1/25/23
Day 95

Today I woke up late and headed over to the Doubleheads. This short, steep hike is not to be underestimated in terms of difficulty, just because it was only 5 miles doesn’t mean it wasn’t hard. (It wasn’t that hard this time, but it was much harder in 2020.) The Ski Path was nicely tracked out by the backcountry skiers, the trail between the two peaks was only broken by skiers to a few hundred feet before the junction, and I was postholing up to my knees in snowshoes to the junction. Down Old Path I went, losing 800’ in .5 miles only to turn around and climb right back up it and head over to the summit of South Doublehead which was barely tracked by one snowshoer and a skier. The summit spur was unbroken and drifts were back to up to my knees in snowshoes for the .2 mile spur. Back to the junction with New Path which was 100% untracked since the last storm that dropped over a foot of fresh powder. I ski/hiked down in my snowshoes. It snowed for the last 90 minutes of the day and I just barely missed the start of the second snowstorm in 48 hours.

Daily Miles: 5.29

Daily Vert: 2623’

Overall Miles: 1008.69

Overall Vert: 291,381’

Trace: 43.7% -> 44%

Trails:

Doublehead Ski Trail

Old Path

New Path

South Doublehead Spur