Training Log Archive: jima

Broken Ground trails from the Portsmouth St trailhead. Out along Ry's Way - new Mtn bike trail, then following some spur trails to get the tracks. One dead-ended, but the next went over to the main N-S jeep track, then back along other trails I'd hit before.
Wore neoprene socks over thin Wrightsocks, which kept my feet dry. Happy with the Spikecross Salomons - good fit and traction is as expected.

Headlamp run at RV Farm. Pretty well boot packed, still glad I had studded shoes on. Probably time to retire this pair, o hand them off tom someone with slightly smaller feet, but the cheap yankee in me rebels at that thought. I can still cram my feet into them, they have more studs left in place than some other pairs I'm still using, so why mess up my nice spiffy new studded shoes?

Temp a little higher than Tuesday, and was a bit over dressed - probably didn't need the short sleeve T in addition to the long sleeve one under the wind breaker.
Brought my poles to get my arms involved. Really should have grabbed skis and seen what the Gunstock XC trails look like. Downhill opens for the season tomorrow, but the XC page is still silent.

Finally go myself out the door.
Run/hike/snowshoe up Mt Rowe from Gilford Elementary.
New red Salomon Spikecross 5 GTX - which were great on the first part. Not a lot of snow down lower - maybe a couple of inches, which numerous hikers had boot-packed down. I took a right on to the lower section of the B Weeks trails - fewer folks, so more of the snow laden bent over trees partially blocking the trail.
About 3-4" where it rejoins the Mt Rowe trail, then at the split I stayed on the less travelled B Week upper portion. Snow getting deeper, more branches and trees blocking the trail. Got maybe 2/3 of the way up, looked like 2 others had been there before me , snow now about 8" - stopped and put on my snowshoes. Smaller ones, so not a lot of floatation, but do a better job of packing down the snow for later hikers, and reduces the snow clinging to the tops of shoes/ankles/calves. Maybe 12" closer to the top. Other than one intrepid runner who'd come down the North Spur trail with widely spaced footprints as they'd bounded through the deep stuff. Broke trail up - and noted all the trees I hadn't taken out a few weeks back when I was trimming along this part of my adopted trail. A lot of bend overs and large branches covered with snow making for a lot of diversions.
Came down the yellow trail - pretty well boot packed, but tricky to get through in some places with knee deep snow and the packed trail only as wide as one snowshoe.
A bit under dressed - but a fun adventure!!