A little late getting this out. Main reason for post is to point out that the West Slopes main route report is way wrong. If you follow the report, the split in the trail to take to Columbia should be about 3.1 miles in. It is actually closer to 3.8 miles where you will see a sign pointing to Harvard and Colombia. I spent 20 minutes twice heading down the trail thinking I'd missed the turnoff. Elevation of where you would think you'd turn off to Columbia is actually higher than the route report suggests by a couple hundred feet. Overall my trip was 12.6 miles not the 11.5 on the route report. Though about .2 extra was from me looking for the trail split. A couple that passed me near the trail split also were confused by the mileage...Great trip other than that with 50% dry trail and 50% packed snow/ice. Obviously that will have changed now
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