It has been an exceedingly dry winter, and while we had cold weather with lows of 5 - 6 degrees and some days with highs only around freezing, we are also have warm sunny days with highs in the upper 50s. Wednesday was one of those days with a high of 58. So we made the 45 minute drive out to the trail head and then the 3 mile round trip hike out and back. There was one other car in the parking lot and we met them later, a mom with her son who appeared to be about 9 or 10 years old. A very pleasant break while we continue to deal with Covid-19.
I had to search some shaded side areas off to the side of the trail to find snow.
Once we got to the end of the trail inside the volcanic cone, the last 100 yards was the only part of the trail which still had some packed snow on it. We had Yak Trax with us but did not need them.
We had fun exploring a few of the hoodoos, sat and had mini-muffins and water, and then headed back out to the car and on to our home.
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