Date(s) Hiked: 12/31/2007
Trails(s) Hiked: Lonsone Lake, Hi-Cannon & Kinsman Ridge, returned same way
Total Distance: 5.8 RT approx 2350 feet elevation gain
Difficulty: moderate but short with one tough spot.
Conditions: a few inches of fresh powder covering the well packed trails, minor drifting up high
Special Required Equipment: plastic boots allowed me to kick steps up & down the snow & hardpacked ladder, without them crampons would have been needed in that section.
Trip Report: The overnight snow made for a slow ride from the Conway Hostel to trailhead. Two choices fro getting there, the Kanc or Route 302. Iopted for 302 with a stop at the Highland Center to renew my membership & get some breakfast. By the time I hit the trail is was almost 10:00 but Cannon is a short trip. Met one guy in the lot who was heading to the Kinsmans & hopefully Cannon too.
Met several people descending from Lonesome Lake Hut, many wearing snowshoes. Once I hit the hi-Cannon trail, I wouldn't see another person all day. Cloud ceiling was about 3700 feet aloowing me to see the Parkway from the open areas & the top of the ladder. Just passed the ladder I took my pack off for the 1st time & saw my snowshoes were missing.
With no one else on the trail, this meant I would have go back down the ladder. My plan was to take the longer & slightly easier KRT & Lonesome Lake trail back. At the view for the Lake I could look down at the ice but a little higher & teh visibility disapppeared. I was somewhat surprised when I reached the junction with KRT that no one had come up from the hut today to do Cannon.
It took 3 3/4 hours to get up (because I'm out of shape!) but just an hour and 35 minutes to get down thanks to some boot glissading. I found my snowshoes about 100 yeards below the ladder right in the middle of the trail.
Happy New Year!
Trails(s) Hiked: Lonsone Lake, Hi-Cannon & Kinsman Ridge, returned same way
Total Distance: 5.8 RT approx 2350 feet elevation gain
Difficulty: moderate but short with one tough spot.
Conditions: a few inches of fresh powder covering the well packed trails, minor drifting up high
Special Required Equipment: plastic boots allowed me to kick steps up & down the snow & hardpacked ladder, without them crampons would have been needed in that section.
Trip Report: The overnight snow made for a slow ride from the Conway Hostel to trailhead. Two choices fro getting there, the Kanc or Route 302. Iopted for 302 with a stop at the Highland Center to renew my membership & get some breakfast. By the time I hit the trail is was almost 10:00 but Cannon is a short trip. Met one guy in the lot who was heading to the Kinsmans & hopefully Cannon too.
Met several people descending from Lonesome Lake Hut, many wearing snowshoes. Once I hit the hi-Cannon trail, I wouldn't see another person all day. Cloud ceiling was about 3700 feet aloowing me to see the Parkway from the open areas & the top of the ladder. Just passed the ladder I took my pack off for the 1st time & saw my snowshoes were missing.
With no one else on the trail, this meant I would have go back down the ladder. My plan was to take the longer & slightly easier KRT & Lonesome Lake trail back. At the view for the Lake I could look down at the ice but a little higher & teh visibility disapppeared. I was somewhat surprised when I reached the junction with KRT that no one had come up from the hut today to do Cannon.
It took 3 3/4 hours to get up (because I'm out of shape!) but just an hour and 35 minutes to get down thanks to some boot glissading. I found my snowshoes about 100 yeards below the ladder right in the middle of the trail.
Happy New Year!