My legs were still feeling the effects of my first ski day of the year as I woke up Saturday morning. It would have been easy to take the day off. But no, not us. Chris, Trevor and I decided to climb the mountain behind the condo. We put our hiking gear on, strapped on our snowshoes and headed up the mountain. We quickly were climbing at an incline that had to be close to 90 degrees - with snow as deep as three feet. The snow became so deep and the ascent angle so severe we had to change course more than once. We were working so hard we started to layer-down immediately. Off went the hats, zipper vents were opened, Trevor took off his coat - Chris was smart enough not to wear many layers to begin with. We were soaked with sweat 30 minutes into the hike. We traded off breaking trail and leading the group. We had a blast coming down the hill - running down the mountain in snowshoes, jumping off small cliffs into the snow, trying to avoid the 'head meeting tree' syndrome, etc.
Again, no easy snowshoe trip enjoying the beautiful Colorado mountains for us. Actually, we did enjoy the beautiful surroundings - while testing the bursting point of our heart and lungs. :)
Here is a good link related to 'layering' and winter hiking . . .
Day #33 - Aggressive Snowshoe Hike, 3.5 Hours, Vail Colorado.
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