North Twin via North Twin Trail
Date of Hike: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Trail Conditions: Packed powder
Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes
Comments:
Parked at 7 Dwarfs on Little River Road ($6).
Snowmobile trails leading to Haystack Road were well packed and barebootable. Put on snowshoes for Haystack Road (2" of powder on top of packed snowmobile track).
Herd path from North Twin Trail trailhead to closed bridge is well packed by skier traffic.
North Twin Trail was well packed to first water crossing (fully bridged if you go 100 feet upstream). One blowdown, which was removed by the time I returned. Second water crossing was pretty close to fully bridged...but I bypassed both.
Herd path was well packed by skier traffic to the Firewarden's Trail. Beyond there, I was breaking trail on 3-6" of powder, now well packed.
Third water crossing narrowly but fully bridged.
Broke trail on 3-6", soon becoming 6-8", then 6-12" by the time I reached the first vista, all now well packed. Trail was extremely windblown for the last quarter of that stretch - no sign of previous tracks. Brook crossings are mostly open, but fairly easily crossed.
Trail also very windblown between vistas, 6-18" now well packed.
No sign of any traffic leading toward South Twin.
I cut up just under half a dozen blowdowns. Other than some hangers/widowmakers, trail is now in pretty good shape.
Your name: rocket21
Your E-mail address: [email protected]
Date of Hike: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Trail Conditions: Packed powder
Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes
Comments:
Parked at 7 Dwarfs on Little River Road ($6).
Snowmobile trails leading to Haystack Road were well packed and barebootable. Put on snowshoes for Haystack Road (2" of powder on top of packed snowmobile track).
Herd path from North Twin Trail trailhead to closed bridge is well packed by skier traffic.
North Twin Trail was well packed to first water crossing (fully bridged if you go 100 feet upstream). One blowdown, which was removed by the time I returned. Second water crossing was pretty close to fully bridged...but I bypassed both.
Herd path was well packed by skier traffic to the Firewarden's Trail. Beyond there, I was breaking trail on 3-6" of powder, now well packed.
Third water crossing narrowly but fully bridged.
Broke trail on 3-6", soon becoming 6-8", then 6-12" by the time I reached the first vista, all now well packed. Trail was extremely windblown for the last quarter of that stretch - no sign of previous tracks. Brook crossings are mostly open, but fairly easily crossed.
Trail also very windblown between vistas, 6-18" now well packed.
No sign of any traffic leading toward South Twin.
I cut up just under half a dozen blowdowns. Other than some hangers/widowmakers, trail is now in pretty good shape.
Your name: rocket21
Your E-mail address: [email protected]
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