Trail is in great shape - we did meet some hikers doing maintenance - thanks Christine & Tony. Lots of wild flowers and lots of poison ivy at the start.
Just a down right great day to be in the mountains!!
Beauty around every corner:
Life is Good!
An absolutely awesome day to be in the mountains:
The Views were outstanding!!
A hike to take our time to enjoy the great views and warm sunshine:
We used Hillsound Trail Crampons and Microspikes the whole hike. Did a loop starting at the Lost Pond end. Lots of ice flows on the...
Happy Easter Everyone!
What a differance a week can make - we did a 'spring' hike up Porter last week:
Yesterday (3/31/13) we hiked Hurricane from Route 9N:
On Hurricane microspikes were perfect. We started early and snow was crispy but on the descent it was starting to get slushy. If...
Just a perfect day to be out in the mountains. Quite a few groups doing Sawteeth/Gothics..some continuing to Wolfjaws. Snowshoes from the gate and all day long. Trail is well broken out over Pyramid to Gothics. We met some great hikers as always! We chose to continue on a loop down the...
Trail hardpacked and easy to follow to both Street & Nye. Great day in Great Mountains with Great Friends!
It was a chilly start - single digits below zero - we looked like a bunch of bandits:
Hamming it up on Heart Lake:
Heart on Heart Lake:
Just one of those bluebird days:
Awesome day to hike - trail up to Phelps mostly hard packed with little snow - snowshoes and or microspikes - easy water crossings - a little windy on summit.
A few photos:
Trail to Marcy Dam:
Great view at dam:
Little snow on the summit:
Hikers Hamming it up:
Happy Hikers on their...
Snowshoes all the way - nicely packed trail. The snow on the mountains is incredible - just absolutely beautiful!!! Met lots of nice hikers on the trails.
The one mistake we made was not to bring our sleds - it was perfect for sledding on the descent.
Photos:
Met Ed descending Porter -...