Mount Greylock Reservation Winter Run
March 2nd, 1997 - Adams, Massachusetts
March 2nd, 1997 - Adams, Massachusetts
40 degrees / windy / rainy / dense fog.
12 Starters / zero finishers of the planned 17.5 mile route.
First runner to the top: Ed Jr. 65 minutes, followed by Jimmy D.
Lost in Order of Appearance:
Mel, PH & the Wolf Canine dropped
first (and early).
Ed Jr, Jimmy D and “P” out after 7 miles (1:59:30).
BD, Old Goat, SB, KG and AG, finished 11.5-miles with me (3:43 thru 4:07).
Route:
12 Starters / zero finishers of the planned 17.5 mile route.
Ed Jr, Jimmy D and “P” out after 7 miles (1:59:30).
BD, Old Goat, SB, KG and AG, finished 11.5-miles with me (3:43 thru 4:07).
- 3.5 initial miles of sheet of ice on the Cheshire Harbor Trail.
- 4.0 miles from the summit to Jones Nose on the AT and Jones Nose Trail in Knee to Waist deep snow, without the aid of snowshoes (we left them in the vehicles).
- 3.0 miles on Old Adams Road with fairly decent snow packed trail, only small amounts of ice.
- Last 1.0 down Cheshire Harbor, very treacherous.