January 8, 2012 - Hike 40

Trillium Lake, Mount Hood - 5 miles on snow shoes

Another beautiful day on Mt. Hood snow shoeing with Ken and Lindsey. The sky was brilliantly blue and the air was not so cold. The snow was a little crunchy though and not as soft and light as last weekend. Trillium Lake is a very popular snow shoe and cross country ski area. The parking lot was packed when we arrived. There is also an area here for sledding so not everyone was there to go on the trails. Still, this is not a trail to "get away from it all". The views of the mountain were gorgeous just the same. We often went off trail to get away from all of the other snow people. In fact Lindsey even found a nice place to do some snow yoga. See below:

We had a very nice time. The hike, although only 5 miles, is challenging in snow shoes. At one point, Lindsey asked how far we were going to go. At that point we had already travelled about 3 miles and I knew if I said 5 miles she would be sad so I said "over 4 miles". That did not seem so bad to her since we had done 3 miles the weekend before at Mirror Lake. When we got back to the car, I told her it was 5 miles. She argued that "over 4 miles" means below 5 miles, but I disagreed.

I really do love spending time with my family. I am greatful that I have such a great hiking partner. Ken is always ready to accompany me on my many adventures. He also takes charge of bring the GPS, the survival gear and anything else we need for our adventures.

 

Oh, I nearly forgot to tell you about the adorable snow woman we found along the trail. We just had to take a picture. It looked amazingly just like my brilliant daughter Lindsey.