Lolo Pass Recreation Area, Clearwater National Forest, Idaho
Warmer temps across western Montana had snow melting in my front yard but a few miles away at Lolo Pass it was snowing lightly, adding to the great mass of snow already on the ground. The avalanche danger is posted so high area wide that Geri and I wanted to stay on terrain that we are familiar with and felt safe on.
Starting at the Lolo Pass parking lot and up Pack Ridge then looped around in the forested areas. Along the top of one ridge I know a marker that is 12 feet above the ground…but only foot of it was left sticking out of the snowpack. We came over the ridge in the distance and then ended up working down toward the valley on the right. It is hard work breaking trail in untracked snow but saves a trip to the gym.
We wandered around for almost 3 hours before it was time for some hot chocolate. A class of 7th graders was having lots of fun sledding a small hill by the ranger station. I liked seeing the schools get the kids outside. They also went either snowshoeing or x-country skiing. Bet some kids slept good tonight. I like this pic with some of the snowshoes lined up by the parking lot. The went all the way around the corner of the snowbank and lined the inside area. How about the snow load on that roof!
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