Lazy Mountain Trail Marking

 I hiked the back of Lazy Mountain with the Valley Wanderers today. First we hiked up the McRoberts Creek Trail then turned up to the area we call Stonehedge at about 2000 feet. We were totally in a heavy fog until we finally broke out of the clouds at Stonehenge. It was cold, only about 35 degrees and I never needed to take off any layers. It was also pretty muddy and I put my microspikes on my shoes to negotiate the muddy hills. The mud and fallen leaves were building up quite a bit on the bottom of my shoes, so at times it was just as slippery even with the spikes. I only toppled over backwards once. When we got to Stonehenge, we suddenly boke out of the fog and had an amazing view of the mountains with a sea of clouds below. The sun felt delightful after shivering for 2000 feet of elevation gain. We had a project to do so didn't try to reach the Lazy Mountain summit. Our goal was to flag the little unofficial trail that takes off from Stonehenge and connects with the Matanuska Peak Trail. When we climbed Lazy Mountain last week, we tried to go down that trail but ended up missing a turn and had to bushwack down to the main trail. So today we marked it so that in the winter we will be able to find it when we snowshoe there on the snow. We'll have to come back soon and see if we can still find our way using our flags. It was only about 4 miles, but it was a great workout and we all loved the view from Stonehenge.