Pecos Baldy, April 23, 2011
On a wintery spring Saturday, we went for a 17-mile hike out to Pecos Baldy.
We've done this before: underestimated the amount of snow that we'll encounter on a spring hike. I'm not sure why we keep doing that. Here, Michael postholes his way out to Pecos Baldy Lake.
If you walked on the snow veeeery gingerly, you could sometimes avoid plummeting in up to your thighs.
Aaron, Brooke, and Michael at Pecos Baldy Lake.
Aaron.
Aaron on a saddle with a view of the Truchas peaks.
Amy and Aaron with the bad weather coming in.
View from the summit ridge.
View along the ridge to the summit of Pecos Baldy.
Aaron making his way down a short snow patch.
Aaron and Brooke as the snow begins to fall harder.
Running the gauntlet of the post-holing section.
Brooke and Michael.
Aaron munching on a snack.
Brooke and Michael.
Some pics from Aaron's phone: Amy taking a picture of Brooke and Michael back at the saddle before Pecos Baldy.
In a picture that will fool no one, Amy climbing a "very steep" snow patch to the ridge.
Aaron and Amy.
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