Mississippi Head Airplane Crash Hike (Attempt)

Last week I thought I'd try to reach the plane bits on Mississippi Head above Zigzag Canyon on Mount Hood. The weather seemed ideal from the Timberline Trail heading to Paradise Park, but it quickly turned sour once I hit the snowfields above the canyon. Fears of whiteout and injury made me turn back and retrace my 7.5 miles rather than ascending just another 1,000 feet to reach the Palmer Glacier ski lifts and then following them quickly downhill back to my car. It was a brutal return trip, but I'm confident about my decision, and someone on Portland Hikers snapped a shot of me hightailing it out of the clouds (below).

15.5 miles, 7 hours.