Barrett Spur is one of my favorite places on Mount Hood. While some prefer Cooper Spur and others Cathedral Ridge, for me, it is the Spur.
The Spurt is a little bit difficult to reach both due to the altitude you gain and the route condition near the top. But your jaw drops with the incredible views of the glaciers pouring down off the north side of the old volcano.
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I had been up to the base of Cathedral Ridge once before, but that was many years ago. With my new little toy – a 360-degree camera – it was time to go up for another view of Hood.
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We met an aspiring couple on top of Cathedral Ridge training for longer distance events. They mentioned for their money the views from Cooper Spur were the best on Mt Hood they had seen. I have been past the Cooper Spur shelter several times as well as playing in the crevasses of Eliot Glacier but have never gone up on the top of the Spur so, with a friend in tow, off we went. Thankful it was his car taking the beating on the washboarded road up and not mine.
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Clouds on this day, I am afraid. But does Paradise wait on the other side?
My hope was to hike from Timberline Lodge through to Paradise Park and go above, off trail to explore the old airplane crash on top of Mississippi Head. From the Head, I would ascend higher to get above the head of Zigzag Canyon. Next, over to the ski lifts above Timberline to descend back to the car. This hike would be the last of several I did this summer around different sections of the mountain – McNeil Point, Cooper Spur and Cathedral Ridge.
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