Black Bear Road is still closed to Motor Vehicle Travel due to the excessive snow so it makes for an excellent high altitude hike. It was a beautiful sunny day and we enjoyed laughing at all the foolish Jeepers and ATV’ers that got themselves stuck in the snow. The forest service did report that the road was impassable and closed. The Basin was completely covered in 3-6’ of snow. Not sure if the road will be completely passible this entire summer or not. Happy Hiking…..
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Gina, Lisa and Barbara
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Gina, Julie & Barbara
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Double Waterfalls and snow
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Those gals must be famished as they stopped to eat within the first mile
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Beautiful Waterfall
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Walking up Black Bear Road with the avalanche debris in the background
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I"m not sure what Gina is smiling about as it's still a long way to the top
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Hum...which one of us do you think these butt prints belong to?
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We saw bear prints in the snow
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Gina gets the shot like a national geographic photographer
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Beautiful flowers with Red Mt #3 in the background
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Gina & Barbara catch their breath and enjoy the views
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These 3 must all be "Gourmand" Look it up if you don't know what it means
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Wildflowers starting to bloom
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Barbara, Gina, Lisa & Julie
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Lisa scouts the area
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Lisa & Barbara
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Julie & Barbara
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Black Bear Road & Basin
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Snow remains across Black Bear Road
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Barbara with Black Bear Pass in the background
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Barbara and I enjoyed the entertainment of a stuck vehicle on the hike down
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This wasn't the only vehicle to be stuck in this location