Galehead, N&S Twin

Twelve miles, three 4k-footers, perfect weather and conditions underfoot and great company. The five of us (tMail, The PM, Riley, Spanky and me) spotted a car and trekked the Gale Brook Trail, returning via North Twin.

What really made the day was that there was no wind and conditions that just made each photograph a perfect picture. Sure, the subject matter was spectacular, but normally I can cull out about half of the shots for posting online. From this trip I only left out a few - I just couldn't decide.

The PM's Trip Report (Pics Here): Beautiful day out on the trails. Some highlights...

1) Leaves on the trails like a paintbrushed carpet of crunchiness
2) The blade-shaped frost in the woods, on the rocks, etc.
3) Watching TMail launch up S.Twin after spilling some salmon juice on his the hinge of his knee brace. Supersonic booms were heard.
4) Taking in the beauty of the day from S. Twin and stopping for tea. We don't do this enough (altough sometimes the weather will not allow it!)
5) Seeing very few people but getting the response of "Yeah, it's open but they only take Canadian..." when I asked one group if the ice cream shop was open on S. Twin!
6) Discovering "Weiner Valley" and it's mysterious features. Mansfield's features have nothing on this sexy valley.
7) River crossings - Riley the dozer and Spanky the Circus Dog.
8) "Salmon on my nuts"
9) Getting home to "drink" MuthaZ's hot sauce.... mmmmmmm, the heat of love

tMail's Trip Report (Pics Here)

1. Buck the Truck
2. Galehead hut leaving traces of smoked Salmon hopefully the bears move in.
3. Smoked Salmon, bright sky, warm sun!
4. Pop Tarts on Galehead
5. The ascent up S. Twin
6. Russian fighter jets.
7. Salmon love
8. Flycachacha
9. Tazo Tea on the summit of South Twin
10. The 60 minutes on South Twin enjoying the time with friends
11. Perfect weather
12. Uncle Daryl
13. Heat of love
14. Big Foot
15. PM and Mutha great day...relaxing, enjoyable, perfect weather, perfect day!!!

Mutha's Trip Report (Pics Here):

• Only ran into a few folks on the trail. Quote of the day from a guy on South Twin: "It's better than sitting at a desk"
• The PM's homemade smoked salmon was sadistically excellent. We polished that off and at home I ate an entire jar of it. This is not safe to expose the American public to and I personally volunteer to eat any remaining salmon until the threat is gone. If it didn't sound weird I'd say I was still licking my lips.
• From North Twin, the ridge from Guyot to Zealand and onward (down towards Hale) has a character that is best described as 'erotic'. Maybe it was the light. Maybe not.
• Major topic of discussion: food.
• Best idea for a South Twin lunch-fest? Tazo teas + jet-boil = mmmmmm.