Icicle Ridge

Plenty of people have discovered this as a great spring hike, so we left them at the east view point and headed west up the ridge to the snow.

Today we saw deer, squirrels, chipmunks, Yellow-rumped warblers, Western bluebirds, nuthatches, flickers and turkey vultures, but not the grouse that was drumming all day. The showy flowers right now are the Western spring beauty, Oregon anemone and glacier lilies.

The trail is bare and dry to the saddle, well-groomed, shaded and moderately inclined for the altitude gained. No wonder it is popular with trail-runners, and there is plenty to see even besides the view.