Dix Trailless Loop with Nate, Ryan and Liam
May 2017

We get to parking at first light	first stream crossing	shoe box falls
E'town #4	another stream	some mud
crossing the stream	open rock above inner camp	we have breakfast
as the water swirls by	heading up the slippery stream	crossing from the left bank to the right
following the stream	a waterfall and a glimpse of the slide	this tells us we are going to follow a side trail soon
open rock along the side stream	time for microspikes	at the base of
the slide	spikes are good on wet rock too	climbing along the edge
a little ledge	above a wall halfway up the slide	moving on loose rock
back onto snow	cooling off hands	into the krumholtz
reaching the beckhorn on Dix	looking down the slide	descending on the herd path toward Hough
the Grace slide	wedged in	a rest on the shoulder of Dix
Lunch on Hough; view of Elk lake	descending Hough	ascending
S. Dix	on S. Dix	a peek at Grace
looking sout from Graced	view north from Grace	we pose
hanging out	desceding the slide	some brush
some ledges	looking back up the slide	carefully taking dry routes
finally walking upright	more slide to descend	almost to the bottom
red trillium	taking a needed break	down the stream we go
a swimming hole near inner camp	stream crossing	taking a dip on the last river crossing