Driver8
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Hi Everyone:
I plan to hike a 4K soon which has a trail weaving in and out with a ski trail or two in the half-way range of its 2200' northeasterly ascent. This will be my first hike on this scale since November, and I am mindful that the steep grade might induce leg cramps. One way that I might try to minimize this is to switch-back inside the ski trails that the trail weaves in and out of, and, perhaps, to take ski trails for more than just that section if it is possible, in order to do the said switch-back, grade-easing move.
Question is, therefore: is this practice, or generally just using the ski trails extendedly in lieu of segments of the hiking trail, for better footing, among other things, common in the shoulder time? Or can one expect the resort to look after this issue? I did Killington last June, and it was like a ghost town and openly allowed hikers to use the ski trails, as I did. Likewise, Waterville Valley, on Tecumseh last November 2, was pretty well deserted, and a friend and I descended the ski trails openly without issue. Is that likely to be the case at other White 4K ski spots this time of year?
I plan to hike a 4K soon which has a trail weaving in and out with a ski trail or two in the half-way range of its 2200' northeasterly ascent. This will be my first hike on this scale since November, and I am mindful that the steep grade might induce leg cramps. One way that I might try to minimize this is to switch-back inside the ski trails that the trail weaves in and out of, and, perhaps, to take ski trails for more than just that section if it is possible, in order to do the said switch-back, grade-easing move.
Question is, therefore: is this practice, or generally just using the ski trails extendedly in lieu of segments of the hiking trail, for better footing, among other things, common in the shoulder time? Or can one expect the resort to look after this issue? I did Killington last June, and it was like a ghost town and openly allowed hikers to use the ski trails, as I did. Likewise, Waterville Valley, on Tecumseh last November 2, was pretty well deserted, and a friend and I descended the ski trails openly without issue. Is that likely to be the case at other White 4K ski spots this time of year?