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Hello: The 2008 edition of the Thursday Night AfterBurners hiking group begins 3/20 with a quick trip to Cedar Butte. We will be hiking every Thursday now through September. If you are interested in joining, send me a PM and I'll put you on the email distribution list. Cheers! -Mark

[DRSpalding]

Thanks. I guess my email didn't get onto the list. I'll PM Mesahchie Mark again about it.

[Schmidt Alti-Babe]

Have fun at Tiger everyone! Wish we could make it, but we'll see you all next week.

[Schmidt Alti-Dude]

Does anyone think we will need snowshoes to do Mt. Si via the old trail tomorrow?

[yukon222]

There is fresh snow on the top 1/4 of the mountain today. Need snowshoes? Probably not but might keep you from postholing on the final stretch to Haystack. Haven't been up there recently. Traction devices of some sort would probably be a good idea. I'm probably going to bring my snowshoes and end up regretting it. But I know if I don't bring them, then I'll regret it. Kind of like choosing that line at the grocery store - left or right, hoping one is faster than the other.

[Yet]

[yukon222]

That's a great idea Yet! Better still, I should hand carry those giant snowshoes in my left arm this time, rather than the right. Since it stretched it out so far on that TNAB Winter Solstice, (when the person I carried them halfway up the mountain for, didn't even use them!! ), I really should try and lengthen out the other arm this time. Fortunately, my daypack is entirely capable of transporting 1 set of shoes so I'll do that. Unless you know of someone who might be attending and MAY need a 2nd set?

[rdyhiker]

Haven't been on Si since the new snow last weekend, but did a scramble up Teneriffe today via the trail that is not a trail, so similar to old Si. Snow was slushy, mushy and very navigable without snowshoes until the last very steep slope. Then there was 2 feet of fresh powder. Half of our group put their shoes on there. I broke trail 3/4 of the way up without them... but it was interesting - my boot went all 2 feet down then the snow slid out from under, so I ended up having to bulldoze with my knees and feet. I created a trench, not steps. The guy who took over the last 1/4 of the way had his snowshoes on and did much better - he only sank in 1 1/2 feet with the snow still sliding out underneath him. That's a long winded way of saying... I wouldn't bring snowshoes for Si tomorrow.

[Aussie]

A group of us went up Si tonight - no snowshoes required. Generally the snow is slightly soft and slushy although there are some spots where there's compact, icy snow under the slushy stuff. Yaktrax might be useful depending on your confidence/experience on snow, but not a 'must-have'.

[gone]

[Aussie]

Yeah. We did the old trail about a month ago and its even longer since I've been up the regular trail. This group only goes out every 2 weeks. Not sure what's on the agenda for the next one. Have fun tonight. We got good weather last night and it looks like its going to be even better today !

[Hiker Chick]

What time do y'all usually wrap up? I am trying to see if I could fit some of these into my schedule..

[yukon222]

6:00pm heading up the trail, summit/destination by 8:00pm, depending upon weather/views start heading back down in 15-30 minutes. Usually back at TH by 9:30 - 10:00pm. Obviously depends upon the actual hike but those are pretty accurate guidelines.

[drewcoll]

I assume snowshoes will be necessary on Bandera, right? {lanning on going all the way to the summit too?

[northbynorthwest]

How do I get on the list for these hikes. The idea of hiking on Thursday nights holds a lot of appeal. Also, I'm assuming 'after-burners' are pretty fast. I can hike at a steady clip, but might not be fast as the others....can I still go along. Anyway, shoot me an email with info.

[Yet]

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