Ski Touring 3:31:56 [1] 9.91 km (21:23 / km) +1066m 13:54 / km
Up to the Asulkan Cabin - What an amazing day. Headed out from the hotel at 5 ish to ensure we could get to the parking lot where we were starting (they were closing the highway to do avalanche blasting, but not in our area, thankfully!). The first half was a easy slope through forest and beside a river and we stopped a few times to rest and also do some rescue beacon finding training. However, by half way, the terrain got steeper and we were all feeling the 50 lb packs. The last 3rd had most of the climbing and there were a few steep areas where we need to make a switch back turn that was challenging. At last, we saw the cabin as we crested the last hill...so happy to get there and dump the pack. Plus the views were spectacular (they were all day as well!) Elapsed time was 8:16!