Twisp of Fate

Sunday it snowed all day long and our overall snowpack is looking pretty good!  The MVSTA trail groomers have been out grooming our valley’s extensive cross-county trail system every morning. Yesterday there was a break between storm systems so we headed up to Sun Mountain in the late morning for a ski outing.

Not being in the best of shape, we stuck to the lower, relatively flat trails.  We started out along the edge of the beaver pond:

to the Hough Homestead:

then back along the Yellow Jacket trail, which has its ups and downs.  We decided we weren’t quite ready to quit yet, so we skiied back up Little Wolf Rd to the Overland trail, which is a higher route with beautiful trees and views down to the valley.

snow-covered pines on Overland trail

view up-valley along the Overland trail

What a gorgeous, sunny day!  We were out for almost 2 hours of continuous, although not overly strenuous, exercise.

Here’s a shot of the house with its new blanket of snow on the roof:

The next system is moving in from the coast, and we are supposed to get another 3-6 inches today and tonight!