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Keith, Julie, Fran, and I parked at the condos and headed up a well broken trail for about 1/2 to 3/4 mile. Heading off on a 309-degree bearing - aiming for the north end of the col, in order to avoid the reportedly steep east side on the peak. The woods were wide open, presenting few difficulties until approx 2500'. From this point on, we started encountering more and more of the required snow-laden spuce, ledgy spots, and the buried blowdown/man traps - some of them quite adamant about stopping us . But for some reason, whenever we encountered these difficult areas, the terrain and vegetation always appeared better to the north. Not wanting to fight Mother Nature, we would veer off course into the friendlier terrain and continue uphill. (This constant veering to the north, resulted in our not hitting the col area, but almost hitting the peak dead-on). We inevitably ran into the steep east side of the peak, with the mountain throwing us one last apparently insurmountable cliffy area at 3100'. After a few minutes of searching, we discovered a well graded chute through the ledges. Another couple of minutes of small, dense spruce brought us to larger snow laden trees which were relatively easy to navigate. Keith, the canister sniffer, soon found the register on a prominent little bump.
Reading the register brought back old memories with names like Larry, Mike, and Henry among others.
A 1 minute walk to the north of the register brought us to a wide open area with excellent views to the north and west.
Expecting unconsolidated snow conditions on this hike, we were pleasantly surprised to find relatively decent trail breaking conditions.
Reading the register brought back old memories with names like Larry, Mike, and Henry among others.
A 1 minute walk to the north of the register brought us to a wide open area with excellent views to the north and west.
Expecting unconsolidated snow conditions on this hike, we were pleasantly surprised to find relatively decent trail breaking conditions.
