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Date of Hike: Saturday, November 27th
Trail Conditions: hard, slippery, 2-4 inches of new snow; icy in many spots
Special Equipment Required: Crampons (or appropriate snowshoes) necessary above 3500 feet. Stabilicers of limited use above the trail junction to Wright Peak.
Comments: Cold snowy day that never quite cleared until dusk. Steady snow from early morning until early afternoon. Near whiteout conditions when we reached the summit around noon: snowing hard, with a stiff wind from the west. No views until we were below timberline on the descent--and then only intermittent. Snowpack is still light, and snowshoes are not yet necessary, even up high. But the new snow on Saturday made it look and feel like winter.
Your name: Bob
Trail Conditions: hard, slippery, 2-4 inches of new snow; icy in many spots
Special Equipment Required: Crampons (or appropriate snowshoes) necessary above 3500 feet. Stabilicers of limited use above the trail junction to Wright Peak.
Comments: Cold snowy day that never quite cleared until dusk. Steady snow from early morning until early afternoon. Near whiteout conditions when we reached the summit around noon: snowing hard, with a stiff wind from the west. No views until we were below timberline on the descent--and then only intermittent. Snowpack is still light, and snowshoes are not yet necessary, even up high. But the new snow on Saturday made it look and feel like winter.
Your name: Bob
