I went snowshoeing with my dad on Christmas Eve. We were gone for about three and a half hours. It took me at least that long to warm up again once we got home. Brrrrrr. It was a tad nippy outside Wednesday.
We hiked up our usual ravine, but it was like a whole new place because there was about 5 feet of snow underfoot. Toppled trees that we normally have to crawl under were completely covered in snow and we were able to walk right over them. It was really fun, super cold, AND according to my heart rate monitor I burned 1150 calories. Nice. If only I had three extra hours a day that I could go snowshoeing.
A bunch of the trees in the ravine still had leaves on them.
The ravine we hike in.
This is a funny little sign near the top of the ravine.
The ravine opens up to a few ridges... a few sort of "foothills" on the back of Cascade.
We hiked up our usual ravine, but it was like a whole new place because there was about 5 feet of snow underfoot. Toppled trees that we normally have to crawl under were completely covered in snow and we were able to walk right over them. It was really fun, super cold, AND according to my heart rate monitor I burned 1150 calories. Nice. If only I had three extra hours a day that I could go snowshoeing.
A bunch of the trees in the ravine still had leaves on them.
The ravine we hike in.This is a funny little sign near the top of the ravine.The ravine opens up to a few ridges... a few sort of "foothills" on the back of Cascade.
Then... over the southern ridge into a meadow, down the hill to meet up with the road and trek back to the parking lot. (Where, unfortunately, the bathrooms were "locked for the season." LAME.)
Oooooh, I'm going to miss my mountains.
2 comments:
Beautiful scenery and shots. I bet your dad will miss his snowshoeing companion.
That is so beautiful. That is something I would love to do someday.
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