Road 58 travelling to the trailhead. This was a lot more snow than I was expecting Locked gate at the east end of 4610 Looking west up 4610 road - it has been cleaned up quite a bit Log deck at east end of 4610 Sign on log deck at east end of 4610 - I guess someone will be taking these logs Parked at the Shellrock lake trailhead - I was the only one there all day Looking east from the beginning of the Shellrock trail Looking east from the beginning of the Shellrock trail Looking east from the beginning of the Shellrock trail Thor doing his "beaver" thing in the snow on the Shellrock Trail Thor doing his "beaver" thing in the snow on the Shellrock Trail I think I was trying to get a picture of one of the MANY downed trees over the trail This is the junction of another old abandoned trail - it is on the shortcut trail between shellrock lake trail and Cache Meadow trail - it heads southeast down to the 5830 road One of the small lakes around Cache Meadow Thor playing around one of the small lakes around Cache Meadow I'm not exactly sure what this is called - Cripple Creek Lake? It is fed by Cripple Creek This is the largest of the lakes/swamps around Cache Meadow Campsite at Cache Meadow where there used to be a cabin - it burned in the early 2000's Campsite at "Cripple Creek Lake" I'm not exactly sure what this is called - Cripple Creek Lake? It is fed by Cripple Creek I'm not exactly sure what this is called - Cripple Creek Lake? It is fed by Cripple Creek I'm not exactly sure what this is called - Cripple Creek Lake? It is fed by Cripple Creek - The ducks seemed to like it - there were probably at least 20 ducks swminning around on the lake Another one of the MANY downed trees over the trail This looked like a bear print - pretty fresh too This looked to be a deer den/sleeping place - there was deer hair everywhere and it was relatively protected. It was along the "trail X" that goes north from near the end of the trail from Cripple Creek Lake - the trails in that area are REALLY confusing One of the confusing junctions with signs One of the confusing junctions with signs Another print that appears to be a bear The 4635 road where Cripple Creek starts and the Cripple Creek trail continues down 4635 road where the Cripple Creek Trail crosses it Cripple Creek trail just below the 4635 road crossing - this is the first glimpse of the fire damage Cripple Creek trail just below the 4635 road crossing - this is the first glimpse of the fire damage One of the first sections of fire damage I saw below 4635 on the Cripple Creek trail One of the many downed trees/logs in the fire damaged area on the Cripple Creek trail One of the more serious burn areas on the Cripple Creek trail below 4635 One of the more serious burn areas on the Cripple Creek trail below 4635 A section of tread that has been completely burned out - below the 4635 crossing on the Cripple Creek trail Another burned log over the trail - On the Cripple Creek trail below 4653 It seems like it was mostly a ground fire in this area - most of the trees seem to be OK - on the Cripple Creek trail below 4653 A segment of intact tread that was burned on both sides - on the Cripple Creek trail below the 4635 road The tread in this area was heavily damaged - on the Cripple Creek trail below the 4635 road What my truck looked like when we got back to it - about 6 hours later - maybe a half inch of new snow.