Seward Range plan!!!
Hi Climbing Wookie.
Just a couple of reflections:
From the Winter starting point, the bridge in Coreys road to the Summer parking, it is a minimun of one hour with a day pack, probably You will need over two hours more to catch the Blueberry Lean-to!
Last Friday, a group from Albany, started with the same plan You are.
Last Saturday with The Queen & Pierre Lefebvre, We started at 6 h. 30 m. with two rabbits group in from us, a group of 4 hikers from WRMC with a overnight packs, They had a plan to go up near Donaldson to past the night and hike the three peaks Sunday. The second groups 6 hikers from Albany with Claudia for leader was startind earlier with skis and We catch at the usual starting point path at the 90 turn in Coreys horse trail.
Before the last brook, the real blowdown place, We had a old grove to help us to stay in the usual path. From this point to the junction with the path Seward-Donaldson, We hiked in deep snow, need to improvise to stay in a good line, with a slow progress.
Fortunately, Janet made a arrangement with Claudia to plit the snowplow, We broken the path with a couple of out of the usual path, it was very difficult to recognize the place to go up between Seward and Seward shoulder, We need over 10 minutes to find the small red marker on the Seward summit!!
When We returned to Donaldson, I tell Janet "if the other groups was not catching Emmons it will be too late to made a attempt".
Fortunately the two other groups was near the Emmons top when We saw them!!! We are sure without them We never be able to summit Emmons.
Thank You to all and specialy to Claudia, Claudia in my book You are the NUMBER ONE WOMAN WINTER HIKER. Since We meet You earlier in Santanoni this Winter We are very impress!!!
The WRMC They chance their plan, stay the big pack near the horse trail and They start to Seward when We started to go down.
We never see and recept news from the other group it started the Friday!!!!
We returned at the car after 12 hours, it was the longer hike to Junior this Winter!!!!
Sunday We broken the trail between Giant & Rocky, with the same deep snow conditions around 12 to 18 inches of snow!!!!
Monday We hiked in very good snowshoes tracks to Esther & Witheface, except over the trees line, We are in a blizzard the time to summit Whiteface and come back the snowshoes tracks was erasing by the wind!!!
For this reason, We think, probably every where the wind can blow the snow in Seward range We will not find the tracks of the last weekend!!!!
Next Saturday morning We will return by Coreys approach, come with us if You like.
Pinpin Junior!
