Wednesday Box

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:40 pm

Wednesday is the day, Box is the place.

Sunny. NW. And I WILL be healthy.

lewsmith · Post by **lewsmith** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:38 pm

Count me in for Box on Wednesday, Dec 30. I will be leaving early since it takes me a while to hike Box - and I like the top launches.
Lew

Irina · Post by **Irina** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:47 pm

I am defenitely in !!! I want to try again to leave the ground...

azwyatt · Post by **azwyatt** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:07 pm

I'm in too!

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:02 am

Hope you guys have a good time ...
Winds look SW early before or up to 11-the southwest bowl is pretty nice! due west after- not so good right up the spine- small bowl lower down... Forecasts are just that .. best guess SW where the sun is.. my guess is you will do better at Mustangs..
Only time will tell.

Eric-

John Wolfe · Post by **John Wolfe** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:20 am

I'm interested.

John Wolfe · Post by **John Wolfe** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:37 pm

Current FSL forecasts indicate too much north and too much speed for Mustang. The NW bowl of Box is looking promising.

It sure would be nice to have a driver so we could drive to the HG launch and hike to the top from there.

azwyatt · Post by **azwyatt** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:33 pm

John asked me to email him the XCSkies forecasts for both Box and Mustang, so I figured I'd just post them.

So here's Mustang:
<a href="/http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n283 ... dofdec.gif" target="_blank"><img src="/http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n283 ... dofdec.gif" border="0" alt="Mustang end of dec"></a>

And here's Box:
<a href="/http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n283 ... dofdec.gif" target="_blank"><img src="/http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n283 ... dofdec.gif" border="0" alt="BOX end of dec"></a>

lewsmith · Post by **lewsmith** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:30 am

I am leaving for Box.
Lew

John Wolfe · Post by **John Wolfe** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:54 am

The forecasts are telling me that we have a really good chance of being blown out for PG, but Eric is trying rally some HG types.
What are the rest of the PGs thinking? Are you seeing something more encouraging in the forecasts than I am?

Irina · Post by **Irina** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:14 am

I think I will go to kite later today and will fly other day in better conditions for me, sorry, I am not feel confident enough to experiment with wind on the mountain!

John Wolfe · Post by **John Wolfe** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:53 am

Eric and I have decided to sit this one out.

azwyatt · Post by **azwyatt** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:35 pm

Lew and I went and parawaited for a few hours. Called it a day at around four or so. Oh--Lew, you need to tell them about your re-discovery on the north side!

John Wolfe · Post by **John Wolfe** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:50 pm

Please tell us about the conditions. Did you go to the top or stop at the first knoll?

lewsmith · Post by **lewsmith** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:02 pm

Wyatt and I did not fly, but we did hike down the original Box trail on the Southwest spine. It is a much safer way to hike down Box than the one that we usually use on the North West spine. (The NW trail is much worse than it was 5 or 10 years ago - especially going down - and it is almost dangerous at night.)
If you don't like hiking down Box, ask me about the original Box trail. It is a bit longer, and takes more time going up, but it is almost as fast going down.
Lew

Wednesday Box

Dec 30 at Box

A safe way to hike down Box