Sunday morning at 4:45 we awoke in our sleeping bags to find near freezing temperatures. We quickly put together some breakfast and coffee to warm us up. Clint arrived to join us with some homemade coffee cake.
Soon Dirt, Trekman, Fiddlehead, and Clint were off and ready to head up the Stony Brook Trail towards Moriah. We hit the trail at 7:00 to ensure an early arrival. Weather was cold, but bearable, and we all warmed up pretty quickly on the trail.
We reached the summit shortly after 11:00 to meet a few people expecting our arrival. We had the flag flying by 11:45. The wind was just enough to keep the 6×10 flag moving about half the time. Visitors to the summit were constant throughout the day, approximately 40 total.
The Moriah crew was able to spot flags on Madison, Adams, Jefferson, and Middle Carter. There’s still question as to whether we saw a flag on Carter Dome or not. Also there seemed to be some activity on Mount Hight, but no word yet if there was a flag there.
At 2:00 we started taking the pole down, unfortunately just as another group made its way to the summit ledges. We were headed down the Carter-Moriah trail shortly after.
We packed the campsite, and drove straight to the Mooseland grill where we talked to a few people, had a drink, then made our 4 hour drive home. It was great to see everyone this year and look forward to seeing pictures and reading trip reports.
