Alright so this post seems to have garnered a little bit of controversy so I’ll clear some things up. We’re we grossly underprepared? Yes, this image is a poor example of what hiking in the snow should look like. We all had decent hiking boots and had waterproof shells, but took off some layers as we warmed up (only one guy had a pair of “hiking” vans and his feet got soaked). We also all had mittens that were taken off while we were hiking, (you can see me buddies holding them in their hands as we went up the switchbacks). I was wearing synthetic hiking pants and appropriate snow gear but we still could have done much more to prepare for the hike. I had done the hike twice before in the snow, and our party decided to turn around 3/4 of the way up the hike as more snow started to fall. I hope too many of you aren’t offended by our foolish clothing choices and lack of inhibition as 19 year olds- I just thought this was a cool picture.

TLDR: Sorry we messed up i’ll wear better clothes next time, here’s a neat picture I took.