Next Campout: Blue Ridge

Next Campout is May 14 & 15 at Blue Ridge campground (we hope). Why? Because it's close and free!!! The only issue is whether or not the road is open. Mountain High is advertising that they hope to be open until mid-May... which is real close to May 15th. So we are not sure if the road will be open across the ski runs. I will keep track and let you know. We may need to go to Table Mountain or someplace not still snow-bound. Stay tuned for more info on where.

The campout will be in conjunction with the annual Aaronic Priesthood outing commemorating the restoration of the Priesthood. All fathers and sons are invited. If your father or son can't make it, come anyway. Neither my dad nor my son will be there but I'm going! So go with a friend, or just hang out with the crowd.

The Bishopric is supplying the dinner. That should be fun. I am bringing the big griddle and doing breakfast. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, burritos, omelets, crepes, and lots of fillings and stuffing's. Breakfast will be served at 8:00am... if you don't stay over night, then come on up for breakfast!

The scouts hope to hike up the trail to get in a little training. This last weekend I went on up just to see how much snow was still there.

Looks like they did a little repair work on the bridge at the start of the trail. And lots of snow-melt in the stream.

Half way up and not much snow.

A little over a mile up I hit snow and ice. Pretty steep and slick. This time I brought the right equipment!

Only about a quarter mile of this. Pretty quick decent if you slip.

Here's the top. No campers yet. This place is never vacant in the summer.

You can't see the valley floor because it is covered in haze... glad I don't live down there.

You can see Mt. Baldy. Wish I had time to go all the way upside!

Back down following my own tracks. Hard to get lost here. If you lose the trail you just go down hill until you reach the highway. Not real wilderness, but real close.

Just a few patches over the trail down low.

And back to the bottom. This is an easy 4 mile round trip. Not nearly as steep as Baden-Powell. Maybe I'll check that out next Saturday, before going to Grassy Hollow to work on Helping Hands day, of course!