Impassable. C1-Central peak trail (the one connecting to the north junctions), approximately 0.25 MI North downhill of the radio tower, hill is too steep to go uphill or downhill and around. Met a couple later indicating they had come up that trail and aborted.
Impassable. Old Griz, close to the upper junction is blocked by a 200 ft tree with 50 ft width. It may be possible to go around several hundred feet, but with that trail following the ridge I suspect there are spots we're getting around is very dangerous.
Difficult. West peak trail, some downed trees obscure the trail, it is necessary to navigate around and back onto the trail. Some places require climbing down through trees, and with branches on top of roots footing is more difficult than usual.
Medium. There is one tree to climb up through on the way to the fireplace. There are several between the fireplace and Central peak that require small climbing or routing around.
Easy. A few downed trees toward Debbie's view, easy to get around but at least one is 2 or 3 ft in diameter and requires a hop.
There is a new viewpoint between the fireplace and the radio tower, enormous trees completely uprooted on the north side of the saddle. Weather was quite beautiful today; avoided all rain. 39--49F, dark when it should have been dark, and sunny later in the morning. A few spots with a little bit of mud, but nothing crazy. No snow on the ground.
9.85mi 940m
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Lunapeople on West Peak, Central Peak, Margaret's Way and Debbie's View, Old Griz
thanks, we are thinking of taking a visitor just on Margaret's Way this week - can't quite tell from your report if blowdowns are an issue on that?
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Lunapeople on Nov 23, 2024 11:34 AM
nomographer on West Peak, Central Peak, Margaret's Way and Debbie's View, Old Griz
Margarets Way is fine. Only the last section to Debbie's View has trees down, and those are easy except for one that's a 2-3ft trunk that must be climbed up/hopped down.
Posted by:
nomographer on Nov 23, 2024 05:33 PM