Pre-Season San Juan Trip

[IntrepidXJ]

We headed out to the San Juans this weekend to do a little pre-season exploring. Here's some pictures.

We started out by heading up to Animas Forks

Lots of snow on the way there

Duncan Residence

View from inside

Then we headed up Cinnamon Pass

A lot of snow up there, too

At the pass.

We didn't to head all the way to lake City just to have to turn around and come back again, so we headed back down to Animas Forks for lunch. We will do the complete Alpine Loop as soon as it opens up

After lunch we decided to head up Minnie Gulch to see how far we could get

Remains of the Caledonia Mill next to Minnie Creek

The Caledonia Mill boarding house

Then we were stopped by a large drift, with many more following it

 

[IntrepidXJ]

After heading back down, we decided to give Maggie Gulch a try

On the trail

But again, we were stopped by a drift on a section of shelf road....so we headed back to Silverton, but took a few side roads along the way.

On Sunday we headed back to Silverton for a little breakfast and stopped by the Miner's Shrine

...where we also got a good view over Silverton with Kendall Mountain in the background

After breakfast, we headed over to check out Yankee Boy Basin

Looks like there was an avalanche here

Twin Falls (looks much better when the grass is green and the wildflowers are blooming)

Went a little further befre turning around....still a lot of snow here, too

Full galleries can be found here: http://myxj.net/g2/v/2008trips/san_juan_june/

 

[kndrewa]

looks like a nice weekend!

its always impressive to learn about the areas you visit.

im glad you make it a priority to know what you are looking at!

thanks for sharing! ; )

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Same picture, different season.

Here's two pictures I took in Yankee Boy Basin. One last July and the other from this last weekend. There's a huge difference in the scenery. Personally, I like the scenery in July better

 

[Cruzin Illusion]

Nice pictures Randy!!!!!