Damselfly
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Lew Dow, Mike LaRoss, and Steve & I met in Pittsburg to hike the Stub Hill and North Stub. We drove along well marked logging roads (#112, to #5, to #20, to #143) right up into the col between No. Stub and Stub Hill. It was cold, the ground was frosty, the sun was out, and the woods were dry!... a welcomed feature after our last two sodden weekends!
We headed off for North Stub first, following herd paths and easy woods about .25 mile to the top. Easily found the summit; It was a cake whack. Lew said, "You'll have to make something up to make it seem like we worked!"
Back at the col / height of land, we followed the "trail" which led to Stub Hill Pond. The pond was completely iced over and really beautiful. From the pond we hiked SW up to Stub Hill, again through easy woods. We passed several old rotted-to-the-ground fishing camps. Lew found a tackle box with a can of spam and a butter knife. Steve rummage through the debris and came up with broken skillets and a set of silverware.
Again, we easily found the summit. The views through the trees were real nice, especially the view of the presidentials all snow covered. Our friend, Bill Magyar was not with us today, but we found his entry from 6/03.
We had become aware of a reference to South Stub which is a delisted peak. Since we got some "feedback" last weekend for not grabbing E. Spruce in the cold rain while hiking Savage and Goback, and since this hike had been super easy, we decided to redeem ourselves and "leave no stragglers!!" But really, the motivation was equally to piss off Bill Magyar, who would be jealous that we bagged a delisted peak without him.
We dropped back to the pond and followed a fisherman's trail around the S edge of the pond, at which point we dropped down into the col toward South Stub. The woods were thicker, and we were all satisfied that now that we had pine needles down our backs, we could call today's outing a bushwhack. The woods were thick at times, and whenever we could, we followed faint herd paths. We also crossed a rough snomo trail in the col, and again near the summit of So. Stub.
From the summit of Stub Hill over to So. Stub took us just over an
hour.
As we whacked back north to the pond, we picked our way through a mix of herd paths, dense spruce and rough snomo trails when we could. When we regained the pond, we hiked around the north side, which was much more open and a nicer journey around the pond. We crossed the outlet, and looking back south, could see where a rough snomo trail emerged from the woods and crossed the pond; wish we had found that going over to So. Stub.
We followed the trail from the pond back to our car. Three peaks;
leisurely pace; 5 hours.
Beth Zimmer
We headed off for North Stub first, following herd paths and easy woods about .25 mile to the top. Easily found the summit; It was a cake whack. Lew said, "You'll have to make something up to make it seem like we worked!"
Back at the col / height of land, we followed the "trail" which led to Stub Hill Pond. The pond was completely iced over and really beautiful. From the pond we hiked SW up to Stub Hill, again through easy woods. We passed several old rotted-to-the-ground fishing camps. Lew found a tackle box with a can of spam and a butter knife. Steve rummage through the debris and came up with broken skillets and a set of silverware.
Again, we easily found the summit. The views through the trees were real nice, especially the view of the presidentials all snow covered. Our friend, Bill Magyar was not with us today, but we found his entry from 6/03.
We had become aware of a reference to South Stub which is a delisted peak. Since we got some "feedback" last weekend for not grabbing E. Spruce in the cold rain while hiking Savage and Goback, and since this hike had been super easy, we decided to redeem ourselves and "leave no stragglers!!" But really, the motivation was equally to piss off Bill Magyar, who would be jealous that we bagged a delisted peak without him.
We dropped back to the pond and followed a fisherman's trail around the S edge of the pond, at which point we dropped down into the col toward South Stub. The woods were thicker, and we were all satisfied that now that we had pine needles down our backs, we could call today's outing a bushwhack. The woods were thick at times, and whenever we could, we followed faint herd paths. We also crossed a rough snomo trail in the col, and again near the summit of So. Stub.
From the summit of Stub Hill over to So. Stub took us just over an
hour.
As we whacked back north to the pond, we picked our way through a mix of herd paths, dense spruce and rough snomo trails when we could. When we regained the pond, we hiked around the north side, which was much more open and a nicer journey around the pond. We crossed the outlet, and looking back south, could see where a rough snomo trail emerged from the woods and crossed the pond; wish we had found that going over to So. Stub.
We followed the trail from the pond back to our car. Three peaks;
leisurely pace; 5 hours.
Beth Zimmer
