Wednesday Box
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Wednesday is the day, Box is the place.
Sunny. NW. And I WILL be healthy.
Sunny. NW. And I WILL be healthy.
Dec 30 at Box
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
Lew
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-
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-
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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>
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>
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A safe way to hike down Box
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
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