clear view day! hot and sunny
Route up: Tiger Mountain Trail to S Tiger Traverse
Route down: S Tiger Traverse to Tiger Mountain Trail
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Mark Craig
Route up/down: Cal Magnuson Trail
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Mark Craig
Trekked up the rongai route.,6 day.tagged Gilman and Stella point on the way to summit..uhuru peak. A lot harder than I had expected.
Route up: Rongai Route
Route down: Machame route
No snow shoes needed. Nice compacted snow. Parked on 903 and walked the FS road up about 1.8 miles to Hex Mountain trailhead. Followed the trail to the summit. Easy short day.
Route up/down: Hex Mountain Trail 1343
Snow shoed all the way up. It would be a terrible trip if you don't use snow shoes. Snow was powdery with a thin icy crust on the top. Long day hike. We had to park on the road where 46 turns off to go over the bridge. We walked the 46 road to the trailhead 1330 once we were 200 feet past the trail marker we were unable to locate the trail due to the fresh snow. So.... we made are own . The weather was perfect the view is amazing 360*. Well worth the hike in. We left the car at 8AM and returned at 5PM.
Route up/down: trail head 1330. Then made our own
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Snow and ice on the trail. Long day...We left at 8ish from the trailhead, took an excursion from the trail to look for the Honeymoon mine that we were unable to locate. There were several spots that were covered in ice on the way up so be careful. We ate a snack at the lake then headed up the mountain. There was a clear trail in the snow all the way to the summit. To reach the summit you have to trek a long way cross-country gradually climbing up to get to the true summit. We did not get back to the car until 5:30.
Route up/down: Lake Serene trail
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Snow shoed part of the trail up Si Blowdown and Dixie
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Quick Trip to work off Christmas food!
Route up/down: Rim Trail
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Mark Craig
Lots of snow
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Al-RashidJan 16, 2013
I've been thinking about doing this one for a while. Mind if I ask which way you approached it?
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rebecca1Jan 18, 2013
editI didn't post a route because we clearly went the wrong way. But after we were so far into it we decided to keep going. I had an old trip report that I had read. We came in off of PCT. Not having climbed it before and int being snow covered we took what we thought was the right trail but ended up bushwacking and postholing all the way up.
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rebecca1Jan 18, 2013
editI wan't to go back to that area in the summertime when we can see how far we were off.
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Al-RashidJan 18, 2013
Definitely. It's always cool to return to a location in the summer when you've only seen it in the winter. Thanks for the info! I couldn't decide whether I wanted to take the PCT in or head over from Mount Hyak. I think I'll give it a try from the PCT and see if I have better luck.