[bobbi]

what a day! gorgeous gorgeous! the trail is mostly snow free. about 1/2 mile or so from the park boundary (about 3.6 miles from trailhead), snow spotty to pretty much full on snow to deer park. we stopped short of the junction to three forks. easy going on the snow ... follow our footprints with occasional post holing. photos from today's hike

graywolf range

grand ridge

moose peak?

the burn and blue mountain

second horseshoe bend area

thank you Lisa and Neil for another great day on the trail. that's it!

[RichP]

Spectacular. Some mighty big cornices on some of those peaks.

[fourteen410]

good stuff, bobbi!

[mbravenboer]

Wow nice! Those cornices look enormous indeed!

[Moose]

Beautiful photos! Did you park at Slab Camp TH?

[Abert]

I wasn't there yesterday, but I was there exactly a year earlier (3/30/2015).

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[reststep]

Very nice bobbi. I think that is Moose Peak.

[bobbi]

thanks all! Moose: yes, parked at Slab Camp Abert: wow...great comparison photos! reststep: thanks, i thought it was Moose but... headed to Dungeness Spit today!

[Ravenridge]

Great pictures! Massive cornices on Moose!

[bobbi]

the olympics

[tigermn]

Need to get back here. Its been a couple of years. Was just thinking/wondering about the snow conditions. I think I'll wait a bit. Any mention of post holing has zero appeal to me. Plus I like to throw in Blue Mountain.

[bobbi]

tigermn: with all this warmth and possible rain ... post holing may be a non-issue. helps if you use trekking poles with a basket!

[tigermn]

[RichP]

I was out there today. The snow is still around at the top of Deer Park and is 2-3' in places but the trail is mostly clear up to there now. I laid my bag out on a dry part of the ridge and spent a warm night up there. Nobody else up there but me and some coyotes but passed 20 day hikers going out yesterday and 10 going in today.

The first mile of the trail has a lot of rhodies.

Plaque on the bench.

Mt Cameron.

Blue Mtn.

On the way up to Blue Mtn.

Gray Wolf Ridge.

Views west from Blue Mtn summit 6007.'

Grand Pass area.

Foundation of lookout?

Benchmark on Blue Mtn

[bobbi]

awesome ... glad you got a good night on the mountain! wow! hardly any snow! perfect! did you notice if any satin flowers or widow grass are in bloom? hubby used to work on the repeaters on Blue mountain when he was with the Radio Shop. now he's IT until May 31. he's retiring! yahoo!