Thursday night (1.19.12) I got this one done. It turned out to be a little more dramatic than I would have liked. I had 11 people interested in joining us in a yurt that sleeps 12 but on the day before all but 4 dropped out! Then on the day of, another girl joined us so in the end there were 5 of us up there. The first mile of the trail up Green Canyon in Cache Valley we had rain and we were hiking on ice. But we were glad to be out! Finally we got to some snow and strapped out snow shoes on for the rest of the hike. Needless to say, when we finally got to the yurt we were kinda wet. The yurt was fully equipped with cooking supplies and a wood stove that quickly heated the space and begin to dry our wet clothes. The rest of our party (Will and Supe) joined us a little later and we enjoyed dinner and played games before hitting the sack. We each had our pick of several mattresses so we all were pretty comfortable despite the unexpected noise of the snow sliding off the yurt roof all night. Ear plugs fixed that about 2am and we slept better. We got about 6 inches in the night and made the first snowman of the season in the morning before packing up and hiking back down.
So the weather could have been better and it would have been nice to have snow for the whole trail so we could x-country ski in but it was a good experience all the same. Thank you to Josie, Kathy, Supe, and Will who were willing to roll with the punches and make it fun despite it all! I'm excited I have done it so now I know what to expect next time. And there definitely will be a next time, just with more snow!!!
Supe all warm and toasty!
Kathy
Josie
The infamous snowman! The snow was perfect for snowmen!
The yurt is well equipped with kitchen stuff and sleeping pads. Means you don't have to pack quite as much. Pretty nice!
Thanks for another awesome adventure!
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That sounds like so much fun! I'm so glad you did it!
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