Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
The snow forecasts are starting to come in and the pow is piling up in the Cascades of Washington State. But do you know how to prepare to recreate safely, whether snowshoeing or cross country skiing, when winter blankets the mountains? It is time to check out the new app by the Northwest Avalanche Center….
This post was originally shared in December of 2016. I love learning new stuff. I love relearning old stuff. It wasn’t a planned thing but last week I was asked by my friend Denise if I wanted to go to the Mountaineers Leadership Conference with her. She is a hike leader and involved in her…
Now, don’t get me wrong. An extra hour of sleep tomorrow is going to be nice. But I’m pretty sure I will not be the only one mourning the loss of daylight in the evening that happens this time of year with the end of Daylight Saving Time. Daylight Saving was instituted so that we…
I’m not sure how this year’s snowshoeing is going to turn out with my bum arm, but I’m going to do my best to get out there in the snow. I have been looking forward to trekking through some good fresh powder since spring when I finally upgraded from a pair of secondhand snowshoes after…
As I was listing out my snowshoe trips from last year for my Snowshoes page, I had a revelation. I did A LOT of snowshoe trips last year. I went from zero time on snowshoes in the winter of 2014-15 to 23 trips in 2015-16. Wow! So, I guess I must have learned a lot…