White River, Dec 19th

Our classic end of year/beginning of year snowshoe. AS we have done many times in the past we try to make a point of doing this snowshoe to kick off the season. Last year it wasn’t that good as we had an incredibly warm winter. This year it has been better and with a little help from el Niño, we’ve gotten a bit more snow. It was time to go check it out. We got lucky in getting thee before the hordes would fill up the parking area which is usually what happens on sunny clear days. There were some low hanging clouds but not enough to obscure the magnificent views of Mt Hood. We did our usual hike following the river trail uphill until you leave he crowds behind and get to “The big hill”. We love going up there not only for the fun of it but also to get the better views. From the top we were able to hear loud music, probably from a party at Timberline Lodge. With that we explored a bit more uphill until we decided to turn around and head back. It was a very cold day. Instead of doing the back-country route back though, we decided to go down the way we came which we rarely do. A couple had just arrived there and were taking pictures to then glissade all the way down. That looked like fun so we followed doing the same. The rest of the trail was the normal walk ending with tons of people, kids and dogs enjoying the snow and some fun glissading



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