Peter Grubb Hut Overnighter

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Peter Grubb Hut Overnighter

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Last Sunday I drove up to the Boreal area Sno Park and snow shoed into the back country with this crew. Some of you may remember a report I posted in June of 2015 about a trip I did with John the Ax Man.
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This winter there has been plenty of snow.
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3 Heavy Snow.jpg
4 Heavy Snow on Trees.jpg
The trail in is very well compacted and one did not really even need skis or snow shoes.
5 Good Trail Shot.jpg
Castle Peak is looking well covered in a depth of snow.
6 Castle Peak.jpg
Trekking up the pass was simple because of the great trail.
7 Pass.jpg
This is a shot from the top of the pass looking back at Andesite Peak.
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The trail remained good even through the trees on the way down to Round Valley.
9 Good Trail.jpg
Old Man Mountain is looking good covered in snow
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To be continued…
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Thanks Russ, cool pictures. Here is the link to the previous TR: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12802&p=96002&hilit ... Man#p96002 Is she texting in that first photo.
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Eventually we made it down to Round Valley.
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Peter Grubb Hut is almost buried in snow.
12 Basin Peak Hut.jpg
This is a shot of the back of the hut.
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And a night time shot.
14 Night Shot Hut.jpg
It may be difficult for those of you who have never seen the hut in the summer to appreciate the depth of the snow.
15 Summer Hut.jpg
Here are some shots from inside the lower level of the hut (the upper loft is just a deck where everybody sleeps on the floor).
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Those are nice cabinets. There is also place to hang you wet apparel. There is also a complimentary Coleman two burner stove you can use for cooking.
17 Drying line.jpg
There might be a rodent issue because there were these trays hanging to store food. I didn’t see any signs of rodents. This is probably a non-issue due to the traps we found.
18 Hang Food.jpg
There is still plenty of fire wood left for the wood burning stove.
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We spent the night and enjoyed a leisurely hike out on Monday morning. There were very heavy crowds on Sunday, but even on Monday we ran into quite a few people.

The Sierra rocks in the winter!

Thanks for reading my report.

-Russ
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maverick wrote:Thanks Russ, cool pictures. Here is the link to the previous TR: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12802&p=96002&hilit ... Man#p96002 Is she texting in that first photo.
Yes, she (Mattie) is a kid...just 5 months older than my Maverick. But she is a real trooper and did a great job.

:nod: =D> :thumbsup: :thumbsup: =D> :nod:

I had a really hard time posting this report from work. I think my company must have put in some type of security system that confuses HST. I might have to post from my laptop at home. Darn! Now I will need to work!

](*,) ](*,) :lol:

-Russ
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