Condition of Shepherd Pass

[Phil R]

SN - Thanks for the pic.

Reminds me of Sawtooth a few years ago where we didn't have a maintained trail through the scree...except there we had a lot more elevation gain and dozens of use trails that didn't go anywhere. Then I feel twice going down the East slope.

Come to think of it, I fell coming down from Shepherd Pass too!

[wingding]

Actually, the Shepherd Pass Trail was in very good condition last July 4th weekend. Trail work had already been done in the avalanche area. Last year was a heavy snow year, so there was more snow to deal with at the pass than there would be in an average year.

Here's a picture of the pass area on July 3, 2005:



We did Williamson over the the 4th of July weekend last year. More pictures of the trip and the Shepherd Pass Trail:

http://kathywing.smugmug.com/gallery/1101326