DayTrip
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I've been researching routes for the winter 4k's and have gotten some very good info here on VFTT as well as some other resources. I am curious to hear from those who have completed 4k's in winter what they consider to be the most difficult summits to get in winter and why, not so much from a distance perspective but more from the demanding/difficult angle. A few come to mind such as the Osceolas (which from what I have read is notoriously icy from Greeley Pond side and that major chimney in middle??) and I've read a lot of seemingly easy routes get major snow fields/drifts and are not as easy as they would seem (such as the Crawford Path going around Monroe which according to the 4000 Footer Guide is a treacherous drifting and angled snow field - I would have thought that was easy cruising like the summer).
Any rankings of your "Worst 5" or "Worst 10" and why would be helpful to me for planning purposes. Once again not concerned so much with long distances but with difficult or unusually dangerous areas, etc. and specifically what routes (and even where) these obstacles are. Appreciate the feedback as always.
Any rankings of your "Worst 5" or "Worst 10" and why would be helpful to me for planning purposes. Once again not concerned so much with long distances but with difficult or unusually dangerous areas, etc. and specifically what routes (and even where) these obstacles are. Appreciate the feedback as always.