
Clinic
Backpacking Conditioner - Margaret's Way to Chybinski Loop Trail
Backpacking Conditioner
- Sun, Apr 6, 2025
- Seattle Backpacking Committee
- Backpacking
- Adults
- Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 7.7 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,100 ft
- FULL, 6 on waitlist (9 capacity)
- FULL (1 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This hike is part of a series of pre-season Backpacking Conditioners.
These events are intended to help current backpacking course students as well as course graduates build their fitness and endurance through the winter and spring months to tackle their summer objectives, as well as build community within the Mountaineers backpacking community.
Each of these hikes are tailored to meet specific pack weight, distance, and elevation goals which will steadily increase as the clinics move through the spring months. While it is encouraged to slowly increase these factors over time, feel free to join if you judge yourself as being capable of meeting these targets.
While these conditioning hikes are carefully planned, they are intended to support and develop the backpacking community within this organization. With this goal in mind, the pace will be slow to encourage conversation and bonding time, as well as develop aerobic fitness.
Meet at Margaret's Way Trailhead at 0800. I will be using 81% of my normal pack weight, or about 20.25lbs.
We will be completing the Chybinski Loop using various connector trails. This averages to about 7.7 miles and 2100 feet of elevation gain. We will start and end at the Margaret's Way trailhead.
No parking pass required.
Required Equipment
Your usual day hiking or backpacking kit. To meet the weight targets, consider adding extra water or rocks that can be dumped if you find it to be too heavy.