PINPIN JUNIOR
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Hi my friend & enemies.... 
We started from Santanoni parking few minutes after 7 am in a cold morning.
In the road the snow was hard with one inch of powder. At the junction with the trail We saw the last peoples hiked without snowshoes, more of one group, Deep holes from the time when the snow was soft!! and many other smaller holes since the new snow!!
At the path junction same situation but specialy when We started to go up after We crossed the brook the peoples made a narrow path and without snowshoes broken the crust, it was difficult for the snowshoes crampons to made the good job!!! We need to take care to keep the snowshoes flat and out the holes. Junior lose his smile and tell a couple of mass!!!
Fortunately 100 feet before Time Square the peoples put on the snowshoes.
Whithout tracks to Panther but easy to stay in the usual path.
A real maze with a lot of dead end, round tracks in Couche path, We used the compass to stay in the good direction, We close with braches many dead end. At the swamp When We saw the snowshoes tracks go in left We cut in the right and near 100% stay in the usual path to Couche.
Better snowshoes tracks for Santanoni, We come back by the same way to go out and after up and down with the snowshoes the tracks will be not perfect but better.
I can understand a new people go up Cascade without snowshoes but when You start to Santanoni range your goal is 46 winter I can not understand You go without snowshoes and destroy tthe snow field and the possibility to made a perfect snwshoes tracks for the next peoples.....
Junior refind his smile in Panther summit and was happy to see the people without snowshoes did not catch Couche. Junior hope this man and the other men will use snowshoes in the next time.
Pinpin Junior
We started from Santanoni parking few minutes after 7 am in a cold morning.
In the road the snow was hard with one inch of powder. At the junction with the trail We saw the last peoples hiked without snowshoes, more of one group, Deep holes from the time when the snow was soft!! and many other smaller holes since the new snow!!
At the path junction same situation but specialy when We started to go up after We crossed the brook the peoples made a narrow path and without snowshoes broken the crust, it was difficult for the snowshoes crampons to made the good job!!! We need to take care to keep the snowshoes flat and out the holes. Junior lose his smile and tell a couple of mass!!!
Fortunately 100 feet before Time Square the peoples put on the snowshoes.
Whithout tracks to Panther but easy to stay in the usual path.
A real maze with a lot of dead end, round tracks in Couche path, We used the compass to stay in the good direction, We close with braches many dead end. At the swamp When We saw the snowshoes tracks go in left We cut in the right and near 100% stay in the usual path to Couche.
Better snowshoes tracks for Santanoni, We come back by the same way to go out and after up and down with the snowshoes the tracks will be not perfect but better.
I can understand a new people go up Cascade without snowshoes but when You start to Santanoni range your goal is 46 winter I can not understand You go without snowshoes and destroy tthe snow field and the possibility to made a perfect snwshoes tracks for the next peoples.....
Junior refind his smile in Panther summit
and was happy to see the people without snowshoes did not catch Couche. Junior hope this man and the other men will use snowshoes in the next time.Pinpin Junior
