Heading-up Bear Canyon. It's nice to see some cascades actually flowing in the creek. This was totally dry my previous two times up here.
The snow starts to fall. I always find it odd to see snow amidst the chapparal.
The snow is starting to stick.
And it's starting to get heavier.
Almost complete white out now. Fortunately, the trail is still mostly recognizable and there is at least one pair of tracks that I can make out, most likely…
Traversing below the ridge. Slipping to one side would be a wild ride but survivable, going over the ridge to the other side is bye-bye.
Don't want to slip over there! Unfortunatley, this is one of the last pictures I was able to take. My fingers were starting to really hurt, and I couldn't look…
I did briefly lose the trail a couple times, which definitely gets the adrenaline going in sub zero temps and blasting hail while under a time crunch. But I did…
There's a dusting of snow all the way down to 5,000'.
One more creek shot (with my now blurry camera).
And one last shot.
I don't think I noticed this before, but this is Old Glory. According to the sign, it's the largest and oldest Bristlecone Douglas Fir tree in the world. And…
And by about 8,000' or so, it's a full on snow trek. You can see here in front of the trees that the snow is blowing almost horizontally. As soon as I hit the…