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AndyF
Guest
Date of Hike: 3/6/2008
Trail Conditions: Hard pack snow with an inch or two of new snow and an icy crust down low. Higher up more powdery with and icy crust. Broke trail from section where trail turns left across drainage to easterly ridge where Scaur Trail joins. Needs a few more passes with snowshoes to get packed.
Lots of branches at face level to give that feel of bushwhacking. Most blazes are visible, just have to keep a sharp eye out for them.
Many water crossings down low. All passable. The deep snow pack makes the banks on either side of the crossings steep.
Special Equipment Required: Down low it is packed enough that snowshoes are not needed, but some light traction is helpful to grip the icy crust and for the water crossings. Up higher snowshoes become essential.
Comments: Previous poster from 3/2 went off trail at the point where the trail is climbing steeply on the right side of a drainage. He went straight, the trail goes left here. Keep an eye out for my tracks and a blaze to the left. Even with snowshoes I was sinking pretty deep. This is also the steepest section of the trail with a sidehill to boot. Took about an hour to break this half mile.
The area on top of the easterly ridge and in the col between the peaks can be difficult to tell which way the trail goes. The blazes are visible, you just have to search them out. Also look for my tracks.
The parking was almost non-existant at the trail head. They are supposed to plow out the shoulder so cars can park there. I was able to bury my car several feet into the snowbank, thanks to high clearance and 4WD, but my drivers side tire was still over the white line into the road.
Your name: AndyF
Your E-mail address: [email protected]
Trail Conditions: Hard pack snow with an inch or two of new snow and an icy crust down low. Higher up more powdery with and icy crust. Broke trail from section where trail turns left across drainage to easterly ridge where Scaur Trail joins. Needs a few more passes with snowshoes to get packed.
Lots of branches at face level to give that feel of bushwhacking. Most blazes are visible, just have to keep a sharp eye out for them.
Many water crossings down low. All passable. The deep snow pack makes the banks on either side of the crossings steep.
Special Equipment Required: Down low it is packed enough that snowshoes are not needed, but some light traction is helpful to grip the icy crust and for the water crossings. Up higher snowshoes become essential.
Comments: Previous poster from 3/2 went off trail at the point where the trail is climbing steeply on the right side of a drainage. He went straight, the trail goes left here. Keep an eye out for my tracks and a blaze to the left. Even with snowshoes I was sinking pretty deep. This is also the steepest section of the trail with a sidehill to boot. Took about an hour to break this half mile.
The area on top of the easterly ridge and in the col between the peaks can be difficult to tell which way the trail goes. The blazes are visible, you just have to search them out. Also look for my tracks.
The parking was almost non-existant at the trail head. They are supposed to plow out the shoulder so cars can park there. I was able to bury my car several feet into the snowbank, thanks to high clearance and 4WD, but my drivers side tire was still over the white line into the road.
Your name: AndyF
Your E-mail address: [email protected]
