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hotrod4x5
Thanks Chick on I was thinking probably bring them.
YPW yaktrax work great on ice and slippery, packed snow, been using them for a few years.
I can't find the other posts where I had pictures of the trail in winter.
The long traverse where you can finally see the entire upper falls can get interesting.
And then the gabazillion switchers beyond that can be covered entirely in snow.
I know we have walked up w/o shoes from there but with yakky thingies...
and then came back down in shoes until ran outta snow.
Probably a whole heckalotta peeps will be going up w/o anything... searching for
a stick to use as a hiking stick... sliding around... struggling to the top..
and then once they get to the top... say ok... time to go back down... and never
even go to the lookout or close too it (seen it done... as we walk by in shoes)
(tell them they should go ova der and lookie... and they say "uh.. had enough of dis" )
Same thing is true for Snow Creek... could be no snow until you hit the rim...
and then... kaboom... We've done that before... got lazy and didn't bring shoes
and then just postholed away until found a spot to camp. We both said we
made a big mistake and next time we'll bring shoes.
And.. the same is true for up to Nevada Falls. ... although the JMT can get
VERY interesting ... and I ... ahem... normally just take the .. ahem... Mist
... ahem... regardless of it current "status"
Anywho... if u have shoes... I'd just carry them if dayhiking...
dats my 2 cents...
Chomping at the bit here to get my booty in some snow... too...