ImYourHuckleberry
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Sunday was an amazing day in the Whites, but unfortunately I got spanked on the Skook. The forecast was for warm temps, but it was even warmer than expected - mid 30s at the parking lot in the morning, and 15 on the ridgeline where the Skook meets Garfield Ridge Trail. (My turn back point.) The lower couple of miles up to the thigh master had just a couple of inches of fresh snow, but the higher I went the deeper the snow got. At first I thought perhaps Saturday night had dumped more than expected at elevation, but now I think the trail just hadn't been broken out in a bit. Anyway, nobody was ahead of me and I didn't see anybody else all day, so I broke trail myself to the ridge. I ran behind schedule due to filming, breaking trail, and some small route finding difficulties that consumed some time up high where the trail was very difficult to follow in a few spots. Apologies if you follow my tracks and find yourself off trail for short bits.
It's really a shame that I couldn't make the summit, because it was relatively mild (15 at the treeline) and calm, with an amazing overcast and undercast. But it was a bit too late when I made it up to treeline, and frankly, I was running out of gas. There is always next time I suppose. I've been on Lafayette at least 20 times as well, which takes a bit of the sting out of it.
It's really a shame that I couldn't make the summit, because it was relatively mild (15 at the treeline) and calm, with an amazing overcast and undercast. But it was a bit too late when I made it up to treeline, and frankly, I was running out of gas. There is always next time I suppose. I've been on Lafayette at least 20 times as well, which takes a bit of the sting out of it.
