Snow Trek and Lunch 2022 - Meany Lodge
Sat, Mar 5, 2022
Fun snowshoe trip to Meany Lodge for a delicious lunch.
Fun snowshoe trip to Meany Lodge for a delicious lunch.
Windy and cold, but a beautiful day on a very moderate route to the highest summit in the Northern Yatsugatake cluter. Great snow conditions, and a winter-season mountain hut for hot ramen and coffee on the way down.
Stunning views on a tempestuous and very strenuous traverse (5000’ gain/15 miles, with an incoming winter storm adding to the drama). Side hill snowshoe travel was complicated by challenging ‘snow over ice’ conditions.
A good workout in the rain on this short, but steep trail.
Great group of new and experienced snowshoers on good snowpack. We had views and sunny skies for lunch.
A very nice winter paddle with beautiful scenery, good conditions and great company! Photo credit: Robert Cooper
A spectacularly clear, albeit cold, day for our four hour 5 minute, 8.3 nm paddle from English Boom to Stanwood and back on the morning high tide. Spectacular views of Baker, the North Cascades, and the Olympics, along with many flocks of trumpeter swans along north end of West Pass.
2/22/22 Trip. Distance about 6 miles. Started at upper trailhead, Clear Creek Lodge. Two star rating due to poor snow conditions not because of trail system, area, or folks at Hardware Store or Restaurant
Stymied on Plan A and Plan B, Plan C proved workable.
Good, fairly easy snowshoe backpack, with reasonable camping along the creek side of Box Canyon Rd at several points between four and five miles in. The best is probably the clearing five miles in, just before the single left arrow sign, before the bridge over Box Canyon Cr.
a ridge line snowshoe along the Wenatchee Crest - seeking views & a snowlike
We hiked to the Little Round Top , Sugar Cube , Mt. Erie , and Sugarloaf summits with great views .A trail extension to a Whistle Lake view point was enjoyed .
One day winter climb of Mount Washington / Winter Direct route (up from Jefferson Pass and down via standard route).
A fun and easy winter scramble in great conditions
Ended up as a great winter camping trip, recent storms made travel difficult and avalanche slopes on the upper mountain too likely to summit.