Backpacking Conditioner - Poo Poo Point via Chirico Trail

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 trailhead at 0730: Google Maps

We will arrange carpooling, as this lot has limited capacity and can be quite full in early season. 

We will complete the hike as described here: Poo Poo Point - Chirico Trail — Washington Trails Association

As this is the second event of the conditioning series, I will carry about 33-50% of my total backpacking weight. I will bring a scale so we can all weigh our packs and measure our progress! 

We will keep the pace quite casual so we can carry a conversation and get to know each other.