ANOTHER FAVORITE GETAWAY!
Hate the heat. Love the snow! For some reason I never drove this far to go hiking to see pass the Mount Charleston entrance turn. Turn to Lee Canyon to see this beauty!
God, it's so nice to just get away, have no reception and enjoy the nice cool breeze up a mountain. Reduce the stress and clear your mind.
If you go to the Upper Bristlecone Trail parking area to go skiing and snowboard, there is a $5 fee to go in. Sometimes there's no one there, so it's free. But when I went the other day, seems like everyone wanted to snowboard and such.
Only reason I'm giving 4 stars is because on the drive up there. There was a lot of trash scattered on the side of the roads. Seemed like it wasn't being intended too well. There was also an abandoned truck that smelled like hell's dump yard and a bunch of homeless people decided to poop all over the place sitting in the lower parking lot of the Bristlecone trail. I'm sure a squatter was chillin around though and their car broke down.
Anyway, since we didn't want to go up the trail where the smelly truck was broken down at, we reported it to the cute girl taking payment to the Upper Bristlecone Trailhead and she let us in without paying the $5. Woo! THANK YOU, CUTE GIRL. Haha.
Besides all that, it was a wonderful experience. I will go back!