Beaver Ponds Trail

It was just another day in Paradise so Bob and I decided to hike the Beaver Ponds Trail. I fail to see the humor in the fact that EVERY BODY passes us on every trail, however, not to be denied, we hiked on.

The information in our guide book said this trail was about 5 miles long and had only a 400' elevation change. Our GPS said we walked 7 miles and that the elevation change was 1,020'. We split the difference and are claiming a 6 mile hike with about 800' elevation. What do these books know anyway? The key was that after the initial climb, this was a very pleasant, if not longer than expected, loop trail and we burned enough calories to have an ice cream cone reward upon returning to Mammoth to claim our car!

Another lunch with a view!

The actual pond with beaver's in it. No, we didn't really see them, just the dams.

 Walking along the ridge line.











Another pond. What's with all these mountain ranges...

Another hard worker in the wild.

We are almost back to the start, woohoo! That is Mammoth Hot Springs in the background.