JM went backpacking September 13 to September 14, 2014 14 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night

Snowgrass Flats Loop - GRW

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Yay! 500 miles for the year already!

Took the loved one around the loop, up Goat Ridge, camped above Jordan Basin below Hawkeye Point's "false summit". Terrific sunset and star filled night sky. I awoke a 3am and the moon had all the mountains lit up and I felt like I was on another planet. Goat Lake was 2/3 melted out, thin crust of ice in the morning. There must've been 100 people on the trail, including alot of off leash dogs that chased after marmots and goats. No bugs of note up high, flowers pretty much done.

Trail Talk

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Roman · September 16, 2014

Nice! Did you see the goats near your camp? They really like that ridge above Goat Lake. Too bad though about the dogs chasing goats, I teached mine to never do that...

Now you have to do this loop again in mid-August. Most years in GR the flowers are still very strong above 6400' in the first half of September; this year they ended surprisingly early.