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Old 01-02-2017, 07:42 AM   #1
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Default New Year's Day Early Mornng Hike

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.

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Looks like a blast. I assume you used snowshoes?


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Default 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!
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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

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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!
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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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