Our list of potential hikes during late December are incredibly unimaginative, but we really don’t have many choices. A lot of snow fell over the holidays, which is very rare here at sea level. Up in the mountains, a whole lot of snow in a short period of time leads to very unstable snow conditions. Extreme avalanche conditions were listed for most areas above 3,000 ft.
So, we hiked Tiger Mt. again. Just Doreen and me today, Lucy had to stay home because we had plans to do Big City things after our hike. But, it really wasn’t the same old hike. This was a winter hike that we had to gear up for. He have several pieces of equipment that needed testing, and these were the perfect conditions to try them out. Winter gear- check; hard shell parkas- check; gaiters – check; trekking poles- check; crampons- oh crap! They were laid out last night to bring, along with the snowshoes. Where are they??
Oh yeah, we decided last minute that we wouldn’t need snowshoes because this trail was likely to be well trampled. The crampons must have been under the snowshoes back at home. So, onward we slogged. We hit snow and ice in no time. With no crampons, it was a bit difficult to get along, but with the poles, we actually got along just fine, and we felt ready for any giant snowy volcano out there.
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