We found a few tracks along the first leg of the trail. It is a gentle uphill that presents no challenges.

After the first section, the trail merges into another at an intersection. Taking the right fork, we crossed a cattle guard onto a hilltop. Following tracks, I proceeded to miss another fork in the road but quickly discovered the mistake. Backtracking 100 feet, I found the trail again. This part of the trail traverses along the north side of the hill along a cut.

The snow was around 6" without a single track. Some parts of the trail become off camber, and with nothing really to stop a slide, I was a little concerned with being the first. Know that the HUMMER tail slides first, I strapped my rear to the nose of Pres's truck.

I would tell him to give me a little tension at the parts where I thought I would slide. Midway the trail has a switchback which really was not a problem. Here you can see the strap and the other trucks coming down to the switch back. Nobody had problems following the tracks.

Now if you got off the tracks, the snow got deep in places. Here Tim strays from the straight path and gets in trouble. Guess who pulls out the winch cable? Ron the Cable Guy of course!

Tim getting himself unstuck	Nothing but photographer's footprints!

The meadow is very beautiful but delicate like most meadows. Hence, it is very important to stay on the trail. Lisa and I had to get out and walk a few times to find the trail.

Here we are crossing a ditch. Although you can't really see it here, the front bumper actually hits the log and then the back bumper.

Tim, Star, and the Woods	John and Mary	Ron and Kathy

William rolling over a rock	John and Mary showing off	Ron and Kathy checking their springs

The trail ends by linking back into a FS road. Heading back, I try to take another of my "shortcuts" which ends in alot of snowy roads. Since we were a little pressed for time, we had to take the boring circuitous, but sure, route back to the highway.

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