It's done quite frequently and it's a great little trip. Weekends you can catch ice climbers in the gorge itself around mid-day and watch them climb...
I totally agree that snow conditions and pack weight affect hiking speed in a significant way. My hiking speed on backpacking trips is always slower...
I have come up with a list of speed adjustment factors for when instructing a land navigation training course. Most of these are negatives for why I...
With lots of practice, I got to be pretty good at visually looking at a topo map with my starting point and destination, and without making a direct...
