blacklab2020
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My team potentially has room for one or two strong hikers with above treeline experience (in the winter in the whites) interested in the northern presis or potentially a full traverse. Right now we are at 3 and dont want to exceed four or five at most.
Our primary objectives are to 1) gain some extended alpine experience above treeline (if possible) and 2) come back safe.
The idea was to originally start with the northern presis from howker ridge and see how the conditions hold out. Then we started talking further and that if conditions were perfect... would we want to complete a traverse?--- Absolutely. So we have been tearing through resources, gearing up, planning for the worst, more planning, and training, training, training.
We have commited a full week to the whites (Jan 5-13)... hopefully it wont take all 6-7 days, ideally it would only take 3 (by valley way)-4 (w/ howker ridge) and we could do something else for the rest of the stay (i.e. ice climb, drink beer, etc.)
Some people do this in a long day or overnight in the winter... we are not interested in blowing through the area, but the experience of a few nights up high. As for the itenerary... day one hike to treeline or howker ridge or to valley way tent site... from there its all weather dependent.
Please PM me or email me at [email protected] if you are interested.
Best Regards,
Justin
P.S. I got a lecture on the seriousness the last time i tried to post something like this (my first post, 2 years ago) .... so you dont have to waste time typing counsel and warnings... here it is for everyone's reference: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4859&highlight=presidential+traverse+winter
Our primary objectives are to 1) gain some extended alpine experience above treeline (if possible) and 2) come back safe.
The idea was to originally start with the northern presis from howker ridge and see how the conditions hold out. Then we started talking further and that if conditions were perfect... would we want to complete a traverse?--- Absolutely. So we have been tearing through resources, gearing up, planning for the worst, more planning, and training, training, training.
We have commited a full week to the whites (Jan 5-13)... hopefully it wont take all 6-7 days, ideally it would only take 3 (by valley way)-4 (w/ howker ridge) and we could do something else for the rest of the stay (i.e. ice climb, drink beer, etc.)
Some people do this in a long day or overnight in the winter... we are not interested in blowing through the area, but the experience of a few nights up high. As for the itenerary... day one hike to treeline or howker ridge or to valley way tent site... from there its all weather dependent.
Please PM me or email me at [email protected] if you are interested.
Best Regards,
Justin
P.S. I got a lecture on the seriousness the last time i tried to post something like this (my first post, 2 years ago) .... so you dont have to waste time typing counsel and warnings... here it is for everyone's reference: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4859&highlight=presidential+traverse+winter
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