Top Spur / Bald Mt. - Snow Update
Posted: June 15th, 2017, 7:27 am
A quick evening dash up to to Top Spur TH - it's open for business!
The road is clear of snow all the way from the Old Maid Flats Bridge over the Sandy. Some of the pot holes on that road have become truly huge though, you will soon be able to see them on Google Earth! If you it one of these at speed your car will not be happy about it!
There is still snow on the side of the gravel road up to the TH, this is pushing the brush down onto the road meaning that in a couple of places your car will be be brushed by vegetation from both sides as you drive up the road.
Random patches of snow on the Top Spur Trail.
The trail around Bald Mt is 100% snow free
No views on the way in
The trail is still mostly snow covered from the Bald Mt cutoff up to the end on the large trees section.
There are more downed trees than in a normal year for this area
We had to walk around, step over or duck under about 40 trees to reach the meadows on McGee Ridge but none were significant obstacles. No views on the Ridge this evening!
On our way back down we looped around Bald Mt again in the hopes of getting a view. It paid off!
The road is clear of snow all the way from the Old Maid Flats Bridge over the Sandy. Some of the pot holes on that road have become truly huge though, you will soon be able to see them on Google Earth! If you it one of these at speed your car will not be happy about it!
There is still snow on the side of the gravel road up to the TH, this is pushing the brush down onto the road meaning that in a couple of places your car will be be brushed by vegetation from both sides as you drive up the road.
Random patches of snow on the Top Spur Trail.
The trail around Bald Mt is 100% snow free
No views on the way in
The trail is still mostly snow covered from the Bald Mt cutoff up to the end on the large trees section.
There are more downed trees than in a normal year for this area
We had to walk around, step over or duck under about 40 trees to reach the meadows on McGee Ridge but none were significant obstacles. No views on the Ridge this evening!
On our way back down we looped around Bald Mt again in the hopes of getting a view. It paid off!