7.1 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain •
Headed off to McClellan Meadows for a day of bushwacking on snowshoes. It was not meant to be. There wasn't enough snow for snowshoeing and that was covered in ice. Hiking was out of the question. Since I had no plan "B", I pulled out the maps and decided to head into Trapper Creek. It seems like this area is always on my radar but ends up taking a back seat to some more "prestigious" destination so I was glad to finally knock it from the "to do" list. By the time I got there, I only had 3 hours left so I did a loop which included Trapper Creek TH->Observation trail->Big Slide trail->return TC. I'm looking forward to exploring this area in the future. Oh, and I did manage to catch a glimpse of some elk.
