Met up with a few people to climb Mt. Shavano on Saturday morning. I spent most of Friday night digging out and packing my gear and finally figuring out why my heart rate strap replete with fresh battery still wouldn't talk to my Garmin 305. Thankfully that was a top 5 hit on the Garmin support center knowledge base and a quick rescan for the HRM and the watch once again displayed a pulse.
I rolled out of the rack at 3:45 on Saturday and headed to the west side to meet the rest of the group. We finally got to the trailhead at about 8am. That trail has more hiking under treeline than I was expecting, but once we finally hit treeline, we could see that the clouds were settling in on the summit. We caught a couple groups coming down and asked for a report of the conditions on top. It didn't sound promising but we continued up with the promise that if we ever got into any nasty weather, we'd turn back. We never did hit any nasty stuff and a little over an hour later we were on the summit with some beautiful weather and plenty of amazing views. After spending close to 45 minutes hanging out on the summit and visiting with other hikers we headed back down. We finally made it back to the trailhead a little after 3pm. It made for a long, albeit pretty leisurely hike
A quick stop for some beers and mexican food at the Coyote Cantina was an excellent finish to a long day.
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