Six hikers, including hike leader Gabriel Garretson, climbed Old Rag using the Saddle trail to avoid the rock scramble. The moderately strenuous hike was 6.2 mile long with 2300 feet of ascent on a very windy clear winter day. Other PATC weekday hikers included Anne Colgate, David Crowe, Steve Braintwain, Mike Spencer and Jonathan Petrakos.
The vista views were exceptional but wind gusts of up to 50mph limited our ability to fully enjoy the summit. We found it very interesting that we did not see another hiker all day. A new first for a PATC group to have exclusive use of the summit. Maybe we are just a little crazier than others that avoided Old Rag on a windy day. Everyone was glad they went and really enjoyed getting to know new weekday hikers Mike and Jonathan. Everyone was also interested in the possibility of more weekday hikes with PATC.
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