Day Two - The Voyage to Indian Bar (Part One)

Day Two, started well. We were the only people at the campsite and were off fairly early. We camped near a fairly fast movie stream. Fairly close to the waterfall from the day before and very close to a decent sized gorge.

Above: Picture of Gorge

View up from gorge

Break before Box Canyons and last point of civilization for ~15-20 miles

SNOW!!!!

After a grueling climb past the Box Canyons and many series of switch backs we reached long awaited snow. And... I couldn't help myself. The Snow heralded the fact that the next 3 or 4 miles of our hike were likely to be through snow and tricky navigation.

Ice-Axe Training: After another mile of hiking through snow, we came upon an early small hill that was possible to practice using our ice axes for possible emergency slipping, falling, etc... John practicing...

Below: Slide marks very evident
Marmot watching us from afar. Did I mention that the day was foggy and visibility for the first two days was poor. Well, it was. In this instance it helped us take pictures of the marmot.