Ghost Ridge

Mike's

near Mt. Hood, OR -- December 27, 2009

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I led this trek for the Mazamas and there was 3 inches of new snow on top the 30 inch base.

The temperature was 28 F with no wind at the start. We went out from the Barlow pass sno-

park and mostly paralled the Pacific Crest Trail for about a mile then we followed some older

tracks into the woods and up the ridge. In areas where it became steeper, I made wide traverses

so that we'd have good traction in the new snow over the compacted base. At the top of Ghost

Ridge the wind came up, so after taking pictures and enjoying the views, we dropped back

to lunch at a lower area that had wind protection. We returned to the cars via our path up.