Hale Yeah to Hiking (or Not Hiking)
- Leaders
- Cristian Cavedon (B), Mike Chan (A coB), Sarah Lober (coB), Susan King (coB)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Hiking
- Terrain level
- B
- Trip date
- Saturday, January 20th, 2024
- Difficulty rating
- Moderate
- Prerequisites
- Prior Moderate Winter Hiking Experience Required; Cross-country Skiing Experience Recommended
Can't decide whether XC-skiing or hiking is better? Then join us as we do both and ascend Mt. Hale.
We will start near where Zealand Rd intersects with 302, and XC-ski up Zealand Rd until the Hale Brook Trailhead, about 2.2 mi on a relatively flat trail. From there, we will ditch our skis and take the Hale Brook trail to Mt Hale summit, another 2.1 mi(~2200ft), before returning via the same route. In total we will do ~9mi and ~2500ft of elevation.
Previous winter hiking experience (5+ miles, 2000') is recommended. Cross-country ski experience is recommended but not required. We will likely have an option to hike on snowshoes instead of using skis as well.
There will be a mandatory pre-trip meeting at the student center on Thursday evening
Please budget for the following expenses: $5 trip fee, $20-50 carpooling costs, possible gear rentals and eventual food you buy along the way.
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 6
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 17, 2024, noon
- Signups closed at
- Jan. 18, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
- Notes
- Do you have any prior winter hiking experiences that are not listed in your MITOC profile?
- Are you looking to XC or snowshoe on this trip?
- Favorite trail snack?