Just after we stashed our lamps we heard a young lady screaming for help. One of our party located her and it was a simple matter of her getting off trail. Once he got her on course she took off strong ahead of us and rejoined her own group.
I can never understand why people who hike together leave others in their party.
Skyline downhill is rough. Impossible to do quickly when you are focused on being safe. Thankfully we made it through the worst before we needed headlamps. Honestly, unless you are really challenging yourself, I suggest just taking the tram. It was completely unenjoyable.
I personally agree with the unenjoyable part, but a number of people regularly go down during the cooler parts of the year. You'd be surprised by how many people can do the whole C2C2C in the single digit range.
You could probably do I2B2I... Iron to Baldy to Iron.
24 miles, 20k g/l, and cross country to boot
How'd you get this stat Joe? The majority of the 10k ft of gain on Iron to Baldy is from Iron (~7k). How is it doubled traversing back from Baldy?
