Bombadil
Active member
2-13-13
Parked on the forest service road about 1.25 mile down where there's a berm blocking the road. ~45 min walk to the trailhead. I was pleasantly surprised a single skiier had been up the trail to the LT junction making trailbreaking a little easier. Down low the snow was consolidating a lot making travel nice and easy but as I got closer to the LT I was breaking through shin deep wet snow and occasionally knee deep drifts. Relatively easy navigation down into the col to the shelter, but was on and off route a lot going up to Wilson. I only went through one thick stretch but it could have been avoided by staying a bit more to the climbers right where the woods were more open (but the trail does sneak through some very small openings in the brush). On the way down Skylight I avoided a bunch of the switchbacks by bushwhacking straight downhill in case there's some confusion as to the route.
Pat
pcushing21 at yahoo dot com
Parked on the forest service road about 1.25 mile down where there's a berm blocking the road. ~45 min walk to the trailhead. I was pleasantly surprised a single skiier had been up the trail to the LT junction making trailbreaking a little easier. Down low the snow was consolidating a lot making travel nice and easy but as I got closer to the LT I was breaking through shin deep wet snow and occasionally knee deep drifts. Relatively easy navigation down into the col to the shelter, but was on and off route a lot going up to Wilson. I only went through one thick stretch but it could have been avoided by staying a bit more to the climbers right where the woods were more open (but the trail does sneak through some very small openings in the brush). On the way down Skylight I avoided a bunch of the switchbacks by bushwhacking straight downhill in case there's some confusion as to the route.
Pat
pcushing21 at yahoo dot com
