Very pretty scene on the way into the Clackamas
We were the first to drive the pipeline road after the snow - no tracks on the road!
Pipeline road at the trailhead
You can see there was 3-4" of snow on the road when we got there
Looking up at the pennstock for the 3 Lynx powerplant that is across the road from the trailhead
At the beginning there were few bare spots on the trail
Looking at un-named peaks to the south
Looking over near Fish Creek Mountain
The sun was peeking thru the trees, but it didn't come out in this photo
The grotto on the Cripple Creek trail
Thor having fun in the deep snow in the hillside meadow on the Cripple Creek trail
Hillside meadow looking back towards Whalehead - Cripple Creek Trail
Beginning of one of my favorite places on the Cripple Creek trail - a nice little grove of large timber in a saddle
Looking up one of the rockslides - Cripple Creek trail
Flat area right below the second spur road crossing - Cripple Creek Trail
Trail sign after one of the road crossings - Cripple Creek Trail
It is hard to see - but our footprints were very visible on the way up - the falling and melting snow made this almost disappear in places
