A little over 4 hours drive south and east from Seattle, WA can put you at the base of Mount Hood. Mount Hood, or Wy’east as named by the local Multnomah tribe, is a volcano in Northern Oregon. Atop the 11,240′ peak sits 12 glaciers and snowfields including the Palmer Snowfield which allows for skiing and snowboarding nearly year round.
In June of 2016, I had just finished work on the sleeping platform for the back of my cab and coincidently, had to shuttle some skis from Seattle to Government Camp. It would be a perfect trip to give the mobile camping solution a test. I headed down to Hood and the snowfields with my wife and beagle named Frank for a bit of car camping and exploration.
![#CampTacoma at Mount Hood, Oregon. © Dan Brown / Kapitol Photography](https://i0.wp.com/tacomaproblems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20150606_iPhone_DBrown©_02635-1100x825.jpg?resize=1100%2C825&ssl=1)
![Mount Hood © Dan Brown / Kapitol Photography](https://i0.wp.com/tacomaproblems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/untitled-shoot_20150606_IMG_7959_068_©DanBrown-1100x1375.jpg?resize=1100%2C1375&ssl=1)
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![Mount Hood above Trillium Lake © Dan Brown / Kapitol Photography](https://i0.wp.com/tacomaproblems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/untitled-shoot_20150606_IMG_7950_056_©DanBrown-1100x586.jpg?resize=1100%2C586&ssl=1)
![#CampTacoma among the trees](https://i0.wp.com/tacomaproblems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20150606_iPhone_DBrown©_02642-1100x825.jpg?resize=1100%2C825&ssl=1)
![Little Crater Lake © Dan Brown / Kapitol Photography](https://i0.wp.com/tacomaproblems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MtHood_20150606_DB534154_075_©DanBrown-Pano-1100x526.jpg?resize=1100%2C526&ssl=1)
![Wild Flowers near Mount Hood, Oregon. © Dan Brown / Kapitol Photography](https://i0.wp.com/tacomaproblems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MtHood_20150606_DB534106_027_©DanBrown-Edit-1100x733.jpg?resize=1100%2C733&ssl=1)
![The PCT © Dan Brown / Kapitol Photography](https://i0.wp.com/tacomaproblems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MtHood_20150606_DB534143_064_©DanBrown-1100x1100.jpg?resize=1100%2C1100&ssl=1)