Naturalist Basin June 8-9

[mtnrunner]

My son and I backpacked into Naturalist Basin Friday afternoon for an over nighter. I know it has been a mild winter but I was still quite surprised at the lack of snow. We crossed a couple of small patches of snow by Jordan Lake and that was it. There was still a bit of ice on LeConte Lake and Blue Lake but everything else was pretty much ice free. The best part of the trip was we didn't see a single person until we where leaving Saturday afternoon. It was early enough in the year to beat the crowds and the bugs.