7.32 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
We hiked School Canyon (upper) trail to Helispot and Rock garden just below from there. Had mostly sunny weather, just a trace of snow at the high point and some wicked wind, but we were prepared for the cold and had a great time. The sign on road 43 @ SR26 say the road is closed Dec. 1 - Apr 1 but it was almost snow-free and we (along with other cars) used it with no problem.
Saw 22 deer for the day - no joke - only one on the trail, the rest (on at least 4 or 5 different occasions) were near the road on the way to/from there.
