hiked  Needle Peak  and did 13.0Km and 880m    Date: May 10, 2009 Share it on Facebook Embed it in webpage Reads:1188

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The snow started right from the trailhead which is now at the industrial lot. There was a very recent track of several snowshoes. The snow was nice going up and slushy on the way down but was still nice. My hardest section was getting up on the summit ridge and this is where the track of other people ended. I took a hard chimney and took me a while to negotiate it. The summer one was about 70m further from me. On the way back, I sticked with the trail I came from didn't go on the gentler one as it was covered by snow and it would involve traversing slushy snow on a steep slope. It didn't seemed to me that it would make it any easier. The majority of the peak itself was snow free and was fairly easy scrambling. I also saw an eagle standing there before it flied away. The whole trip took 5:30 hours. A fine peak on a fine day.

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