Cold bench, nice hike!

 

 

There were no views to be had today from the awesome bench on the Wolf Trail and it had a thin coating of ice on it. Still, I enjoyed the hike up on a nice hard packed trail of snow past trees coated in snow and ice. Quite the winter wonderland. I sat for about 5 minutes before turning around and returning home to a warmer indoor bench! There is plenty of snow in the park but more would always be welcomed!

 



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Winter arrives on time

Two weeks later and on the winter solstice no less, I headed back up the Luskville Fire Tower trail. It looks a whole lot different after two recent dumps of snow. I opted for microspikes although snowshoes probably would have been a better choice. On the way up I followed the tracks (and trench) of some snowshoers (thanks) to the right at the trail split. There is ankle to knee deep snow up there to enjoy. I didn't linger at the tower and headed straight back down. I did my part breaking trail taking the other side of the loop. I am glad I was heading downhill when breaking trail!

If this winter is to be judged by it's first day, I say this winter will be top notch!

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Spring before Winter at the Luskville Fire Tower

I went for a hike to the Luskville Fire Tower yesterday. Strange that we have already had a decent snowfall and then melt before winter has even officially started. Plenty of local out on the trails (see above). I guess they welcome any opportunity to chow down without having to dig through snow and ice. More snow please!

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