North Face of Hood, originally uploaded by Unsettler.

Vantage point is the Cloud Cap Trail right at the treeline.

This photo excursion seemed cursed — I blew a tire on the jeep on the road up, and Hood was shrouded in mist when I got to this spot. But I set up the tripod anyway, and within a few minutes, the wind chased the mist up the valley, and there she was, big as the world.