I had the opportunity to travel to Coeur d’Alene Idaho for a two week work assignment. I took a day off and went to Scotchman Peak in the Kaniksu National Forest. I started at 3200’ and hiked to the summit at 7009’ in four miles. This trail starts hard at the bottom but gets easier about midway. The weather at the bottom was cloudy and was in the clouds by 6000’.
I was slightly under prepared without snow baskets on my trekking poles or any kind of traction devise, or a hat, or gloves. Does Idaho not know it's almost summer? At around 6000’ the trail had patches of hard snow, by 6500’ the snow covered everything. Lost the trail around 6800’ but kept going until the top. Going down in hard snow is always fun, only fell once.
Fun hike, great views midway, couldn’t see 300’ at the top.
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