Humphrey Full-mooner

[Jim]

I just looked at my calendar and saw that December 21st is a full moon and the solstice. Celebrate in style and hike Humphrey via the Dutchman in the afternoon and come down after dark under a full moon. This depends on a lot of factors, but if weather and snow is good, then it will be a great hike. I'm probably jinxing us with a dry winter by posting this, but you never know, 2007-2008 was supposed to be dry and that was really good from December through February. March was dry, but thats a different topic. The only month that really matters for this event is December, so hope for a really wet and snowy one. On the Peaks anyway.

[hippiepunkpirate]

Showing your butt on Humphrey's in the winter sounds a little bit chilly

[Jim]

Unless this gets some interest in the next few weeks, I may cancel the event so I can hike it as I please, snow conditions or not.

[squatpuke]

Hi Jim...I'm interested...will PM you some Q's...

[Jim]

Just to let you know, this may not work out as an overnight, a full moon hike, or just a regular hike: snowshoe or normal, as there could be storms over the period. There is a lot of room for speculation and the like, but this indicates potential for change and poor hiking weather on the Peaks at that time.
http://www.dryday.com/united-states/ari ... -forecast/

Best to monitor the NWS and other sources for potential weather hazards in the next few weeks.

[Jim]

Since we have virtually no snow and the forecast up to the weekend before this is saying no storms, I'm canceling. It wouldn't be a snowshoe hike, it wouldn't be a full moon hike, and I probably won't go up for a while until we get more snow, or not on this particular day anyway. Who knows, maybe we will get more and then I'll go, but I wouldn't count on snow this year.