Saturday, I went and did my first winter 46er.  I decided on Cascade and Porter because of the distance (shortest for all the peaks) and because I knew the trail somewhat well.  I got at the trailhead about 9, got my boots, jacket, etc on and started to walk from the second parking area to the trailhead, getting about 3/4 of the way there, to realize I didn't have my gloves.  D'oh!  I get my gloves and go back.  Now this trail in the summer is a good mix of steep and flat with a lot of rocks to navigate over, and one really good scramble before you get to the bald p

Saturday will be the first of my winter 46.  I have all the gear and this will be my shakedown hike.  I didn't go up last weekend because of a major rain storm on Friday and unsure of the trails.  Trail reports after said some of the water crossings were bad, but overall the trails were fine throughout the high peaks.  This week, we've again got rain up there, but on Wednesday, and not as much or bad as we had last week.  That gives it a couple days to freeze back up and there's supposed to be another 9 or so inches of snow falling Friday.  So, with that all in

What's that?  I'm considering doing the 46ers again?  Why yes, I am.  I'm not going to do them all in 3 months like I did over the summer of 2020, but I am going to do them between Dec 21 and Mar 21 for this quest... yes, you read that right, I'm going for a winter 46, aka the winter rocker.

The winter 46 is climbing all of the 46ers between December 21 and March 21.  For me this is a multi-year challenge that I hope to finish in 2026.  At this point in time I have 5 peaks over 3 hikes left to do.