Cons

Hike Day 9 started doing teamwork activities at Head of Dean. The point was to ensure the team could work together including everyone to accomplish difficult tasks - like scaling a wall or placing a gold ring (old tire) on a sleeping giant's finger (vertical pole) without waking the giant (don't touch the pole). We then left camp and packed over to Baldy Skyline camp where the Cons (short for Conservation) team met us to explain what we would be doing. Our job was to close an old trail and to prepare it with rotting logs and wood such that it would quickly be absorbed by the forest and disappear over the course of several years.  The day ended with a hike into Ute Meadows to camp.