Day Hike - Mount Rose (winter)

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Meet at Mud Bay Park & Ride (Olympia, 98502) at 16:00 (4:00 pm).

I plan on driving and can accommodate 4 passengers.

OR

You can also meet us at the trailhead at 17:00 (5:00 pm). If you plan on meeting us at the trailhead, please make sure to let me know.

WARNING: Strenuous Conditioner Hike

The plan is just to make it to Horse Camp and not deal with the snow above.

Trip distance: 7.5 km (4.66 miles)

Trip elevation gain:  685 meters (2,247 feet)

The pace will be dependent on participants; I'm hoping somewhere between moderate and strenuous. Moderate would be defined as 60% of maximum heart rate, and strenuous as 80% of maximum heart rate. As a conditioner, we should break a sweat, and be in zone 3 for heart rate.

Just as a side note: if you want to increase you're VO2 max, you need to be conditioning at 60%-80% of maximum heart rate. If you want to increase aerobic threshold (lactate threshold), pushing into heart rate zone 4 (80%+) is necessary.

Tentative Schedule for Conditioner Wednesdays.

March: Mount Rose

April: Copper Creek/Wagon Wheel

May: Wagon Wheel/Copper Creek

June: Mount Ellinor

July: Mount Ellinor

August: Mount Washington

September: Mount Washington