With the road clear all the way to the trailhead, Ryan, Jason and I headed into McGee Canyon for some easy access to the Baldwin Cirque.

 

The trail is mostly melted out by now, but that quickly changed as soon as we started climbing. Above the first bench everything is filled in and looking good.

 

Topping out at the base of the cirque:

 

From there, we got views of the chutes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climbing the bowl:

 

 

 

 

And on to the first chute:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking back:

 

 

 

 And up again:

 

 

Walking to the next chute:

 

 

 

Down again:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And some late-day corn: