date:
04/18/2015
Team photo inside Pure Imagination
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
10/29/2013
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Grylloblattid (Grylloblatta) also commonly called "ice crawlers".
Eric Guth
Photo Date:
10/29/2013
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Grylloblattid (Grylloblatta) also commonly called "ice crawlers".
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Mount Hood, Sandy Glacier Caves: Snow Dragon's main entrance.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Snow camping equipment.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Mount Hood (11,250') and Snow Dragon's entrance.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
View of Frozen Minotaur's entrance.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Mount Hood (11,250') from the Sandy Glacier.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
View of Mount St. Helens (8,365'), Mount Rainier (14,411'), and Mount Adams (12,281') from just above McNeil Point.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Departing and passing the McNeil Point Shelter.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Descending the "climber's route" just below McNeil Point.
Tyson Gillard
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01/05/2014
Mount Hood (11,250').
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Sunset through the forest just above the Top Spur Trailhead.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
01/05/2014
Sunset through the forest just above the Top Spur Trailhead.