Mount Jefferson

Trails Used

Jewell

Trail Conditions

Equipment

Notes

A returning guest came to us with hopes of summiting Mts Jefferson and Washington. Unfortunately snows the night before filled in the trail. Granted, Redline Guide Chase Hall found the trail still easy to follow, and it was certainly quite pretty, but breaking out Jewell Trail with all that fresh powder tired out our guest to the point of them not making either summit. That said, our guest did earn their “Golden Boot” award by contributing to the day by way of taking some of the trail-breaking duties off Chase’s hands. From the hiking community, thanks!

Trails Used

Jewell Trail, Gulfside, Jefferson Loop

Trail Conditions

Equipment

Notes

Jewell from the Cog Cutoff was a seasonal mixed bag. We encountered lots of hard ice interspersed with hard packed snow. As elevation increased, there was less ice and more snow with developed narrow monorail. Above tree line we experienced ice, rocks, snow, monorail and drifts. the drifting was mostly on Gulfside mostly in the Sphinx Col. The two small snowfields north of Sphinx Col were hard and icy and hillsounds worked but K-10s would have been better. I was in my “rock spikes” but newer ones would have been a help.

Parking

Paid $10 per head to avoid an extra mile of hiking. Enjoying the heated flush rest room was a bonus.

Water Crossings

none