The forecast wasn't to be a bluebird day, but it also wasn't going to be brutally cold, or too warm either. In the previous warm weather, we had created a lot of snowmelt. That along with some who hiked during that time without snowshoes did a fair amount of damage to the trail.
We were able to drive all the way up to the trailhead without any problem, it did require 4 wheel drive though. The road was in good shape with about 6 inches of new snow, and there was no blowdown so it made for a good passage.
When we arrived at the trailhead there were about 4-6 inches that had fallen overnight. That accumulation increased to about 8 inches on the summit. The light fluffy unconsolidated snow covered the snow spine of the trail and the post holes. Going up was a lot better than going down. We wore snowshoes the entire way. With the continued cold temps this weekend hopefully others will do the same.
We took the new trail up which made for a nice 6-7 mile round trip hike.
Only Dingo came with us today as Hattie and Misty are both on the sideline as they recover from knee surgery in August, and more recently the other has a lacerated paw pad. So today was a boy's day out.
We started at 9:05 am took our sweet time reaching the summit at 12:45. We were back at the truck at 3:05 pm.
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