We snowshoed up Hex Mountain today. It's been a few years and things have changed. For one, the Nature Conservancy now owns the property. Also the area was impacted by the Jolly mountain fire in 2017. We parked in the plowed space across from the fire station on the other side of Newport Creek, about 0.25 miles from the trail head. It seems to be the only spot plowed. Once on the road go straight up past a yellow gate where there's a Nature Conservancy sign. Although it had snowed since anyone had travelled there, the ruts from snowshoes and skis were pretty clear. Once on the Hex Mountain trail it's pretty clear, just stay with the ridge, avoiding the cornices edge on the east (right side going up). A great day.
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Thanks for the report. I may be going up tomorrow afternoon. Was that tree still across the trail about 1 mile in (on the road)? Last time I was there it had all the branches on it, which caught my snowshoes and caused me to fall flat on my face. Ha, ha.
Posted by:
HikesWithWienerDogs on Feb 09, 2021 11:30 AM
Yes the tree is still there. But maybe some of the branches have been broken and maybe the level of the snow is higher.
Posted by:
JimandPeg on Feb 09, 2021 12:47 PM
Thanks
Posted by:
HikesWithWienerDogs on Feb 09, 2021 01:46 PM
Do you think we could get by with spike and poles on Wednesday?
Posted by:
nevertoolate on Feb 10, 2021 12:03 AM
There was about 6-8 inches of new snow on the road part of the trip and the upper portion had deeper drifts. Only 4 people on snowshoes and 2 skiers Monday so not much packing down.
Posted by:
JimandPeg on Feb 10, 2021 06:53 AM