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| Hiking | 16.30 Miles |
4,426 AEG |
| | Hiking | 16.30 Miles | 8 Hrs 30 Mns | | 2.22 mph |
| 4,426 ft AEG | 1 Hour 10 Mns Break | 14 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | 40% thunderstorm forecast wasn't reassuring. Humid sweaty the first 5 ish miles, unexpected.
Water that is typically running at maintenance? shack near Waterline Trail/Road was capped off.
Happy to report the snow on the upper Weatherford lazy Z switchback is down to three steps of slushy snow. Still a 10-15 yard stretch soon after at the 12k saddle before heading down to summit trail. It was on my left limited use side heading up so I hiked over to be safe.
Turned out to be one of the nicer hikes above treeline. Little wind, 5 minutes heavy weight yet sparse sprinkles at worst. Bruce said hail, I didn't notice such ten feet away.
Moderate hikers from Humphreys saddle up. Expected more. The top was nice weather wise. Gnat city after a couple minutes sitting so we lunched at Humphreys Saddle heading back.
Returning over the snow stretch I grabbed a flat rock to grip the snow if anything went awry. Good thing too. I slipped, started sliding. The rock save worked, didn't slide far. Bruce decided on the over bypass quickly...lol
Virtual ghost town back down until the final couple miles.
Still holds a solid spot in my favorite twenty hikes overall. Good to hike with iron man in training @Eaglet after a couple years. We admired his 1.5 qrt ultra obsolete pack. |
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Alfa Fia Tank |
26-50% full |
26-50% full |
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