Wait a minute. Wasn't I just raving about the first after work sunset hike of the year? Yes I was. But that was last week and this is Bandera. And Bandera always delivers a sunset. (That's technically not true, but hyperbole is all the rage so we'll go with it.)
Even better than last week on Mt. Washington, Bandera features a big, open slope from which to enjoy the sunset. The downside is that until the snow is off that slope there's a risk of avalanche. In fact, that's why we adjusted the schedule to give the snow a week of extra time to consolidate and/or melt off. It worked. We had a dry climb for the steepest part that's more like the worst stairs ever than a trail.
From the top there was snow for playing and maybe a little eating and definitely for making pictures look even cooler. Where we could, there was even enough snow for plunge-stepping on the way down.
