Red Mountain Lookout
Posted: May 7th, 2012, 10:32 am
This has become an annual trip for me. Red Mountain is just south of Indian Heaven. By some time in May, the roads have usually melted out enough to get within striking distance, as it could be close to 15 miles from the nearest plowed road in mid-winter. I got closer than ever this time despite being the earliest I've ever gone.
Two years ago I spent the night and had to move camp due to intense winds. Last year I did a daytrip. I decided to overnight this year and sleep on the lookout balcony, where I would be sheltered. But having a wind tunnel 10 feet away around the corner hardly makes for a night of blissful sleep. And to top it off, everything had iced over by morning, making the first part of the ski descent an ordeal until I reached softer snow.
I had a great afternoon yesterday and I have decided that this is best a daytrip.
The Mountains
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Two years ago I spent the night and had to move camp due to intense winds. Last year I did a daytrip. I decided to overnight this year and sleep on the lookout balcony, where I would be sheltered. But having a wind tunnel 10 feet away around the corner hardly makes for a night of blissful sleep. And to top it off, everything had iced over by morning, making the first part of the ski descent an ordeal until I reached softer snow.
I had a great afternoon yesterday and I have decided that this is best a daytrip.
The Mountains
Telemark Time!