Squire Creek Pass via Eight-mile Trail — Saturday, Jun. 3, 2017

Took a friend up to Squire Creek Pass via Eightmile Creek on Saturday.  Beautiful day with moderate temps.  Ran into snow at 1.5 miles, and thanked the people who wrote my GPS app.  It worked like a charm and helped us stay on route, since the trail is buried.  The snow is hollow in places (creeks, tree wells), so use caution.  I punch through a few times, all the way up to the thigh at one point.  Otherwise the snow is soft, and steps are easy to kick.

Plenty of mud on the trail, but thankfully only in limited spots.  Bugs were not an issue really, especially once on the snow.

Wear gaiters and water proof boots.  Sun screen .... wear it!  Even with light overcast, it's easy to get a burn on the snow.  I forgot to do my legs between my shorts and my gaiters, and the back side of knees got pretty crispy!

If you take any rock climbers with you, be prepared to have to drag them away from Three O'clock Rock (1 mile in).  A slab climbers dream!

Ran into WTA volunteers working the trail in the morning.  Go Team!