Jargon: What is Mud Season?

[Aaron Zagrodnick]

We define mud season along with hiking tips that can help to deal with this time of the year - take a look in our Issue 45 Jargon installment:

Jargon: Mud Season in Issue 45

Backpacking and Hiking Jargon: Mud Season - Republished on the TrailGroove Blog

Issue 45 Page 1

[Dogwood]

Looking at the trail pic for the article my first thought was 1) pick a hardened tread hike instead 2) WP socks such as made by Hanz, SealSkinz, Showers Pass, etc 3 ) WP shoes aren't absolutely a necessity. Perhaps a WP sock, gaiter,  and a WP or WR spray application for non WP footwear may suffice 

[PaulGS]

It's definitely 'mud season' for the most part in Alberta right now. Our provincial parks just reopened but all our national parks still remain closed.

[Tephanie H.]

I never heard of the term "mud-season".  In the Southwest (El Paso, Texas) it doesn't snow enough to have a mud season. We go from two months of wind, to a nice two weeks of Spring  to STRAIGHT UP HOT at 100 Degree Temps! But it's a dry heat.