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Huron Peak 14,003
RT ~24 Miles
~20 Hours
Winter Closure 8 Miles from Winfield
5,000 feet +
Solo
Good Sled Pulling Conditions Winfield Winfield Winfield Winfield Winfield Thanks to Grimpeur and Josh for the Sled Trench from Winfield to the Gate at 10,600 10,600 Gate at 10,600 Ice Mountain and North Apostle 1.5 Hours of Digging
Left my house at 2 AM
Arrived at the Clear Creek Ranch around 5 AM
Got my car stuck in the snow 1/2 a mile from the sign that says 8 miles to Winfield only to dig out for an hour and a half, then drive back to the sign.
Started at 6:45 AM
Summit at 6:15 PM
Back to the car at 3:00 AM
Johnson's Village for gas and a 16 oz. Redbull
Home at 7 AM with a 40 minute nap on the way.
Shower and go to work. What a nightmare.
I was up for 39 hours.
I went to bed at 5 PM and got up at 7 AM. 14 hours of sleep really helped out.
Shoe Horn of Huron followed by going to work = not a good idea!
Getting a winter summit on the last day = priceless!
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must have been a fun day at work. Man do I feel guilty, I parked at Winfield. I've sworn never to go through this type of trip again, done a few myself. good experience though. that's some serious dedication to the sport.
Huge day, Jeff! Congrats on getting that done on the last day of winter. I can't imagine showing up to work after that death march. I'm curious why you dragged a sled for a dayhike. Denali training?
I would have made this a 2 or even a 3 day trip. Lots of distance although conditions look good. Higher slopes looked a bit dicey in regards to avalanche danger though. Looks like a lot of thin slabs up higher, those are usually easy to trigger.
Congrats on pulling this off, sounds like quite the day. Just curious, what sort of ski bindings were those, NNN BC? Did you climb in those or switch to snowshoes/boots later? Regardless, very impressive!
Tom - I call those my bunny skis. Not sure what the bindings are, but the boots are pretty wimpy. You are probably right about the type of bindings. They work good on easy terrain.
I probably took too much stuff. I switched to snowshoes and mountaineering boots at the 10,600 gate. It was warm enough that I could have made it with just the light ski boots. The sled was helpful for getting most of the weight off my back for the descent in particular. I took avy gear and a jetboil. It was such a long distance compared to some trips and I thought a sled would help with all that mileage on pretty flat terrain for the approach.
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I've sworn never to go through this type of trip again, done a few myself. good experience though. 
that's some serious dedication to the sport.
Congrats on pulling this off, sounds like quite the day. Just curious, what sort of ski bindings were those, NNN BC? Did you climb in those or switch to snowshoes/boots later? Regardless, very impressive!
