My group and I tried Sherman a few weeks ago and never even made it to the winter closure because the snowfall from the night before left 2' drifts on the road about 4 miles from the closure. Our cars are less than adequate for such adverse conditions. We went the weekend that big storm pounded the mountains (Jan. 15 or so), yeah, not a brilliant idea but anyway. I was curious as to how often they plow the road to the winter closure and when would be an ideal time to have a rematch with Sherman (sometime this winter, one winter summit hasn't satisfied my hunger one bit!). Also, is it worth hauling the ski gear, board in my case, up this one or best to just hike/glissade the return trip?
Thanks for the help 14ers! Didn't see much info about the frequency of plowing in my research of Sherman so thought I'd ask around.
Mt. Sherman Retake
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Re: Mt. Sherman Retake
My group and I hiked Sherman on Feb 4. Road was plowed to the Leavick site making for a very reasonable hike. Our group consensus was that skiing/boarding would work great right now. We tried to glissade some on the way down but had problems with either the slopes not being steep enough or the snow too soft.
I just posted a fully detailed trip report on our hike today if that would be of any help.
Mark
I just posted a fully detailed trip report on our hike today if that would be of any help.
Mark
Re: Mt. Sherman Retake
Thanks for the info Mark! I will definitely read your trip report. We were planning on having Sherman be our first winter summit (Quandary took that title instead) but for some reason it never happened, hahah. I'm very anxious to get it done.
