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diff --git a/outdoorsing/2021_trips.md b/outdoorsing/2021_trips.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6429508 --- /dev/null +++ b/outdoorsing/2021_trips.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ + +2021-11-21 - Mt Towsend (Olympics) +================================== + +With Lu, Brian, Christie. + +Worked out surprisingly well for second half of November! Prior week had some +rain/snow in the region and was worried about snow on the route and summit, and +also cold temperatures. + +Road up was mostly not bad. Long paved forest road with just a bit of unpaved +pot holes at the start. Towards the top (over 2,500ft?), road started having +some snow, but mostly the wheel tracks were clear. After the turn-off for the +upper Townsend trailhead, the road got pretty snowy and even ice-y. Was spicey +in Honda Fit, and no way to turn around, but made it without any close calls. + +There was snow at the trailhead, but only a couple inches. It turned out there +was "a couple inches" basically from the trailhead to the summit, from 3,300ft +to 6,200ft. Was worried there would be a couple feet based on trailhead, but +was not the case. There were a couple slippery/icey/melty bits, but microspikes +were fine and could have made it without. Top was fairly windy, but not very +cold, and got sunny at the end. + +Beautiful dusting of snow on deep forest at the lower bits, then pretty clear +snow/rock views from the summit. Could see 5 volcanoes (Baker, Glacier Peak, +Rainier, Adams, St Helens), clouds over the sound, Pt Angeles, etc. Pretty nice +day! |