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| Holy Cross-way too early to climb! |
We planned to backpack up and down Half Moon Pass the first day to cut off part of the trip (Northeast Slope Route). As it turns out, there is a locked metal gate at the beginning of Tigiwon road. This road is 8 miles and leads to the trailhead. I think the gate won't open up until June 20th, we didn't know this so the first night we backpacked up the road the first night and did the entire climb the next day. There was still a lot of snow on the pass and trail before and after tree-line. Numerous times the trail disappeared under the snow and we had to either go around and find the trail again later, or go through it (which by the end of the day had us sinking in to our knees and sometimes hips). Gators were a good thing to have! Luckily once we cleared tree-line we followed our own trail up the mountain following the cairns and the trail occasionally when we could find it. Long long day, 15 hours including the backpacking out on Tigiwon Road. We had the mountain to ourselves the entire day though and it was beautiful weather  This one might be a good one to wait until later in the summer to do!
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