New Year's Day Early Mornng Hike

[GBGX2]

This a picture of my wife from yesterday morning at 6:30 AM. Our tradition is to hike Mt Major and have coffee at the top! A great way to start the New Year.

Happy New Year to all the forum members!

[HellRaZoR004]

Looks like a blast. I assume you used snowshoes?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[GBGX2]

Actually, the trail is so well travelled that we only need micro spikes, even breaking trail, those seem to work just fine!

[Slickcraft]

Most winter hikers use microspikes on established trails. And the majority of those have orange Kahtoola brand spikes on:
http://kahtoola.com/product/microspikes/

There is a place for snowshoes like when breaking trail on 20" of new powder or off trail and deep snow. I will say that since getting microspikes several years ago, we have yet to put the snowshoes on. I wear Kahtoolas over Bugaboots:
http://www.columbia.com/mens-bugaboot-plus-iii-omni-heat-1626251.html

Great photo GBGX2

[HellRaZoR004]

Most winter hikers use microspikes on established trails. And the majority of those have orange Kahtoola brand spikes on:
http://kahtoola.com/product/microspikes/

There is a place for snowshoes like when breaking trail on 20" of new powder or off trail and deep snow. I will say that since getting microspikes several years ago, we have yet to put the snowshoes on. I wear Kahtoolas over Bugaboots:
http://www.columbia.com/mens-bugaboot-plus-iii-omni-heat-1626251.html

Great photo GBGX2



I love my kahtoola micro spikes. Would recommend them over any other brand.

For snowshoes I really like my MSR Lightning Accents.

The wife and I hiked the Balsams Resort ski hill and snowboarded down a couple weeks back and the snowshoes were a must!

[GBGX2]

I love my kahtoola micro spikes. Would recommend them over any other brand.

For snowshoes I really like my MSR Lightning Accents.

The wife and I hiked the Balsams Resort ski hill and snowboarded down a couple weeks back and the snowshoes were a must!

A coincidence, in as much as we own, use and love both the Kahtoola's and MSR's, they are great choices for winter hiking!