I did an out and back to roughly the same location as 1.5 weeks ago. It felt warm on the ascent under the sun and hard to believe that it is supposedly in the dead of winter. On the return, I heard noises in the trees, as well as loud groans from, presumably, some sort of animal. I did not stick around to identify the exact source. I finally posted my first photo set as Mr. Juan Jaime had requested photos of this hike. My camera is not very high quality at all, but hopefully the photos will earn me a free taco at some point in the future