Some time ago I went to Newton Creek on an exploratory Snowshoe that ended up being quite great. On that instance, we hiked all the way to the creek and then followed it upstream, on the west side as high as we could and then circled back on a ridge next to it to come back down. This time my idea was to cross Newton Creek climb towards Gnarl Ridge on the other side and do a bigger loop. Weather was not cooperating a lot but it was dry so the first part of the hike went without any hiccups. Even crossing over Newton Creek went pretty well as we found some logs that were sturdy enough. From there it was a steep climb to the ridge and then some navigation thru the woods. At some point weather turned on us and we got sideways rain/snow which forced us to turn around and go back retracing our steps. Yes, it’s a short story and certainly I could blame someone for not doing the entire loop (those who were there know what I’m talking about) but Weather was a big factor so I’ll leave it at that, besides, if this was a first attempt, you can be sure there’s a second attempt later.
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