Snowflea
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Route: Zealand Road, Hale Brook Trail, Firewardens Trail, North Twin Trail, herd path
Date: Thursday 3/06/14
Equipment: We wore snowshoes for most of the hike. Sunglasses.
Conditions: Everything packed out nicely. Couple of inches of new fluff.
Comments: We decided to take advantage of our two vehicles today and opted for a traverse of Hale. We got the Zealand road walk done first and headed up Hale Brook Trail, yakking incessantly. It was an amazing day--bright blue sky, intense sun, and slight winds--one which we really should have spent rock hopping above treeline. OTOH, goofing off in the woods is never a bad way to spend a day.
About halfway up HBT I put on snowshoes to smooth the trail out (and get them off my back) and wore them most of the way down Firewardens. Conditions were so appealing today that a long leisurely break was possible on the summit without freezing to death.
Lend a Hand looked broken out, with those couple of inches of new snow on top.
The trip down Firewardens and out was fast and fun. GREAT view of the Presies at the one viewpoint a ways down from the summit. Looked like it was pretty nice up there today!
This was a nice way to do Mt. Hale.
Date: Thursday 3/06/14
Equipment: We wore snowshoes for most of the hike. Sunglasses.
Conditions: Everything packed out nicely. Couple of inches of new fluff.
Comments: We decided to take advantage of our two vehicles today and opted for a traverse of Hale. We got the Zealand road walk done first and headed up Hale Brook Trail, yakking incessantly. It was an amazing day--bright blue sky, intense sun, and slight winds--one which we really should have spent rock hopping above treeline. OTOH, goofing off in the woods is never a bad way to spend a day.
About halfway up HBT I put on snowshoes to smooth the trail out (and get them off my back) and wore them most of the way down Firewardens. Conditions were so appealing today that a long leisurely break was possible on the summit without freezing to death.
Lend a Hand looked broken out, with those couple of inches of new snow on top.
The trip down Firewardens and out was fast and fun. GREAT view of the Presies at the one viewpoint a ways down from the summit. Looked like it was pretty nice up there today!
This was a nice way to do Mt. Hale.
