Tips: 1. When you attempt this during winter, be careful with snow. Watch the weather if there is snowfall before on your hiking date. 2. Prepare winter gears, snowshoe, microspike, crampon, long gaiters, water proof clothing, sunglass, weather resistant gloves or mitt.
I underestimated the seriousness of snow, and did not prepared winter gears well. I did not finished to summit, and needed to turn back less than a midpoint. The trails are all disappeared because of snow, and I depends on my hiking apps on my phone.
I was arrived parking lot around 9:00 am, and there is just one car there.
The trailhead sign is covered by snow.
You can find any trail except the foot steps.
There is ski traces in some sections, and it made me so difficult where to go.
It is seriously getting deeper, and I almost felt walking in swamp with the depth of my waist in some sections.
I had to turn back because I don’t have snowshoe and gaiters long enough to protect my feet.