At the last switchback before the crest trail junction we lost the trail entirely. Too much snow there. So we went up the ridge to a high point that was snow free and called it a day.
6.2 miles and 1600 feet gain.
This is how much snow is left at the ski area.
Heading up the trail there were small patches of snow and some running water.
This is the junction for No Name trail. Not much snow there, but probably gets worse higher up.
There were some downed trees from the winter. We counted about 5 downed trees.
We came to a few more snow patches, but just enough to make it more fun. By the way, poles help on steep snow patches. I recommend them highly.
Sometimes we had to walk across the snow. The footing was pretty good and we did not sink in much. Just enough to have secure footing.
At Bonanza junction there is no snow.
Shortly up the trail there is more snow. Enough to make it "more funner"
We had too much fun in the snow patches that we had to turn around shortly after this section when the trail disappeared totally.
On the trip back we saw some flowers. This is western wall flower.
Alpine Phlox
Birds were out too. This is a Clarks Nutcracker.
Butterflies were out too. This is a Mourning cloak
Oregon Grape.
This might be a Green Comma. It is certainly some kind of Comma.
Hairy Woodpecker
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