We had been following the weather hoping for a break so we could go up to the mountain for some more snowshoeing. Being a holiday weekend, our first option was to do our normal wake up late, have breakfast and open presents, but since weather was not nice and we noticed that at least it was not going to be snowing or raining on Sunday, we quickly changed our plans and left the gifts wrapped under the tree and headed for the mountain. We do have our priorities straight. Since it was still going to be overcast, we opted for a route without a lot of views so we wouldn’t be disappointed. Going with that, we chose to do the Twin Lakes loop from Barlow Pass. Right from the start we had a grey sky that didn’t invite for a lot of picture taking but being in the forest with some new snow made up for it. It was a pretty cold day so we marched on the PCT up to the saddle and then down to the second junction where you turn left to head to Lower Twin Lake. We stood for a minute at the junction that leads to a campground down in Lower Twin Lake and has views of the lake but then decided to just continue our way to Upper Twin Lake instead since there, the trail goes around the lake. If there were any views, we would get them there. At Upper Twin Lake we got a little break in the clouds and even a bit of sun that opened the views of the white surface of the lake and a rare view of Mt Hood over the ridge. After circling the east shore, we got back into the forest as the sky got grey again. Once back in the PCT we continued back to the parking area this time going uphill first. Once finished and being happy with about 7 miles of snowshoeing, we went home for a hot shower, nice dinner and presents. That’s a happy Christmas day.
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