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Hi all,
So I recently was laid-off and have a bunch of free time now :-) Thinking of doing the TRT end of February over 10-14 days and from looking at the TRT site I don't see any recent trail conditions. Is this trail not typically hiked during the winter or are there closures I should be concerned with? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Matt, on a typical winter, you should be asking about cross-country skis or snowshoes for this trail. This winter is currently looking pretty bad, and there are lots of barren slopes up to 10,000 feet. However, this could change literally overnight.
How would you travel in three feet of snow?
–B.G.–
It's not usually hiked in the winter because it's under a ton of snow.
It's pretty dry on the open slopes up there, but there is weather coming this weekend.
If you think about it, you better plan for snowshoes and hiking a trail you can't see under the snow in the trees!
You might want to wait until May or June.
End of February? If you're in the Bay Area, consider driving south to hike around the desert.
The "low desert" (below ~2000 feet) has optimal weather in February, and sometimes, early wildflowers.
Some areas that qualify as low desert: Death Valley; Anza Borrego; and southern/central Arizona.
– Elizabeth
Yeah, i figured the response I'd get would be "You're crazy". I didn't ask about snowshoes since I'd be taking them but wanted to get some information on the trail during the winter. When I posted I didn't realize the trail wasn't marked up for winter use so that could make it a bit interesting if not impossible. I could've swore I saw markers on the trees when I was up there last time but I guess not.
Elizabeth, As far as going south are there any "long" trails you'd recommend?
I've snowshoed/hiked parts of the TRT in winter a couple of times. Some sections were signed with occasional blazes or small TRT emblem signs on the trees and were relatively easy to follow through the snow and trees. Other sections, not so much.
Whem we last hiked part of it (April 2013), the snow was low enough around the Kingsbury Grade to Spooner Summit section that we were able to run quite a bit of it with only occasional snowy patches in the shaded areas. Required a little postholing here and there, and there was a couple of spots where some microspikes would've helped, but otherwise it wasn't bad at all.
On some of the higher sections, I'd expect it to be more of a typical snow travel affair.
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