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It typically closes when there is an avalanche potental in those chutes above the highway.

T McPherson is correct - California Striped Racer. Yea, you guys are correct, striped racer. My bad. I'll stick to mammals and birds. Kinda hard to eat though, I bet. I'd find it next to impossible keeping the gag reflex at bay with all that musky stuff on it, and had it been a red racer, it would ...

It would appear to me that someone has deleted a message that reflects an understandable but absolutely wrong interpretation of my comment. An urban burrito is simply slang for one of the multitude of soiled diapers left trailside, roadside, creekside, etc. Other than the ethnic specificity of the ...

Nice, we need more reverse impact hikers like you out there! Thats a good find of a snake too, a two-striped garter. Forest Service sensitive snake, kinda rare. That means the habitat in there is doing well.

Jim, that's pretty nice, thanks for sharing! I have not been up to the grove for years, time to go again with my important supplies too!

Sorry, you missed my point, but you are right too. I agree, there is a huge mess caused by people who don't care about their impacts on the mountain, but education is the only way to change it, not by calling them names and making them feel like they are inferior for their looks. I've been hiking th...