It was a cold morning on February 20th (14 degrees and windless at the start, 27 with 25MPH winds at the finish)
We were lucky enough to have Evan up for the weekend, and armed with a large number of brownies and slabs of pizza and lemon pepper tuna and fig newtons, off to hike we went.
Despite the cold, it was a busy morning in the notch but were found a nice place to park on the road, not terribly far from the trailhead.
We had a pretty flexible plan. We knew we would summit Webster and Jackson for sure- and then weather depending head over to Pierce. The walk to Pierce is nice unless the weather isn't- and then it is just an awful time.
Anyway, off we went into the cold. We had done Jackson and Webster twice before- August of '18 and December of '19. We have also done Pierce about 27 times at this point. So, only Jackson would count for anything on this particular day, but 3 peaks would be a nice addition to our goal of 62 peaks in 22 (a goal that is beginning to look terribly unreachable, as we continue to suffer winter's wrath...)
ANYWAY. Off we went.
Uneventful (steep) hike to Webster, where it became ridiculously cold.
As we made our way towards Jackson, it was pretty unanimous that we would head down from there.
And when we arrived, it was much warmer, a really lovely day, so we forged on.
The walk to Pierce was very enjoyable, and we enjoyed a windless snack break at the hut before tackling the steep section.
After summiting Pierce for the 9,621st time, we made short work of the return trip as the winds picked up and got pretty crazy.
Another fun day in the hills- Checking off Jackson for 48 round 2, and logging another couple peaks for our overly ambitions 62 peaks in '22 goal.
Miles: 9.1
Elevation: 3267
Time: 4:32:03
Fun: 7.5- the company was a 10, but we got pretty chilly for a few!
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