Thanks for the advice ! I spoke with someone over in the Hood River district where I was looking to head and they said the reports Im seeing of rain and 40 degree weather is making things extremely sloppy and that snowshoeing isn ' t likely to be an option . I was told my best bet would be Bennet Pass but that even there it probably isn ' t too good for snowshoes yet . I ' m definitely open to ideas of other places that I could go to get some overnight snowshoeing in within the state . Mt Hood is kind of a sentimental place to me so I was eager to get back there but I don ' t want to rush it and leave with a spoiled experience . Being as I ' m in Eugene a lot of things seem within range . I ' m renting a 4 WD vehicle since my El Camino isn ' t likely to play well with any of these adventures and so I might even look to hitting the coast if the mountains are just too inhospitable right now .