Darl58
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As a training hike a few of us decided to hike Osceola's and bushwack over to The Dog Leg Slide and climb up it.
The group: Frodo, Arm, Hamtero, SueBiscuit, Leaf, Darl58, & NH_Mtn_Hiker. A few of them had done this hike before so the bushwack over to the slide went fairly easy. We did switch off on breaking trail through the deep snow and a there were a few places where it was pretty deep.
Sue fell in and pulled Frodo in with her at one point..I was busy taking pics and then i did help her up!
Courtney got her snowshoe stuck on a branch while climbing down into the brook and hung me up in the tree with her...the guys took over the trail breaking after watching our antics trying to get un -stuck.
As soon as we were able to see the slide up closer, the blue ice was there!! I was glad I hadn't carried those axes for nothing...
We spread out on the ice climbs and everyone did the climb that they were comfortible with. There were some pretty nice ice bulges and then nice breaks in between of deep snow to wade through.
The wind came up and blew pretty hard as we got up higher on the climb and we took shelter for a few minutes and waited for everyone to re-group. At the top of the slide it was pretty windblown and some of the rocks were loose, so we carefully made it to the top of the slide.
As we topped out into the trees, yup there was neck high spruce traps waiting for us to sink into. This was when I was really glad that I had stopped for some pics and was near the back of the line.....
The going was slow as we broke through the trees and plowed our way through the snow drifts. Finally we broke out and was at the summit. Pictures were taken by a hiker that summited right after we arrived.
Now for the hike out.......butt sliding with a few spills and missed corners.. Thanks Bob for blocking that tree on the icy corner! Frodo sorry we scattered and didn't catch you, but you had some pretty good speed going!
Courtney, it's amazing the aim you have while slamming into me to stop...hmmm
Lots of fun and laughter and a great group to enjoy a sweet climb up the slide. I've been wanting to do that slide, now to do it in summer....
pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/OsceolaSSlide2709?feat=directlink
The group: Frodo, Arm, Hamtero, SueBiscuit, Leaf, Darl58, & NH_Mtn_Hiker. A few of them had done this hike before so the bushwack over to the slide went fairly easy. We did switch off on breaking trail through the deep snow and a there were a few places where it was pretty deep.
Sue fell in and pulled Frodo in with her at one point..I was busy taking pics and then i did help her up!
Courtney got her snowshoe stuck on a branch while climbing down into the brook and hung me up in the tree with her...the guys took over the trail breaking after watching our antics trying to get un -stuck.As soon as we were able to see the slide up closer, the blue ice was there!! I was glad I hadn't carried those axes for nothing...
We spread out on the ice climbs and everyone did the climb that they were comfortible with. There were some pretty nice ice bulges and then nice breaks in between of deep snow to wade through.
The wind came up and blew pretty hard as we got up higher on the climb and we took shelter for a few minutes and waited for everyone to re-group. At the top of the slide it was pretty windblown and some of the rocks were loose, so we carefully made it to the top of the slide.
As we topped out into the trees, yup there was neck high spruce traps waiting for us to sink into. This was when I was really glad that I had stopped for some pics and was near the back of the line.....
The going was slow as we broke through the trees and plowed our way through the snow drifts. Finally we broke out and was at the summit. Pictures were taken by a hiker that summited right after we arrived.
Now for the hike out.......butt sliding with a few spills and missed corners.. Thanks Bob for blocking that tree on the icy corner! Frodo sorry we scattered and didn't catch you, but you had some pretty good speed going!
Courtney, it's amazing the aim you have while slamming into me to stop...hmmm
Lots of fun and laughter and a great group to enjoy a sweet climb up the slide. I've been wanting to do that slide, now to do it in summer....
pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/OsceolaSSlide2709?feat=directlink
