With our recent cloudy weather, we were happy to see some blue skies and sunshine on our hike up Sweathouse Canyon a few days ago.
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It was a sunny day in the valley, and while we were hoping to hit a little sunshine on our hike, we knew we might be getting to that time of the year when the sun never hits the bottom of the canyons. But sun or no sun, we set out for a little mountain fun. :)
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The falls are less dramatic this time of year, but still enjoyable to see.
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This is the top portion of the lower falls. Icy cold!
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We were getting so close to the warm glow of sunshine...
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A bit of off-trail over and around rock and downfall, but nothing crazy.
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The temp had dropped and our blue skies had turned to gray for our way back out.
Still quite enjoyable. We just put on another layer. :)
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The views on the drive to Sweathouse Trailhead are gorgeous any time of year, but they are especially beautiful when the mountains have snow on them.

When we hiked up Sweathouse in the latter part of April this year, it was nice to finally be hiking on some bare ground again, as the trail was mostly clear of snow until shortly below the lower falls. We eventually ran into about 2-1/2 feet of snow hiding the trail above the upper falls on our way to our favorite rock area away from the trail.

We enjoyed a campfire lunch as planned, but we did shorten our stay a bit as we discovered too many ticks in that area. After all was said and done, we had encountered 17 ticks on that hike. We definitely had a good time, but 17 ticks is a few too many for my liking! We'll be back again after tick season is over for this year. :)