An Awakening Hike
The Sleeping Beauty Trails are actually two separate trails that can be linked at the top via a ridgewalk between Mt. Slatechuck and Mt. Raymond. Some locals and online resources refer to Mt. Genevieve as the Sleeping Beauty Trail, which is wrong, and has led to much confusion.
It is locally accepted that when someone says that they are “going to climb Sleeping Beauty” they are referring to the one way up and down climb up the Tarundl Trail to the Summit of Mt. Raymond. This article focuses on this hike.
Storm
I suppose it’s a result of growing up here; storms are a way of life for us. The tide level rises and the rain falls thick. The deer and bear come closer to town to seek refuge from the damp and dark forests. Mudslides become more common than blizzards, and the faces of fishermen turn red from the Arctic fronts that sweep across this land.
It’s exhilarating.