I am taking a wilderness medicine course in Bend soon, but I booked my flight a couple days early so I would have a few days to explore a bit, since I have never been to Oregon. I know about Mt. Hood and of course crater lake, but I am not too interested in the national park-ing lot type tourism. I am experienced in cold weather backpacking, where would you locals go if you had 3 days? I would like to do mt hood, but im not sure if it will be worth the price of a checked back to get an ice axe and spikes through TSA. I am open to any recommendations, I will weed out any that is unrealistic for this trip.