On Saturday, February 13th I hiked Mount Isolation with the Hikes with Dogs group including Larry, Marlene and Bruce, Chuckles, Piper, Cooper and myself. We started at Rocky Branch, which Google maps had in the middle of the highway, north a few miles (ask me how I know). This was a windy day so Isolation seemed protected from the NW winds, which it turned out it was. This was not my finest hike. We were able to do the bushwack, making this just over 12 miles, but uphill both ways, seriously. The bushwack goes through a marsh so it is not an option in the summer. The regular trail was not broken out at all. We ran into DEL on the way up who told us he had been the one to break out the bushwack but he got offtrack so that was why it was so tough. But thank you DEL, I do not know how you do it. The trail on the bushwack was not very well packed down and I wore snowshoes the whole way. I felt very slow on the way up, thinking maybe I need to take some time off from all of this hiking but on the uphills when were coming back from the peak, I could barely lift my legs. My hip flexors felt dead and painful. On the downhills they were ok, not great but after the hike, they felt fine. This issue started going up Mount Washington, which was also when I started wearing snowshoes for hiking. The views were spectacular but I could not wait to find my truck and sit down. I collected some small pinecones to make earrings with.
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