Does the trail require any mountaineering skills?
Yes and no. Once the snow clears off the mountain all that is required that you be able to put one foot in front of the other for 22 miles. However, in the spring and early summer you will need some mountaineering skills and winter clothing to hike on this mountain. These items include ice axe, crampons, Gore-Tex pants, gaiters and the knowledge of their use and the ability to self arrest and self belay. Are you prepared for a 1,000′ high angle glissade? Also, if you call crampons “clampons” you don’t belong on the mountain this early in the year.
