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Mar, 2006 – (881 BOOTPRINTS Volume 10 Issue 2 March 2006 time. Backpack in My First Winter the winter with Backpacking Trip snow. I am from Southern By Stephanie Busto California. I knew we e met next to the Friendly’s were going to in Westfield for the start of be in a shelter our Jan 14-15, 2006 W (Tom Leanard backpack adventure. John asked the Shelter) so I two of us waiting to get in his van for a felt good as I discussion as to whether we wanted to have tents for go or not. The weather was to be the snow but unfavorable and it was raining at the don’t know how time, with snow in the forecast. We all to set them up decided to go for it. I knew that I had in snow. the gear necessary, but there is always Granted we didn’t have far to go just two that slim chance that I still had not got it Howe Caverns miles. The stream crossings went ok. I right. I also felt prepared but I am also always get weak knees on stream By Cindy Taylor very slow on the trail and wondered if I crossings and this trip was no different. n January 21, 2006, 12 myself could do it. hikers participated in the Thank god for good Otrip to Howe Caverns just tracking poles. The outside of Cobleskill, NY. The up hill sections really leader/organizer was Gary Dolgoff. slowed me down, but I For those of you who have not think that having been to Howe Caverns, it is a large finally gotten the Yak- cave that was discovered by a farmer Traxs to stay on really in the 1800s. He came across the helped with the wet up entrance when he investigated why his hill sections that had cows always congregated at a certain spot in the pasture on hot days. Howe leaves on it. Those Caverns opened to the public in 1929. scare me as I really Our group enjoyed a 1.5 hour tour did not want to slip of the cave. We saw many and fall. There was stalagmites and stalactites, but, alas, one spot that we had no bats. The tour included a pleasant to climb over some walk, up and down pathways, as well large rocks. I did end as a boat ride along the cave up on my hands and underground river. The weather in the caverns is knees. I really get always in the 50 degree range, which is more than I can say about the View from Tom Leanard Shelter before the Snow Storm nervous on those outside weather that day. It started out areas as I always feel warm, then it was pouring out, and it as if I am going to fall became very cold later in the I loaded my gear into John’s van. backwards. There was one other spot afternoon. Rene drove his own truck as he had that I needed help with as I just couldn’t After our cave tour, we had a fine some shopping to do afterwards. We get the momentum to get the big step lunch at the Little Italy restaurant in got to the parking lot and met up with up. Anyways we got to the shelter, Cobleskill. Our trip concluded with a another person Mike. Turns out one looked around, not much of a view visit to a local gift shop. female, three men, I hoped I would be because of the fog. But there was a Unfortunately, we were unable to able to keep up quickly enough on the privy and a tent platform. Mike brought incorporate a visit to the nearby Iriquois Indian Museum on the same trail. We got our gear on and crossed his tent, set it up, but then took it down in day, which is closed until March. the street and I felt as if I was finally the blowing snowstorm later in the Perhaps this can be incorporated into getting the chance to accomplish evening. another hike on a future spring date. something I had wanted to do for a long {continued on page 2} ~Cindy Taylor Page 2 BACKPACKING for. Mostly due to inclement {continued from page 1} weather or so I had hoped. Well I guess my luck has changed, John brought the stove for all of us to because on Sunday January 29th use, was very nice as it did lighten my on a relatively mild day for load a bit. We all ate lunch, then just January, twenty-one people dinked around the site. I went and took decided to chance one of my some pictures of the crick next to us. I hikes, my wife included. also got my stuff set up in the loft, the Most of us met at Brooks in guys took the bunks. I usually like to Holyoke and car pooled up to read at night and had brought Quabbin Reservoir gate 29, where something to read but by the time I got we met the rest of our party. Our in my bag the candle I brought was We got out to the first road and then goal was Rattlesnake hill an 838- burning down and was to hot to move. I walked along it, as two of the guys went foot rise near the northern most got to see a better candle setup that the ahead and got a car to pick us up as we end of Quabbin. others had with them. John tried to get didn’t know how the bigger stream would This was approximately a 5- a fire going but the sky decided to start be in the morning with how the weather mile hike over an old Quabbin precipitating at about the same time, so had been. I actually was hoping to stay road, and then a short uphill climb much for the fire. on the trail all the way back, but walking where we were awarded nice We all had dinner and had been on the road way was easier. views to the north and south. feeling the temperature drop throughout Would I want to go again, most There was not a lot of snow but we the afternoon and with it starting to snow definitely. Oh, forgot about the snow did have ice in some sections to be I decided to try and warm up and got in that blew in on the sleeping bags. I wary of. my sleeping bag. Blasted jacket kept moved around at one point during the After a snack or lunch for some slipping out from under my head, not night, reached out with my hand and we made our way down the hill to good, need to get something better to grabbed a crunchy icy coating on the the shore, a large part of Quabbin use as a pillow. Had to get up twice to bag, not good I thought. Also glad that I was still frozen over even with the go to the bathroom, man was it cold and did not have a down bag. I felt a bit cold mild winter. Then the group split blowing. Heard the guys get up in the at this point so I just crawled down up, some went back while the rest morning. When I got up there was a farther into my bag and warmed up and of us made our way further down fine dusting of snow inside the shelter went back to sleep. I need to find a the trail. We did see what I covering everything. Appears there is a better pillow and some waterproof thought where Bobcat tracks in the space between the roof and the walls of mittens. snow. Figuring that the WEU pool the shelter, and the wind had been ~Stephanie Busto and pizza party was that evening, really blowing all night. Got up and got and the time it would take to get dressed as quickly as I could as it was home, we decided to head back. really really cold out and I needed to go On the drive home it started to to the bathroom. My hands started to Rattlesnake Hill rain. hurt real fast because of the cold. But By Mike Carrier I thought the whole hike went the sight that I saw when I came down here was kind of a joke well; maybe the “curse“ is over. I from the loft was gorgeous. We had between some of the members will be leading another Quabbin gotten 4-5 inches of snow and it was Ton how no one goes on my hike on April 2nd with Cindy Dirico beautiful. Even at the overlook it was so hikes. Three previous hikes that I had hope to see you there. neat to see everything in white, still listed on the schedule no one signed up ~Mike Carrier foggy though. I eat breakfast. Then packed up. I’m always the last one ready but not to badly late this time. One of the guys tied a string on my Yak-Trax so they would not fall off. I still have that string on them as it works when I wear the trax. We hiked out, that was so neat to be tracking through the fresh snow and seeing everything turn from dead brown leaves one day to fresh white snow the next day. Nothing had melted off yet so all the branches and evergreens still had the snow on them and weighting them down.
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