Maverick and Lodge Pole get cold.

Maverick says, "this was an extremely beautiful place to camp but the craziest night on trail so far. Temperatures in the high 20s but the wind was insane all night. It sounded like we camped right next to a jet engine or  under a high speed train.  The next morning a day hiker told me that the news reported 92mph wind gusts on the ridge I was camped."

"Up 

 "Up over 8000 feet"

"Mountain Lion tracks in the snow following the Canadian hikers we had been traveling with. We know the tracks were fresh because they went right over the top of their boot prints!"

"This was really weird, but it must have been made by some kind of snake in the snow."

"Coming down the mountain into Idylwild."