Grand Valley, Badger Valley, Grand Pass

What a beautiful weekend. The road opened up on Friday so we were able to go all the way up to the trailhead. Wildflowers, wildflowers and more wildflowers. We camped at grand lake the first night and moose lake the second. Both lakes were very nice except for LOTS OF MOSQUITOES. Somehow we forgot bug spray and I promise you, that will never happen again.

Of importance to report is that we were able to get up to Grand Pass with no real issue, still a lot of snow, but well worth it for the views. We brought ice-axes along, but could be done comfortably with just trekking poles. We also were able to hike out through badger valley, which at the time was "closed" but did not present any real challenge or danger, just a little bit of trail finding in the last stretch and a minimal amount of hiking in the snow. Beautiful hike that I certainly will not soon forget!