Saturday April 3rd: Guardsman's Pass Up Big Cottonwood Canyon. At the tailend of a week where the Cottonwoods reported 30 inches of snow in two days and this path, which is usually well trodden by snowmobiles and snow cats was still 6-12 inches deep in powder. Beautiful, light snow. Saw a few snowmobilers on the bottom trail, but as soon as we got to the break-off point where you can head up to the right, we started breaking trail and heading into the trees. Total trip was 2.23 miles and we spent a little over an hour on the trail. Cut out early because Mike had friends coming into town, but it was a beautiful trek on a nice day. Snow flurries and some cold winds when we first started, but inside tree cover was nice and protected. Gene was working on getting his leg movement back and I was just loving being outside in such beautiful powder. Really nice morning, I'm very glad we got out.
