dirt_girl
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Date(s) Hiked: Carter Dome Aug. 4 2004
Trails(s) Hiked: Loop-19 Mile Brook, Carter Dome, Carter-Moriah, 19 Mile Brook Trails
Total Distance: 10.4 miles
Difficulty: I never noticed any.
Conditions: Absolutely perfect.
Special Required Equipment: A quick wit.
Trip Report: I met my hiking partners at the 19 mile trail head. When I say “met”…I mean it. I had never hiked with them before and was a little anxious about it. Not to worry faithful readers, my hiking partners showed up early and in full good natured spirit. I liked both of them right away and now understand why so many of you speak highly and affectionately of hiking with MntMagic and Ghostdog. Unfortunately, MntMagic hadn’t sleep well for having nightmares about his hiking partner falling from the pin steps on Wildcat. He felt much better about just hiking Carter Dome and his partner Ghostdog was all in favour of it as well. Sometimes it’s serves no purpose to tempt fate.
Off we went on 19 mile trail, the temperatures were cool, the sun was shining and the laughter wasn’t far behind. I can not explain any trail conditions to you this time as I was completely engaged in humorous conversations for most of the journey. I do remember a lovely brook with cascading water and numerous pools. Before I knew it we had reached the Carter Dome junction where we had the fortune to meet a NOBO. A feisty man with an impish gleam in his eyes. MtnMagic and this 82 year old NOBO were quickly bantering between themselves and I stood there shaking my head and chuckling. When MtnMagic and the ancient one were done, we continued on until we chanced to meet two more NOBO’s. Two young men with stories to tell and MtnMagic wanted to hear all of them. I even learned a thing or two.
It was truly a fun conversation to listen to and participate in. I understood this to be the MtnMagic way of hiking. After a few more funny stories and some uphill hiking we had reached the summit of Mt. Height. The three of us took in the outstanding, 360 degree views and rested out of the wind. It was spectacular. We could absolutely see forever from there. We had a lunch date with Carter Dome and after a little map orientating for my benefit, we moved on. One need not "push on" with MtnMagic, simply move on will do.
The trip to the dome is a blur as well, a blur of words and laughter. If you’ve been there you know there is no view from Carter Dome summit. You can find one on some of the trails leading from the summit but nothing could beat what we saw from Height so we were quite content to sit a spell and have some lunch. I can not convey how perfect the weather was, after having been cheated out of good views and decent weather on my last few hikes, I was thrilled to be relaxing in warm sunshine with cool breezes and the summit to ourselves. Ah……………… paradise!
MtnMagic humored my desire to grab another patch for my collection and we headed for the Carter Notch Hut after a very pleasant lunch break. Never in all my years have I heard one man ask so many questions! The three people in the hut that were paying attention soon found themselves in the rapid fire, good natured whirlwind of a “magic” conversation. Again, all I could do was watch, listen, shake my head and chuckle. We had to leave only because it would be dark soon, so we made our way back down the trail in the same fashion we had come up, walking and talking. I inquired as to how MtnMagic was feeling, he had mentioned some soreness in his knee on the extremely steep decent to the hut, his response was “I am content”. This statement summed up to total of the day, as I felt completely the same way.
Here’s to you Magic and Ghostdog :beer: and another great day. Feel free to add whatever I may have missed.
dirt_girl
Note: I hiked up to Thompson Falls before this hike and added the Wildcat stamp to my collection.
Trails(s) Hiked: Loop-19 Mile Brook, Carter Dome, Carter-Moriah, 19 Mile Brook Trails
Total Distance: 10.4 miles
Difficulty: I never noticed any.
Conditions: Absolutely perfect.
Special Required Equipment: A quick wit.
Trip Report: I met my hiking partners at the 19 mile trail head. When I say “met”…I mean it. I had never hiked with them before and was a little anxious about it. Not to worry faithful readers, my hiking partners showed up early and in full good natured spirit. I liked both of them right away and now understand why so many of you speak highly and affectionately of hiking with MntMagic and Ghostdog. Unfortunately, MntMagic hadn’t sleep well for having nightmares about his hiking partner falling from the pin steps on Wildcat. He felt much better about just hiking Carter Dome and his partner Ghostdog was all in favour of it as well. Sometimes it’s serves no purpose to tempt fate.
Off we went on 19 mile trail, the temperatures were cool, the sun was shining and the laughter wasn’t far behind. I can not explain any trail conditions to you this time as I was completely engaged in humorous conversations for most of the journey. I do remember a lovely brook with cascading water and numerous pools. Before I knew it we had reached the Carter Dome junction where we had the fortune to meet a NOBO. A feisty man with an impish gleam in his eyes. MtnMagic and this 82 year old NOBO were quickly bantering between themselves and I stood there shaking my head and chuckling. When MtnMagic and the ancient one were done, we continued on until we chanced to meet two more NOBO’s. Two young men with stories to tell and MtnMagic wanted to hear all of them. I even learned a thing or two.
It was truly a fun conversation to listen to and participate in. I understood this to be the MtnMagic way of hiking. After a few more funny stories and some uphill hiking we had reached the summit of Mt. Height. The three of us took in the outstanding, 360 degree views and rested out of the wind. It was spectacular. We could absolutely see forever from there. We had a lunch date with Carter Dome and after a little map orientating for my benefit, we moved on. One need not "push on" with MtnMagic, simply move on will do. The trip to the dome is a blur as well, a blur of words and laughter. If you’ve been there you know there is no view from Carter Dome summit. You can find one on some of the trails leading from the summit but nothing could beat what we saw from Height so we were quite content to sit a spell and have some lunch. I can not convey how perfect the weather was, after having been cheated out of good views and decent weather on my last few hikes, I was thrilled to be relaxing in warm sunshine with cool breezes and the summit to ourselves. Ah……………… paradise!
MtnMagic humored my desire to grab another patch for my collection and we headed for the Carter Notch Hut after a very pleasant lunch break. Never in all my years have I heard one man ask so many questions! The three people in the hut that were paying attention soon found themselves in the rapid fire, good natured whirlwind of a “magic” conversation. Again, all I could do was watch, listen, shake my head and chuckle. We had to leave only because it would be dark soon, so we made our way back down the trail in the same fashion we had come up, walking and talking. I inquired as to how MtnMagic was feeling, he had mentioned some soreness in his knee on the extremely steep decent to the hut, his response was “I am content”. This statement summed up to total of the day, as I felt completely the same way.
Here’s to you Magic and Ghostdog :beer: and another great day. Feel free to add whatever I may have missed.
dirt_girl
Note: I hiked up to Thompson Falls before this hike and added the Wildcat stamp to my collection.
