7.5 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain •
First trip to Hardy Ridge, first post on Went Hiking. Cold and windy though surprisingly, the wind was worse coming down the east side than it was at the summit. I've done Hamilton on snowshoes before but otherwise have no experience on these trails. The frost heave in the road beds was as much as 4 inches deep making for some rough going at times -- similar to walking on crusted over snow. All in all, a good day and look forward to exploring this area more.
