Without postponing anymore the fact that the snow is back, it was time to get out on the first snowshoe of the season. I didn’t have plenty of time to organize anything with the group and originally I was going to hike with Scott. After several text messages we changed the hike for a snowshoe and invited Chris. In the end, it was only Chris and I. Without much planning, we went to Frog Lake to do the Twin Lakes loop. The forecast was predicting some clouds and a small chance of showers. We were surprised when we got to the trailhead as we had a cloud covered sky but some sun peeking under the clouds illuminating the trees. That gave the whole area a sort of a bluish glow that lasted for most of the day. After getting ready to leave, we headed out towards Lower Twin Lake. This first portion of the trip was great as we were breaking new snow. It was a workout though. The snow was very soft and powdery so we were sinking about a foot with our snowshoes. Once we got to Lower Twin Lake, we hiked back to the main trail and continued our route towards Upper Twin Lake. We stopped for lunch at Upper Twin Lake while enjoying the scenery and silence before continuing out trip around the lake. From that point, instead of cutting back, we continued until we met with the PCT where we found some fresh x-country ski tracks that made the hike a bit easier. We were thankful of those tracks as we were pretty tired by then of braking new snow. From the PCT we hiked down back to the main trail and to the car completing about 8 miles. Not bad for our first snowshoe.
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