Blue Mountain icy hike via red trail 12/5/09

[Jason Pare']

About 30 degrees at the base and hardly any snow at all, but plenty of pooled water. At 1 mile It began to snow lightly and .3 after that there was solid ice all the way to the summit. It began to snow heavier and entire summit had about 6 inches of snow and limited visibility. The ice over the long rock slabs the last 3rd up was very challenging decending because it had a slightly slushy texture and my stabilizers couldn't grip well. Made the summit in 75 minutes and the decent in about 80. Plenty of interesting views up and down and enjoy my pictures and video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ochOeTaGGQs