Snowshoeing in Snoqualmie
Hey there! I’ve been out of town and doing lots of stuff so I expect to post a barrage of content over the next week or two about all that. For now, working in reverse-chronological order, let’s explore the ancient art of snowshoeing.
Last week some of the guys at work suggested we go snowshoeing and since it was an outdoor activity I had yet to try, I could hardly turn them down. I went to REI for the first time to gear up and rent the snowshoes. REI is an interesting place; I had no idea it was a consumer co-op. I’m a member now, yay.
Then we got up on Saturday at a weekday-like 8am to head out to the Snoqualmie area in search of the Gold Creek Trail. Lucky for us, the road to get to the trail was snowed in so we ended up snow-shoeing up to the trailhead rather than starting there.
Snowshoeing is definitely a cool way to go hiking in the winter and reach areas you normally couldn’t on foot. On the other hand, dragging around metal extensions attached to already heavy hiking boots is not on my ankles’ favorite list of things to do at this point. So while I had a great time exploring the area with the guys, I won’t be snowshoeing every weekend hereafter.
Photos of our Snoqualmie snowshoeing trip are posted in my fancy new self-hosted gallery.
I guess this is as good a time as any to mention that between all the activity, the site changed hosts from 1&1 (those chumps gave me three free years of hosting!) to Dreamhost.