Figured since this blog is supposed to be a place to not only talk about my trips, but also provide gear reviews, here's a link to a review I did on the Women's Vasque Snowblime winter boots.
http://www.trailspace.com/gear/vasque/snowblime-ultradry/review/30242/
19 December 2013
27 January 2013
Panther Mountain
Panther Mountain
Where: Catskill Park, NY
# Days: 3
Mileage: 10ish
Mountains Bagged: Panther Mountain
Ack! Slacking on the trip reporting department!! First trip of 2013, another Catskills trip, nice and cold, 20 degrees +/- with a serious serious windchill! Glad to have the access to the gear I have, and glad to be able to continue to add to my collection.
So anwyay, yellow path is our path we actually took, dashed path, if you can see it was our plan. We ended up having to change the trip halfway in due to traveling conditions being slower than expected, as well as some group un-wellness. But we had a fantastic trip, and the other mountains will always be there :)
Friday night, we arrived at Fox Hollow lean to late, made a little fire, and were just so excited to all be in the mountains. Saturday night we camped out at Giant Ledge primitive campise, which I highly recommend! Made our own campsite next to a small rock wall, built a fire against the wall to bounce some heat back out to us. Drew carried out two freaking whole chickens, and we cooked them over the fire. SO AMAZING. Holy cow. Tented that night, which was windy and chilly, but my Marmot Coloir kept me cozy as could be. :)
Sunday we decided to alter our trip, due to a variety of reasons, and we hiked out to the cars, and in to a shelter about half mile off the trailhead a few mile up the road. Fun fact - winds blew a tree down that almost fell on the lean-to and 3 of the guys! Eeek! We made a huge fire, cooked lots of food, and had a great time hanging out in the cold mountains of New York.
This trip might not have covered huge miles, but it was a lot of hard work, was a few nights out in the snow, cold, and wind, as always, I walked away with a few lessons for colder weather trips, which will help prepare me for some of the big mountains in fully intend to climb, and was just an all around fun trip sprning the weekend in the woods with my boys. Excited to go back and hit Slide Mountain in a few weeks.
summit of Panther Mountain with the gang!
Where: Catskill Park, NY
# Days: 3
Mileage: 10ish
Mountains Bagged: Panther Mountain
Ack! Slacking on the trip reporting department!! First trip of 2013, another Catskills trip, nice and cold, 20 degrees +/- with a serious serious windchill! Glad to have the access to the gear I have, and glad to be able to continue to add to my collection.
So anwyay, yellow path is our path we actually took, dashed path, if you can see it was our plan. We ended up having to change the trip halfway in due to traveling conditions being slower than expected, as well as some group un-wellness. But we had a fantastic trip, and the other mountains will always be there :)
Friday night, we arrived at Fox Hollow lean to late, made a little fire, and were just so excited to all be in the mountains. Saturday night we camped out at Giant Ledge primitive campise, which I highly recommend! Made our own campsite next to a small rock wall, built a fire against the wall to bounce some heat back out to us. Drew carried out two freaking whole chickens, and we cooked them over the fire. SO AMAZING. Holy cow. Tented that night, which was windy and chilly, but my Marmot Coloir kept me cozy as could be. :)
Sunday we decided to alter our trip, due to a variety of reasons, and we hiked out to the cars, and in to a shelter about half mile off the trailhead a few mile up the road. Fun fact - winds blew a tree down that almost fell on the lean-to and 3 of the guys! Eeek! We made a huge fire, cooked lots of food, and had a great time hanging out in the cold mountains of New York.
This trip might not have covered huge miles, but it was a lot of hard work, was a few nights out in the snow, cold, and wind, as always, I walked away with a few lessons for colder weather trips, which will help prepare me for some of the big mountains in fully intend to climb, and was just an all around fun trip sprning the weekend in the woods with my boys. Excited to go back and hit Slide Mountain in a few weeks.
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