The last day of winter felt like spring, almost summer,and inevitably the first day of spring will feel like winter has returned. It didn't take long to shed extra clothes even down to shorts and t-shirts.At a relaxed pace we made to the top in about 90 minutes,the trails being icy in the forest but bare and dry in open areas. After a long lunch we completed the loop skipping the extra hill , back at the cars shortly before 3.
Brown hillsides and a perfect blue sky
Picnic table and fire ring on Mesa Butte summit
Summit pic