Dec 8, 2019
Laughington is great for short days, recently rare weather windows and some fun 4x4 FSR travel.
(and yes, I still get out almost every weekend... ;)
Drove quiet far up the road... even through the Alder tunnels which tried very hard to rip the mirrors off my truck... see the Google Earth image I attached for a sense of where I parked (Blue track high clearance 4x4, yellow track is hike proper-see previous posts here for alternative routes).
Someone has kindly trimmed back what was a harsh gauntlet of Alders just a year ago... so this route is now about 200x more pleasant.
Snowshoes went on within a few minutes of leaving the truck (~1300m elevation). Did my best to follow an old GPX track so I had a reasonably clean track I could share here.
Some bushy sections as you try to stay on top of the ridge, hard crusty snow in the shadows and icy crust under the trees.
Moving Time: 3hr 50min
Elevation Gain: 850m
Average Grade: 14%
Enjoy the images, be safe and have fun out there.
Regards,
Rex
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