Rho Creek

Parked on the 4671 road near the Rho Creek trailhead - probably 1-2" of snow Rho Creek trailhead Lots of ice in the tread on the Rho Creek trail Near the beginning of the Rho Creek trail - in the sunshine! Icicle off an old cut log on the Rho Creek trail Very old cut log on the Rho Creek trail - 70 years? A cool spot on the Rho Creek trail - an old blaze amidst a bunch of old growth Rho Creek where it is near the trail Rho Creek trail after the creek srossing - heading uphill An old cut  log on the Rho Creek trail Heading into the cut are on the Rho Creek trail Getting into deeper snow on the Rho Creek trail Snow started getting deeper and icy in places as we got higher on the Rho Creek trail Looking south across Rho Creek to some deep snow One of the few downed logs on the Rho Creek trail Snow keeps getting deeper Small waterfall on Rho Creek below the trail Deer tracks in the snow Another downed log on the Rho Creek trail Crossing one of the creeks that feeds Rho Creek Getting to the cut below 4672 - the snow was at least a couple of feet in here Had to take a picture of the ice crystals on the surface of the snow - it was pretty cool looking Fadeaway Springs - empty - this is normal for this weird spring - it is empty in the winter and full in late summer Cut area below the 4672 road on the Rho Creek trail Heading back down the Rho Creek trail from Fadeaway springs Thor was digging in the snow with his nose - his head was covered in snow Post where the old Lowe Creek trail headed north - we followed it once but it gets lost in a cut about a quarter mile north Lots of deer prints on the trail