We awoke to sunny skies and decided to hike/hunt the Fisher Peak trail. The weather decided to change and slowly socked in the mountains as we were hiking.
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| Snow covered trail on the way to Fisher Peak |
There was no snow at the beginning of the trail and the larch were golden in the sunlight. As we climbed higher the clouds rolled in while the snow became more substantial. At the peak there probably was six to eight inches of snow and the wind was cold.
Even though the peak was socked in, we decided to summit it anyway. The view was limited to a few hundred feet. We unfortunately couldn’t glass for any animals. The concrete remnants of the fire lookout poked out of the snow. The man who manned the lookout had quite a hike to reach it.
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| Lookout remnants on top of Fisher Peak |
Wildlife was abundant but not visible, except for one grouse and a few pine grosbeaks. We crossed several deer tracks and there was even of set of deer tracks in our tracks on the way down. We also crossed one set of moose tracks and a set of bear tracks.
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| Pine grosbeaks eating seeds from cones |
The whole trip of 10.5 miles took six hours–four hours up and two hours down. We arrived at the pickup before dark thankfully, even though we were carrying headlamps. Another great day to be in the mountains.
