Saturday, November 15, 2008
Saturday Snowshoeing
Elizabeth is currently sniffly. Sick, congested, scratchy, all of the above. So when Adam called up Saturday morning with a hankering to head up the Poudre to play in the snow by Cameron Pass, she asked to stay home and perfect her cardmaking for the sake of the upcoming holidays.
Brian being down the road, and also currently a bachelor the next week, did want to come along and fill his boots with snow. The three of us took off late morning, and found ourselves at the parking area for the state park around noon. The sun was out, the sky was clear, and there was not even a trace of wind. Most people would find this a good thing, a nice sign - i find it very odd. Weird.
Nevertheless we took off and made decent time up the trail to Lake Agnes. I'd actually been up there earlier this year via snowshoes, but the crags did seem different this time around. The tips of the Nokhus were sprayed with snow and it added a strange dimension to them. There wasn't anyone much else around all day, only a single other car containing a pair of skiers who very easily beat the three of us up the hill.
The whole trek was a 6 mile, 4 hour event, with us getting back home in time for burgers & hummus. All the shots that i got can be found over here, while all of the pictures Brian got with his much nicer camera are over here.
**update: link to brian's flickr shots has now been added.**
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6 comments:
We only got our first dusting of snow today so our snowshoes are still in the cupboard (closet), mind you that is at an altitude of 600 feet not 10,000ft ish.
hrmph. super jealous. my snowshoes are feeling very neglected the last couple years. apparently they need to take a trip to colorado in order to fulfill their purpose >:E
we keep saying that, but the only person who keeps visiting is my mom.
and she doesn't snowshoe.
Well it is looking promising for us getting our snow shoes out. By the end of tomorrow we might have enough of the white fluffy stuff to go for a walk across a field. :o)
Enough fluffy stuff!!!!!! We have over two foot of it after over 48 hours of snow showers. Yey! and the time as well to go snow shoeing - been twice now.
Pity the temperatures are set to rise Thursday :o(
In England we have a saying along the lines of "it's like the number nine bus you wait around for ages and then three arrive at once". I have decided that your blogs are like no 9 buses :p
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