Mirror Lake Highway - Snow Camping 11-12 Feb

[treponema]

Took the scouts camping on Mirror Lake Highway 11-12 Feb. What a beautiful weekend to camp! Drove all the way to the gate and set up camp. We had hoped to build snow caves, but there wasn't quite enough snow (3-4 feet). Had we arrived 2-3 hours earlier, we could have built quinzees. Clear night with temps dropping to around zero. Clear and sunny the next day!

Breakfast consisted of zip-loc omlettes. A first for us. (2-4 eggs raw, cooked meat of your choice, sliced potatoes, sliced onions and spices in a 1 gal ziploc bag. Boil the whole thing for 10-15 minutes) I was very impressed.

Summit Co. Search and Rescue were having a practice drill so we were invaded by around 50 snow machines. It was cool to see them work.

The coolest part was when two women brought up their sleds and dog teams for some practice. That was great.

All in all it was a great trip. No scout-cicles. The great part about camping at the end of the road... There is an open restroom for all the winter trail users.

Can't wait for the west desert next month!

[JONBOYLEMON]

Pics.....

[accadacca]

Pics.....

Hey welcome to Bogley treponema. We do like pictures around here. Sounds like you guys had a great snow camping trip.

[JONBOYLEMON]

Oh yes, welcome aboard. I did not notice that was your 1st post. But yes, we all like pics!!!!!!

[Zoriloco]

[gnwatts]

Worthless is a little harsh.

[treponema]

Pics are coming. I've been a bit slow with them from this trip... they're not even on FB yet.

[Zoriloco]

Better???

[accadacca]

Better???

[treponema]

I've been trying to post pics now, but Bogley says that I haven't posted enough to be able to include them. Does anyone know what the minimum number of posts is before I can add my images?

[treponema]

Think I figured this pic thing out. Here are the first 5 pics.

[Zoriloco]

wow that really looks like fun!

[accadacca]

Yep, blue skies! Looks like a great trip.

[treponema]

Finally getting around to posting more pics.