Seems like we usually get either a lot of snow OR real cold weather. This winter has had both.
Between snowstorms and bitter cold, haven't done much hiking. So this fine sunny Saturday afternoon, I went up the Red Circle trail with Sadie around 2 PM.
Once we crashed over to the trail, it was packed pretty hard but probably still a foot deep with even deeper loose snow on either side. The packed path was just wide enough for your feet side-by-side.
When we got to the Yellow trail, we turned East and I stopped at the top of our shortcut to head back down. But Sadie and the trail were calling me on. So I checked my watch and it was only 2:30 and I called home and said I was thinking about going out to Chestnut. I stood there for awhile and took in the silence and the cracking of the trees in the wind.
I was concerned the trail might not be as packed all the way and I only had my hiking boots so deep snow would be annoying. We did the ups and downs and there were plenty of foot holds in the packed path. We crossed the Red Square and Sadie almost headed up the Green/Yellow Crossover. When we crossed the Blue, I called home for a ride.
We had only seen one guy coming down the Red Circle when we had turned onto Yellow. As we got to Chestnut, we saw our only other hiker as he was going up to the map board to plan his route. When Evan came we could see another pair of hikers coming out. There were about 4 or 5 cars at the trailhead and 2 or 3 more where the Green trail comes out a little up the road.
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