Had an epic day today exploring the high country. Found a lot of snow but the day was perfect. Upper 60’s, not a could in the sky, no wind. Went up Yankee Boy Basin first. Then went down to Silverton and took County Rd 2 up to Animas Forks. Last went up Hurricane Pass. All of these were basically drive to where the snow blocks the road then hike in. Going to post a few pictures now.
This massive washout was the main blockage on Yankee Boy.
That is Corkscrew Pass right in front of the FJ. Surprisingly Hurricane is open almost to the top. I was tired of sitting in the car at this point so I parked here and tried to hike up Hurricane. Didn’t quite make it.
Last picture. This is looking down from where I turned back on Hurricane. You can make out Corkscrew and maybe the FJ if you zoom in. I made it pretty far.
From what I read they are planning to do Ophir first starting in mid-June followed by Imogene and then Black Bear. Ophir is open to the Summit from the 550 side. Here is a picture of the entrance to Imogene and it does not appear they have started anything on it yet. I have not heard anything on Poughkeepsie. If I had not broken my strut I would have done some more exploring today but alas I am grounded.
We were on Yankee Boy Saturday, could not get near the switch backs, drove thru cut path of 10 foot drifts. Actually had snowed there earlier in the day it appeared. A lot of avalanches on the way up. This area appears to have really been hit hard with them.
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