New downed tree on Cottonwood Meadows trail made a HUGE mess on the trail More of the downed tree on the Lower Cottonwood Meadows trail More of the downed tree on the Lower Cottonwood Meadows trail Heading up the 5830-265 spur - we were surprised to see other footprints! This was where the other footprints we saw on the 5830-265 spur stopped - we had to break trail the rest of the way A segment of original tread that Kirk found on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Heading up thru our created path thru the cut areas on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Thor and Ollie playing at lunch 5830-240 spur road where Cottonwood Meadows trail crosses it Cottonwood Meadows trail heading north from 5830--240 spur road Cottonwood Meadows trail north of 54830-240 spur Third Meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail - it was all fronzen Heading up to the second meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail This is the narrow area between meadows 2 and 2 on the Cottonwood Meadows trail - it was hard to tell if all this disturbance was just snow bombs or if there was a lot of deer traffic Small area between Meadows 2 and 3 on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Second Meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Second Meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Second Meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Frozen over Cottonwood Meadows lake We walked across Cottonwood Meadows lake! We walked across Cottonwood Meadows lake! This was a clear spot in the ice - Kirk said it looked to be about 6" thick Walking around the east side of Cottonwood Meadows lake - still all frozen Looking from the east side of Cottonwood Meadows lake We think this might have been the old campsite on the original rout of the Cottonwood Meadows trail - it headed north from the lake Old Blaze and flagging on the old Cottonwood Meadows trail that headed north from the lake Cut area north of the Cottonwood Meadows lake We ran across this unmapped road getting back to the trail We ran across this unmapped road getting back to the trail First Cottonwood Meadow - again, all frozen over Ollie relaxing in the snow Small pond next to the trail near the north end of the Cottonwood Meadows trail Cottonwood Meadows trail near the north end Rimrock trailhead across the road from the Cottonwood Meadows trail 5830 road at the Cottonwood Meadows crossing 5830 road at the Cottonwood Meadows crossing Zack heading across the first Cottonwood Meadow We were thinking this small bump is the rock in the middle of the first meadow Ollie crossing the first Cottonwood Meadow Kind of showing how deep the snow was in places. This is in one of the cut areas - we were sinking in a foot in places even with snowshoes