Arriving at Illumination Saddle at first light.
View to the north from Illumination Saddle. Mount St. Helens can be seen on the horizon.
Camp at Illumination Saddle below Illumination Rock.
View to the south from Illumination Saddle toward the Three Sisters and Mount Jefferson.
Roping up to cross the Reid Glacier.
Roping up to cross the Reid Glacier at Illumination Saddle.
Beginning to ascend the Leuthold Couloir toward the Hourglass notch.
The Reid Glacier and the summit shadow stretching across the clouds.
Above the Hourglass.
Above the Hourglass.
A climber takes in the view nearing the Queen's Chair.
Ice formations on the west face of Mount Hood.
The slope becomes more gentle at the top of Leuthold Couloir.
View to the west while climbing the Queen's Chair.
Gentle slopes of the Queen's Chair nearing the crater rim.
Crossing the crater rim to the summit.
View to the north from the summit.
View across the crater rim to the west from the summit.
View across the crater rim to the west from the summit.
Mount St. Helens.
Mount Rainier.
Mount Adams.
View into the crater rim and the ski lifts of Timberline from the summit.
Descending into the crater after down-climbing the Old Chute.