Happiness + Hash Browns on Hale
- Leaders
- Dheepak Arumukhom Revi (coB), Jenny Halford (coB), Susan King (B), Tian Ong (B)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Cross-country skiing
- Terrain level
- B
- Trip date
- Saturday, January 18th, 2025
- Difficulty rating
- Difficult
- Prerequisites
- 3 season hiking experience (at least 7 miles), good physical fitness, prior xc skiing experience
Join us on Saturday for the first hike-ski trip of this WS as we do both to ascend Mt. Hale.
We will start near where Zealand Rd intersects with 302, and XC-ski up Zealand Rd, or the parallel Spruce Goose XC-ski trail if that looks nice, to the Hale Brook Trailhead, about 2.2 mi on a relatively flat trail, with some gradual uphill. 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 check out map.
Previous winter hiking experience (7+ miles, 2000') is required, and cross-country ski experience is also required, but it doesn’t have to be on non-groomed trails. Weather looks cold this weekend, with some wind check out weather.
Pre Trip meeting at 5:30 pm on Thursday outside the MITOC office!
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 6
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 15, 2025, noon
- Signups closed at
- Jan. 16, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
- Notes
1) What is your winter hiking experience? 2) What is your experience with XC skiing? 3) Favorite way to move: Hiking or skiing? 4) Favorite potato-themed snack? Feel feel to bring to share!