Hiked with John Murphy & Uncle Gernie.

Had a bit of a late start as Murphy overslept & they both had a long drive to get up to my house, I drove us all to the trailhead. I was worried that there wouldn’t be any available parking on a little peak on a weekend, but much to my surprise when we rolled into the parking area around 10am, we were the only car there!

The weather was temperate, in the high 20’s/low 30’s I would guess, and the snowpack was very deep- snowshoes required! The trail was already broken though, which was stellar.

We started out under grey skies and took our time talking and looking at the scenery, had a bit of an issue with a snowy downed pine tree on trail that nearly became a trap to walk over, but made it through ok.

The trail was well marked and easy uphills, no great mountaineering feat here, but a lovely climb. By the time we got to the top, the skies had blued up significantly. We traipsed past the true summit a little bit to get to the viewpoint, and it was so pretty! And EXTREMELY windy. We took some photos and then headed back toward the summit to hang out for a little bit, and met a couple with two beautiful German shepherds. Other than that, we didn’t see anyone else. We headed down & made good time of it. A nice short hike with great company.