We've been talking about taking a day to visit Jackson Basin and today turned out to be that day. It wasn't the perfect blue-sky opportunity I'd been hoping for, in fact, it was pretty socked in and we got snowed on for part of the trip. Nonetheless....as they say: "A bad day in the mountains is better than a good day at work", or in my case, a day spent sanding and cutting big pieces of wood into small pieces of wood....This area has an active cat-skiing operation but it's mostly pretty quiet in there - several scales of magnitude better than a commercial ski hill. One side benefit of the operation is the condition of the trails. The large Bombardier snow machines they use have made a network of packed roads all over the area, making the skidoo trip in pretty quick. We parked our machine by the side of one of these roads and took to the snowshoes. From the long ridge connecting Reco with the Texas Peak area, we were able to look back to Reco, seeing part of the peak during one brief period when it was semi-clear. We plodded on, eventually climbing up to a minor hill where we could catch a glimpse of Texas Peak, one of the several peaks on my "to do list" for next summer.
We retraced our steps, slithered down some steep, snowy sections and headed back out to the highway about 11 km away, home, snacks, soak in the tub.....
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