LOST: One OR gaiter fell off my brother's backpack. Please leave a comment below if you find it.
We did not make it all the way to Little Ranger Peak, but we did follow the trail to the former location of the Ranger Creek shelter and then hung a right towards Dalles Ridge and Noble Knob.
Snow began a few hundred feet below the shelter. We put on spikes soon after the snow appeared, took them off while crossing some rocks along Dalles Ridge (past the high point), and never bothered to put them back on. The snow felt a little less slippery on the descent. We carried snowshoes and crampons and did not need either.
No significant obstacles. No impassable blowdowns, though there is a large one early in the trail that will force you to walk through some hanging branches. Overall, the snow level was very high and the amount of snow felt very low. I hope we get a few more big dumps before it's too late.
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I found the gaiter.
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Posted by:
greymstreet on Mar 12, 2022 09:42 PM