Then we began our little snow shoe journey down to the Solitude Village, just 2 1/2 miles down the canyon.
First we went around the frozen Silver Lake. This is the dock we fished from this summer.
The cross country skiers have a groomed trail that is right on the frozen lake. They can go around in circles forever or eventually follow the trail off into the woods.
The various trails are well groomed and marked with color coded plastic that they tie on the trees.
By just going up the canyon we are out of the smoggy inversions that hover over the valley from January through February. We even saw some sunshine up there.
I heard someone say once that there's no bad weather, just bad clothing. We both stayed comfortable, although I like Joes idea of putting 'toe warmers' in my shoes. Thats the only part that got a bit cold.
I thought I did pretty well, considering I went out there with a touch of the flu or something else like that. I usually don't let little things like that stop me.
Here's a picture of Joes back.
A shuttle drove us back up the canyon to the Nordic Center where we were parked. We had almost two hours to use up until the shuttle came, so we went off on some side trail to play some more. There were a couple of signs saying to watch out for the Moose in the area.
All in all we were outside playing for about 5 hours.
1 comment:
So cool! Now I want snowshoes too... oh wait, where would I use them?! darn it!
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