Gilhouley Rd, south of the town of Mt Hood off of 35.
If you're going south on 35 from Hood River, you get to that one section were Hood is dead ahead, about two miles north of the Mt Hood Country Store, start looking for Gilhouley Rd on the right. It'll turn to dirt right away and try to stay on the most traveled looking road. Keep going till you get to a sharp left hand curve around a ravine. You can't miss the spot.
I can get here in about fifteen minutes from my house, I may try to grab this shot again with the D2x.
What was the focal length, Mark? Maybe you could even pull off a nice 10-shot mosaic on one of these beautiful spring days. I could really see this being a great print seller. Some nice big 30x40's or something.
I don't know, the data was not showing up in Bridge. It's a pretty classic shot, I really do need to go back up there and do a better job on it.
Some clouds would be nice but early in the morning or later in evening, the valley below gets into shadow and isn't too interesting.
Mark,
It looks like you found the perfect spot to shoot Hood. I've always wanted this type of shot of Mt. Hood but never found the right area to capture it. I may have to make a trip up there one of these days. I love this shot.
Give me a call, I'll go up there with you. A few years ago, David Bostock and I sat there in lawn chairs, drank beer and ate chips while we shot. The spot is only twenty or thirty feet wide so there is no being creative with it.
Hey, Mark - I saw this post while browsing old threads last week, and HAD to get up there. So I did a scouting mission this afternoon, and found the spot right where you left it. The light wasn't so great today, but I'll be back up there when conditions are improved. By the look of your image, it was taken in about mid-June and at about 3 PM...? Have you experimented with early morning or late afternoon shots from up there?
BTW, your cropping is perfect on this - semi-panoramic, and without the BPA corridor showing much on the right. I also think the time of year is perfect - just the right amount of snow.
I continued for quite a ways beyond this viewpoint, just to poke around a bit. There's a second 'framed" view about 100 yards beyond that looked interesting, then after a couple miles of sometimes rough road (and in and out of a little canyon) there's a really interesting view up the West Fork valley and back at Hood (over the forested shoulder of Middle Mountain) from an open oak savannah, with balsamroot in bloom at the moment. That's another spot that I'll try when the light is bettter -- mid-morning, in this case.
I turned around when the roads seemed to be fading to logging spurs. The MHNF map showed a road connecting to pavement on the north end, but it was unclear if I was on that particular road!
Tom,
I've been up there in the morning but I think the valley looks better in the late afternoon. I don't know exactly when the photo was taken but your estimate seems about right. Gilhouley road intersects with the Dee highway at some point but I was unable to find it when I wandered out there one day. I've seen this shot in winter, with all the fields covered in snow but you would have to snowshoe, ski or skimobile out there.
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18 repliesIf you're going south on 35 from Hood River, you get to that one section were Hood is dead ahead, about two miles north of the Mt Hood Country Store, start looking for Gilhouley Rd on the right. It'll turn to dirt right away and try to stay on the most traveled looking road. Keep going till you get to a sharp left hand curve around a ravine. You can't miss the spot.
I can get here in about fifteen minutes from my house, I may try to grab this shot again with the D2x.
Some clouds would be nice but early in the morning or later in evening, the valley below gets into shadow and isn't too interesting.
It looks like you found the perfect spot to shoot Hood. I've always wanted this type of shot of Mt. Hood but never found the right area to capture it. I may have to make a trip up there one of these days. I love this shot.
BTW, your cropping is perfect on this - semi-panoramic, and without the BPA corridor showing much on the right. I also think the time of year is perfect - just the right amount of snow.
I continued for quite a ways beyond this viewpoint, just to poke around a bit. There's a second 'framed" view about 100 yards beyond that looked interesting, then after a couple miles of sometimes rough road (and in and out of a little canyon) there's a really interesting view up the West Fork valley and back at Hood (over the forested shoulder of Middle Mountain) from an open oak savannah, with balsamroot in bloom at the moment. That's another spot that I'll try when the light is bettter -- mid-morning, in this case.
I turned around when the roads seemed to be fading to logging spurs. The MHNF map showed a road connecting to pavement on the north end, but it was unclear if I was on that particular road!
Pretty country!
Tom
I've been up there in the morning but I think the valley looks better in the late afternoon. I don't know exactly when the photo was taken but your estimate seems about right. Gilhouley road intersects with the Dee highway at some point but I was unable to find it when I wandered out there one day. I've seen this shot in winter, with all the fields covered in snow but you would have to snowshoe, ski or skimobile out there.