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Knagge Trail to the Cabin, Snow - 1/31/2015

Created by Charles Miles on 2/2/2015.

Lower on the highway everything was wet - Seven Cataracts is roaring and all the usual road-cut waterfalls flowing - but somewhere around Barnum Rock the rain turned to big wet snow flakes!

2015 January Driving Snow
2015 January Driving Snow. Charles Miles. 1/31/2015.

The snow seems like a surprise after the rain - but it has been snowing long enough to cover Incinerator Ridge Road and put snow on the [link slug="incinerator-ridge-trail-and-kellogg-trail"]Incinerator Ridge Trail[/link] - a frozen sign greets me at the start of the [link slug="knagge-trail"/].

2015 January Junction of the Knagge and Kellogg Mountain Trails
2015 January Junction of the Knagge and Kellogg Mountain Trails. Charles Miles. 1/31/2015.

Clouds cover the mountain and snow covers the trail - there aren't any footsteps to follow today but finding the trail isn't a problem. I start to wonder about snow collecting on the highway - but surely there is time to make it to the old cabin site...

2015 January Old Fire New Snow
2015 January Old Fire New Snow. Charles Miles. 1/31/2015.
2015 January Into the Storm
2015 January Into the Storm: From an overlook just off the Knagge trail. Charles Miles. 1/31/2015.

The snow has turned to rain by the time I finish the hike down to the cabin - out of time I head back up into the snow.

2015 January Walking up the highway
2015 January Walking up the highway. Charles Miles. 1/31/2015.

2.5 Miles, +/- 1100' of elevation gain and loss.


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