I wasn’t expecting to find a lot of ice on the trail, but this was typical of the trail conditions almost all the way from the Pole Hollow Cairn to the Devil’s Den (Lower Pilot) Trail junction.

The Ice slowed me down a lot, wherever possible I walked alongside the trail, in other places I had to tread very carefully, I didn’t want to slip and fall. I need to check out micro spikes if I want to go hiking in these conditions in future.

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