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5/24/2025
Route: Fern Creek Trail
Posted On: 5/26/2025, By: HikerGuy
Info: Started from Thirty Mile Campground. Route is dry to 11,700. Started at 6:15, snow completely supportive on the way up. Postholed a bit on the way down, probably should have started earlier. Still happy to not have carried snowshoes for 15+ miles, not worth it. A little postholing builds character, haha. 15.49 miles, 4,241 feet and 7h 22m round trip. 
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10/15/2024
Route: Fern creek trail
Posted On: 10/15/2024, By: tdawg012
Info: Summer conditions. One more day before that changes me thinks. 
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7/12/2023
Route: via CDT from Squaw pass
Posted On: 7/14/2023, By: SnowAlien
Info: Departed our campsite ~11.2k around 8am, stashed overnight packs and started up the trail around 8.20am. There is a little bit of deadfall on the trail. Route is very straightforward, the only distraction were wildflowers. Arrived on the summit just after 10am, register still in good shape. Reversed our route, got back to our packs around noon and hobbled out of the basin on the never ending trail back to Thirtymile. Stats for the day: 17 miles (10+ miles of backpacking) and 9+ hours. 
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6/5/2022
Route: North Ridge via Squaw and Fern Creek Trails
Posted On: 6/5/2022, By: supranihilest
Info: As dry as it is boring: extremely. 
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