July 8, 2017, Headlight Basin (Near Ingalls Lake)

Esmerelda Trail Head is still inaccessible to cars due to a barrier on the road about a mile from the TH. I'd walked this closure in June. This time we brought bikes and that made the closure a pleasure. Coasting back to the car was so satisfying! The trail is in great shape with one downed log and that's it. The road is in fabulous shape too. We found enough snow to make a worthwhile day trip. We didn't, but you could ski from Fortune Peak to the basin floor with some creativity. It's warm and melting fast though. Not surprisingly, we didn't see any other skiers.

12 year old Freya skiing a slope she visited for the first time two years ago.


hey goat!