North Twin Sister

So my and my three brother-in-law's made an attempt on the North Twin Sister. Alas, we got close, but not all the way to the top. Still, it was a fun day, if not a grueling one...

Getting to the trail-head requires a bike ride of 6 miles, gaining about 2500-3000' of elevation. Unless, of course, you take a wrong turn on the logging roads (which we did), in which case it's a 7.5 mile bike ride...and that just got us to the trailhead. Needless to say, I was gassed. Once there, it's a fairly easy hike to get to the ridge, which leads to the summit.



So how far did we get? We got up on the ridge and followed that a ways before mercilessly stopping...we got about this far (see image below); although one of us, Derrick, charged ahead and made it very close to the summit.



Will I do it again? Already the memory of the grueling bike ride has faded and the desire to reach the top is growing...we'll see. Scroll down for a few more pictures;