UPDATE:  as of Saturday, 4:15 pm – the forecast is good enough to go.  Bring rain covers/jackets, seat pads,  etc, just in case we see a sprinkle, your lunch, and, of course – traction devices.  See you all in the morning👍🏻.

This hike is subject to weather.  Please check back here the night before the hike to confirm it is a “go”.  Leaders:  Lisa Boutry and Maureen Thorkelson.

** YOU MUST HAVE CRAMPONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS HIKE…..Gaiters highly recommended too, as we will be in snow.

Be sure to wear your crampons, and if you have big-tooth crampons, those would be best.  Gaiters and poles recommended.  Bundle up, bring lunch and hot tea.

A nice hike in the trees at Kenna – trails in Kenna are local, so not much driving, and are always travelled, so we won’t need snowshoes, just crampons and hopefully you all have gaiters.  Feel free to wear “goofy” hats if you have any……I think I can find one in my closet!

Meetup at the main Kenna parking lot on Hillside Dr, (just before the Jail), at 11:00am.  We will start up the Tower Trail, and connect to Saskatoon and Upper Doug Dawes.  At the junction of U.D.Dawes and North Vista, we’ll pop over to the lookout with a table and eat our lunches.  Then back onto Upper Doug Dawes to Big Pine all the way to Upper Ponderosa then back onto the Tower Trail down to the parking lot.

Approx 6.21km with 182m vertical.

We will go at a leisurely and social pace, so if you like to go quite quickly, this is not the hike for you.  This will be a socially-oriented hike – the purpose is to relax and enjoy the company and the scenery while getting some healthy exercise and fresh air.  We will not hike quickly.