{"id":471,"date":"2011-06-06T13:44:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T20:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.net\/wordpress\/?p=471"},"modified":"2012-08-12T19:16:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T02:16:47","slug":"nice-hike-up-to-the-top-of-palmer-on-mt-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=471","title":{"rendered":"Nice hike up to the top of Palmer on Mt Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Had a ridiculously sunny and warm day on Saturday.\u00a0 In preparation for my attempt on Mt Hood this week, I did another hike up the climbers trail from Timberline lodge to the top of the Palmer lift (5,900ft-8,470ft).\u00a0 Had amazing views and beautiful, sunny weather:<\/p>\n

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It was only about 1\/2 the distance to the top (11,240ft), but was a great gear and stamina check.\u00a0 I considered going higher, but I had started later and the snow was already pretty mushy.\u00a0 That and I wasn’t going to go higher than the patrolled area alone.\u00a0 Had to keep putting the SPF 50 on during the few hours I was up there and still got a lot of good sun.\u00a0 It was so bright that the auto-white balance of the camera turned the blue sky black.<\/p>\n

Overall, gorgeous day and great hike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Had a ridiculously sunny and warm day on Saturday.\u00a0 In preparation for my attempt on Mt Hood this week, I did another hike up the climbers trail from Timberline lodge to the top of the Palmer lift (5,900ft-8,470ft).\u00a0 Had amazing views and beautiful, sunny weather: \u00a0 It was only about 1\/2 the distance to the top (11,240ft), but was a great gear and stamina check.\u00a0 I considered going higher, but I had started later and the snow was already pretty…<\/p>\n

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