Gillian
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Gorge Brook, Carriage Road out via Snapper
Trail Conditions: Still quite a bit of snow on the Gorge Brook trail - high in spots until above treeline. Here there was a mixture of bear rock with patches of snow till the summit which was covered in a thin layer of ice. Patches of snow on the Carriage Road just below the summit and heading into the krumholtz there was still about a foot of snow. About .7 miles before the Snapper trail turned to mostly bear rock. Snapper, had to hike the mono rail most of the time.
Equipment: Barebooted on the way up, but snowshoes will definitely be needed if the temps warm up at all this week... At the icy summit in the wind and the rain I put on my Microspikes, no slipping for me!...took them off at the snapper.
Comments: Very relieved to find the road open - I wasn't sure about that! Felt like winter conditions for the first half of the hike....thankfully though, as it was cold enough to keep the snow hardpacked as naughtily I left my snowshoes in the car. I wasn't expecting all the snow - very different from Lafayette last week where there was hardly any! Great hike in the crisp fresh air and didn't see a sole!
"Foot" note: My recovering ankle sprain was just dandy for the most part on the way up. Each hike its getting a bit stronger on the downhill, although I'm still a bit cautious.
Gillian
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Gorge Brook, Carriage Road out via Snapper
Trail Conditions: Still quite a bit of snow on the Gorge Brook trail - high in spots until above treeline. Here there was a mixture of bear rock with patches of snow till the summit which was covered in a thin layer of ice. Patches of snow on the Carriage Road just below the summit and heading into the krumholtz there was still about a foot of snow. About .7 miles before the Snapper trail turned to mostly bear rock. Snapper, had to hike the mono rail most of the time.
Equipment: Barebooted on the way up, but snowshoes will definitely be needed if the temps warm up at all this week... At the icy summit in the wind and the rain I put on my Microspikes, no slipping for me!...took them off at the snapper.
Comments: Very relieved to find the road open - I wasn't sure about that! Felt like winter conditions for the first half of the hike....thankfully though, as it was cold enough to keep the snow hardpacked as naughtily I left my snowshoes in the car. I wasn't expecting all the snow - very different from Lafayette last week where there was hardly any! Great hike in the crisp fresh air and didn't see a sole!
"Foot" note: My recovering ankle sprain was just dandy for the most part on the way up. Each hike its getting a bit stronger on the downhill, although I'm still a bit cautious.
Gillian
[email protected]
