Snowshoeing

[Lifesgreat]

I went snowshoeing this morning at Sundance Resort. I have a pass and live just a few minutes away. It was a beautiful sunny/partly cloudy day and the trail wove through the trees. Some of the trail is alongside a groomed xc ski trail and it was fun to see the skiers go by. It was hillier than I thought it would be so I had the opportunity to stop often and admire the trees and mountain views. I only had about an hour, but it was a fun, beautful outing.

[short cut sally]

I was able to go shoeing the past 2 days, despite the 15degree weather and wind. I didn't care, I wanted to get out of the house. We didn't get as much snow as Lisa, the fields are bare but along the hedgerows and some of the flatter areas, I was able to find some good snow to walk on. I hear it might snow again tomorrow. I will be at work so I hope it snows all weekend so monday when I'm off I can get outside. Now that I have a reason to be out side, I pray for snow Lisa, all that snow and that night shoeing sounds like so much fun. Will it be on a lit trail or will you have to wear a head light type of thing? Either way, enjoy.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I was able to go shoeing the past 2 days, despite the 15degree weather and wind. I didn't care, I wanted to get out of the house.

Whoa, that's BRAVE!!! Braver than me. I'll go walking the streets on my fitness walks at 10 degrees, but not shoeing into the forest or fields. Yikes.

Now that I have a reason to be out side, I pray for snow Lisa, all that snow and that night shoeing sounds like so much fun. Will it be on a lit trail or will you have to wear a head light type of thing? Either way, enjoy.

Yes I feel the same way- between my walks and my "shoe-ings" I now have a reason to get out in the winter and actually enjoy it! I spent my life avoiding the outside in the cold and snow. Better to start late than never!

Our local Land Conservancy org is planning several snowshoe outings in Jan/feb. One of them in Feb is supposed to be a nighttime "Full Moon Snowshoe Trek" in a nearby preserve of rolling fields and huge pond. If there isn't too much cloud cover that night, there should be plenty of moonlight to shoe by. I'll bring a little flashlight in my pocket just in case, but I'm sure we'll be asked to not use any lights. The preserve has many open rolling fields with no trails needed, so we won't be tripping over rocks and roots in a forest or anything like that.
I've never done such a thing before, and so I'm a bit scared but I'm hoping the weather and snow situation will cooperate for it. I have no idea how many people might go to something like that- I would think maybe only a handful. Last year there wasn't any snow on the ground at the scheduled times, and they had to cancel their snowshoe events.
We'll see this year, so far so good....
We still have about 5" on the ground now, but it's awfully wet heavy crusted snow, and the temps are very cold at the moment. Sat and & Sunday look to get warmer up in the 30's. I might go into the woods then to check things out again.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It's much more work for me to snowshoe for 2 miles than to fitness walk for 5 miles. Snowshoeing really gets my heart going and my lungs a workout.

Too cold for me to do either today- at 0 degrees F.

I finally ordered some Tubbs Wilderness snowshoes for my DH. After much online price comparing, I found this site to have some pretty good prices:
http://www.thewildernessexperience.c...let/StoreFront
folks might want to check it when shopping around.