3.5 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain •
Winter time snow shoe up to Boy Scout Ridge in the White River drainage. We joined lots of people playing in the snow by hiking up the river drainage to where the Timberline Trail crosses the river. We joined another group and hiked directly up the steepest side of the ridge (nearly vertical) using our snowshoes as crampons. We had lunch at the top and decided to slide down a ditch to get back down. Several of us decided to hike up the steep face again and slide down on a garbage bag. Great fun! Others decided they wanted to try after watching us. We hiked back down and watched scores of sledders slide down the various hills. We "fed" some gray jays trail mix from our hands. You simply held a peanut at arms length and they came down and took it from us!
