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now that I think I know where I am going after getting lost three times last attempt... anyone interested in this one for a quick summit?

Good luck. I'd love to see some pics of current "trail" conditions.

It's going to be a hot one Stefan. From what little I've seen of this trail it's very exposed, and you'll be going over a lot of rocks.

JamesLyding wrote:It's going to be a hot one Stefan. From what little I've seen of this trail it's very exposed, and you'll be going over a lot of rocks.

a little heat isn't going to hurt too bad... that's what waking up at 3:00 AM is for the off-trail ascent is really the most exposed portion of the hike... barnhardt trail is fairly covered by either cliffs or foliage. if anything it was severely overgrown back in august.

you need to adjust the date. its either june 13th or september 12th but it cant be both

July?

nonot wrote:July?

sorry modified the date but not the title... now it should read properly. delayed it because it's just too hot and there is too probably going to be too much storm activity to reach the summit quick enough.

i see a small crowd starting to form

i'll be at Reavis via the Gap trail. y'all have fun!

You, two hundred and fifty of your closest friends

Fun Hike but very exhausting, I would prefer a time when there is more water available, it can get very dry up there. I recommend the northern slopes, more trees and much cooler. Good Luck.

That weekend looks good for me, I''m looking forward to this hike. Let me know more specifics as we get closer to next Saturday.

i'm going to have to either bail... or move the date back. i have somethings that came up this weekend and i am planning on hitting west clear creek narrows the following day. is there another date that you would be interested?

The weather forcast for this saturday is 105 so I was going to propose slipping into October perhaps 10th or 17th.

johnr1 wrote:The weather forcast for this saturday is 105 so I was going to propose slipping into October perhaps 10th or 17th.

johnr1, yes... not a bad idea. however, i have the catalina 'hike' in october so i want to ensure it does not conflict.

Hope you pick something in the Sept 19th to 27th range

I would also be interested in doing the hike later in September as well. I would have to know which date it will be by next Thursday the 17th.

Groth wrote:I would also be interested in doing the hike later in September as well. I would have to know which date it will be by next Thursday the 17th.

I think we can stick to the 27th... sundays aren't bad for me generally. so i'll keep it to this and make sure i schedule my other stuff around it.

oh... and any preferred route. i've heard going up Y bar (or basin, can't remember which it was) is not too bad. wally has done this three different ways from what i recall. we can easily do barnhardt or suicide ridge too, but i think it's a bit longer of a hike.

won't be able to make it this time unfortunately...family birthday party : king :