Several miles below McClure Pass, in the North Fork Valley, the landscape is a mix of ranches and public lands. There's a little known trail here, straight west of Chair Mountain, that we tried to find yesterday. No luck on that front, but we did have a good time snowshoeing over the ridges and through the gullies of this area near the Ragged Mountains. Breaking trail is hard work, and our best progress was made when we rotated the lead. Though less than six weeks from the winter solstice, the sun is already climbing in the sky, and despite the mix of clouds yesterday, I managed to get a little sunburn on my face.
