Chasm Lake, Attempt

We sought some adventure with Scott and Katie. After not being able to rent cross country skis we decided to snowshoe/hike up to Chasm Lake which is at the base of Long's Peak. Initally the hike went well as we could stay on top of the trail with only boots on. As you can see the weather was great.

On the right are Scott and Katie.

As we were breaking tree line our ability to stay on top of the snow was lost. We began "post holing," which means your feet would break through the snow up to your knee and occasionally a hip. It would have been nice to have snowshoes at this point. Above treeline it got really windy as well. Unfortunatly we didn't get to measure the wind speed, mostly because it was too windy to stand stationary. It easily went 40 to 50mph and likely even higher. Because of the wind we turned around. This pictures shows us where we turned around.

Another picture of us taking a break...

Overall it was mostly a nice day.

6 miles total, 1500 ft elevation gain