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Cottonwood / Trail Passes Trailhead - 01.02.2025 #106620 01/03/25 03:30 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,428 Likes: 7 Ridgecrest, CA Richard P. Member
Richard P. Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,428 Likes: 7 Ridgecrest, CA	U was back up at Walt's Point playing with the drone...successful mission...more later...huge files... I started walking from Walt's... Mostly dry road for more than a mile...snow has retreated at least a few hundred yards... I brought the snowshoes this time... There was exposed pavement up at the Trailhead...average depth probably 18 inches... Ended up being about 10 miles round-trip...probably at keast 7 on snowshoes... Here are a few photos: The upper gate. Trailheads intersection. Cottonwood/Trail Passes Trailhead. Photos: http://piotrowski.smugmug.com SpotCasting: https://maps.findmespot.com/s/9DDZ#history/assets

Re: Cottonwood / Trail Passes Trailhead - 01.02.2025 Richard P. #106621 01/04/25 04:48 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,428 Likes: 7 Ridgecrest, CA Richard P. Member
Richard P. Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,428 Likes: 7 Ridgecrest, CA	A couple of conditions videos... 1 minute of snowshoeing past the Picnic Area. BTW, those aren't six shooters hanging from my hips...they're my mittens...in the sun, it was warm enough to be gloveless... Following the road from Walt's Point. Edited to shrink the size so I could post it on SmugMug, and I threw a sound track onto the video...7 minutes... Photos: http://piotrowski.smugmug.com SpotCasting: https://maps.findmespot.com/s/9DDZ#history/assets

Re: Cottonwood / Trail Passes Trailhead - 01.02.2025 Richard P. #106622 01/04/25 05:21 PM
Joined: May 2022 Posts: 6 Clovis, CA MtnMike Member
MtnMike Member Joined: May 2022 Posts: 6 Clovis, CA	Great pics. Trailmaster looks tempting to climb! Did you see any tracks up at Ctnwd/Tr pass TH?

Re: Cottonwood / Trail Passes Trailhead - 01.02.2025 MtnMike #106623 01/04/25 07:11 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,428 Likes: 7 Ridgecrest, CA Richard P. Member
Richard P. Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,428 Likes: 7 Ridgecrest, CA	No obvious people tracks, but lots of animals...Coyote poop and tracks and bear tracks were the real interesting ones... Photos: http://piotrowski.smugmug.com SpotCasting: https://maps.findmespot.com/s/9DDZ#history/assets
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