Woodswalker

March 12, 2017 Moody Island 11.6 miles 250 feet gained

Flowers starting to bloom sporadically, river running strong and a sunny clearing in the afternoon. No ticks!! We strolled down to the boxcar and wandered down to the river a few times. Wonderful day.

January 30, 2017 Elk Meadows 3 miles 250 feet gained

The roads were finally clear and I did a short and lovely stroll with friends to check on a wildlife camera and look at tracks. We snowshoed, but they weren't really needed except for offtrail and a few random sinkholes. Wonderful day!

January 22, 2017 Lower Twin Lakeshore 6.7 miles 1,000 feet gained

Went with some friends on a lovely meetup group hike. The roads were definitely bad in places. An accident had closed the westbound lanes of 26 completely and Hwy 35 was closed both directions from a car accident. We decided to just pull over at Barlow Pass Sno park and snowshoe down the PCT, and then take the cutoff down to Upper Twin Lake. There were no re...

January 6, 2017 Robins Island 8.2 miles 1,500 feet gained

Great day exploring the ice!! Three short hikes that were truly wonderful.

January 2, 2017 Balch Canyon 5.5 miles 500 feet gained

Beautiful day with a good friend on the Wildwood!!

January 1, 2017 Tamanawas Falls 3.8 miles 500 feet gained

Beautiful way to bring in the New Year! Almost a foot of fresh powder on the trees and no wind. There is a rock slide almost all the ways to the falls, which is tricky in snow shoes, with occasional deep wells in the rocks. Fine going up. A little more interesting coming down. Good company and a perfect day.