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hiked  Cloudburst (from Chance Creek FSR)  and did 15.0Km and 1171m   
Mood and date:  May 02, 2010
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Doing the same trail exactly on the same day one year before, I found it less demanding physically but mentally tougher. We parked further up by 2Km than last time which saved good 4Km of logging road hiking which I wasn't looking forward to do.

However, the weather was worse. Once we were on the peak, visibility reduced to zero where I couldn't see where I was stepping next. It was accompanied by wind and blizzard. Our track to the top was wiped out quickly. We waited for any opportunity of clearing to bypass the cliff section. After a while, our hope for the weather to calm down faded. We decided to negotiate slowly the peak ridge with GPS mainly backed by compass and map as verification. It was quite sketchy.

Snow condition wasn't bad. There was more snow on the top this time than last year but less at the bottom. we had the entire mountain for us. This was a Wanderung Club trip.

P.S. The GPS track that you see on the map also involves our drive on the logging road. Hover above the blue pins to see its distance and elevation.
 
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This step requires some scrambling. It is possible to avoid it by going further for another 150m and looping back to merge with it a little further.
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at 9pm May 05, 2010
Thanks. It was a team effort. I didn't do much.
The weather allured us for a while that it was improving before the storm set in.
at 8pm May 05, 2010
Good job in tough weather.