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GBGX2 01-02-2017 07:42 AM

New Year's Day Early Mornng Hike
 
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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 01-05-2017 08:20 PM

Looks like a blast. I assume you used snowshoes?


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GBGX2 01-06-2017 06:56 AM

It was and always is a blast!
 
Actually, the trail is so well travelled that we only need micro spikes, even breaking trail, those seem to work just fine!

Slickcraft 01-06-2017 07:27 PM

Mocrospikes
 
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-bugaboo...t-1626251.html

Great photo GBGX2

HellRaZoR004 01-09-2017 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slickcraft (Post 273425)
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-bugaboo...t-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 01-10-2017 06:27 AM

Interesting!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by HellRaZoR004 (Post 273513)
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!


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