We had a family snowshoe hike, with the kids from
The day was almost perfect for a hike, at least in my opinion, it was snowing lightly, and the temperature was around 30˚ and a very light breeze.
There was a group of 6 family members and 3 friends. We met at the Wilderness Innovation building in
snowshoes and ski poles for each person.
I had figured on going somewhere close to save travel time and allow us more time in the snow, fortunately living here in Utah along the Wasatch Front Range, that is a simple proposition. We drove less than 5 minutes to the head of
We headed up the canyon in the creek bottom, with everyone getting used to the feel of using snowshoes, we had 6 different models. Once up the canyon a bit it widened some and I started jumping of drifts and creek banks into the soft light powder snow. Everyone gave this a try, with some of us doing it all the rest of the hike. For me that is one of the fun things to do, rather than just hiking along a trail.
I wanted to get up the canyon to a spot I wanted to show for doing some winter camping in the snow. When we arrived there the guys wanted to climb up some rocks and view a small cave. I stayed behind to heat up some hot chocolate, but found in the confusion of loading backpacks that I left the pot behind, so I wound up just building a fire.
All in all we all had fun, even Jeff who had a snowshoe binding rivet break. We did all kinds of jumping and running on the way back down. A very fun day for all, we can’t wait to do it again.
--Perry
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