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Yeah, people are always telling me to go take a hike, so today that's what I did. I haven't been up on the hill in long time so I figured I would climb ol' Cardiac Hill, and see what's happening up there. Big mistake! There's hardly any snow down here in the valley, but as I kept going higher and higher, the snow kept getting deeper and deeper. First about 1/4 of the way up, I ran into ice. Hard thick and very smooth ice that had me down about 1/2 dozen times. Then thankfully there was enough snow on top of the ice so that I could climb the hill without falling on my face. Then the snow kept getting deeper and deeper, plus it had a crust that would support me until my full weight got on it and then break down with a spine shattering crash. By the way the noise that all this crunching made never once threatened to allow me to ever catch sight of any critters. It didn't matter anyway because the only critter dumb enough to go up there was me. I should have guessed that it wasn't going to get any better because there wasn't a single deer track above the half way up point.

 

Well, I made it up to the top, but I can't for the life of me figure out exactly what I accomplished.

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So, what is with that layer of ice across the top of the ground. The darned stuff is about an inch thick and harder than a bullet. I've never seen that sort of thing before. It's not everywhere, but anyplace even on a slight grade you are going down if you step on it, And when you put it on a steep hillside, there's no getting past it unless you detour around it. Anybody else have that on the ground or it that just a local thing here?

 

And that stupid crust on the snow up on the hill has effectively shut that whole area off to wildlife. In our area, little weird things like this stuff at this later part of winter is starting to concentrate deer and other things down in the valley bottoms, and may turn out to be very tough on the critters. That snow crust and those areas of hard ice do not seem to be going away.

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That crusty snow is some of the hardest stuff to walk on. You put your weight on it and move forward then drop down through it abruptly. I jars my joints and just throws off the whole normal walking motion making it twice as hard to walk. I find myself looking for any bare patch of ground to travel on, all while avoiding solid ice which will take your feet out from under you in an instant. Hopefully we only have a few more weeks of these conditions. Lots of hiking ahead in April and May for sure. Enjoy out there and be safe.

 

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The age old answer to " Why did you climb that mountain?"... Because it's there!.. And it made for a good story to tell and ,I bet, an experience you won't soon forget.

Well, I guess I learned a lesson about the dangers of extreme cabin fever .... lol.

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