Two groups of students, one with six people, the other with two, came together for two days of map and compass and brain class with Redline Guiding. Day one featured the standard full day Wilderness Navigation course. Day two was a brief re-cap of day one then the students were to create a bushwhack plan — one we’d end up not doing due to high water […]
It seems like we were just up there, up on the Moat Mountain Range (of 52WAV fame) but during monorail season those lower elevation southern aspects hold a lot of appeal. That’s what Redline Guide Howard Aronson figured when he chose the Moats for his three guests. Initially a North Moat loop seemed like it might be an option, but recent trail condition reports weren’t favorable. […]
While our guest did beat the Carters — South and Middle Carter, anyway — it really was the Carters that won. Carter Dome was supposed to be next you see and that plan was scrapped. The monorail’s to blame. Postholing can be tough business. So much so our guest wanted none of it on day two. The NH 4ks can wait. It was time to turn […]
