It was cold out Saturday. I'm talking cold you can still feel in your bones long after you are back inside. I set out for a ski from P7 and took trail 8 to the Champlain Parkway. There was plenty of snow on trail 8 for a backcountry trail but in a couple of spots there were ditches with not quite frozen water which called from some quick thinking. It is great to see this much snow on the ground already. Add in the snow-bomb from Sunday and we will be set for the season.
It was much colder on the parkway than in the woods but the skies were cloudless and blue and the track was fast. I had planned to go as far as the lookouts and maybe Western cabin but instead I made a hard right turn on the Fortune Parkway and the cozy confines of Keogan cabin. After warmup and a snack and some bird feeder photography I set off back to the car along Ridge Road. As always the last 2 kilometres to P7 are some fun fast downhill gliding.
A great day to be out but for sure a day to stick to the wooded trails.
PS
As requested by a subscriber(since I only have two I have to comply):
- Make delicious muffins from scratch
- Cracker
- Among the bears
- Do not own a cell phone, never have
- Passed out while taking off boots after a hike of Nippletop and Dial
- Best bowl of soup ever ... Beef lentil at Greenleaf hut
Labels: Champlain parkway, P7, Trail 8
1 Comments:
Glad to see you got out! I am hoping to be able to trudge through the snow tomorrow on my snowshoes. We have over a foot of new snow from today and yesterday, so it will be pretty hard work breaking my trail. Thanks for the compliance...it wasn't too distracting, you fit it in nicely. No cell for me either- that definitely makes us weird! Happy skiing!
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