Sheila, June, Bill and Jim
It was a nice day for March, just over 30 degrees, the sun could have been a bit warmer but it was clear enough for some nice views, with some light winds.
Navigation was easy for a bushwhack: Just make your way to the cabin, take a right and follow the blue blazed path to Vly. Bearpen is a bit trickier- follow the road behind the cabin, at the top of the sharp switchback take a right and immediate left (this is the shortcut). It will rejoin the snowmobile trail. Keep going till the T and take a right.
Top of Vly
Bill did not really give Sheila the black eye, it was a fir tree. 
Snowmobile trail heading towards Bearpen 
Old Ski slope on top of Bearpen 
Converted truck used for the lift 
Another view from the top. You can see Plattekill Ski are in the center (There is a view of Belleayre from Vly). 
June had never seen Jackalope tracks before
Leave it to Sheila to find a Porta-Potty 
GPS track of Bearpen and Vly Mountains (it only contains the trip up, I must have turned it off on the top of Bearpen): Vly_Bearpen GPX
Video Flyover of the track: https://youtu.be/Uvfu2e8vL-8
I love a hike that starts with a port-a-potty! What a much needed relaxed and fun hike! And seeing the rare tracks of a jackelope was a treat for sure! Don’t forget the yum-yums at Phoencia diner. Great fun, see you all soon.