Category: Snowshoe (Page 2 of 2)

The Nordic Ski area at White Pass (Hwy 12) has dedicated snowshoe trails as well as x-country skiing. It’s beautiful starting at the Yurt at Leech Lake, snowshoeing around the lake and through the forest or along the groomed trails. You can also connect with the PCT here and snowshoe for miles and miles…. It’s a great winter escape for those of us whose knees will not ever ski 🙂

The Skyline Trail in winter is just as gorgeous as in summertime, but in a different way. There is great show-shoeing out of Paradise, hopefully on a crystal-clear winter day that allows you to see all the way to Mt. Hood in Oregon. It’s days like these that get me through our gray, wet, PNW winters….

p.s. It IS possible to work on a tan in winter in Washington, I’ve gotten sunburned in January

Frani and I set out from Paradise to Mazama Ridge on a day that was supposed to be decent weather, but since our Mountain can make her own weather, she can do whatever she pleases whenever she wants. We still had a great time, and got to see an absolutely spectacular mountain shadow sunrise that morning on the drive there. We turned around early because of weather, so this is one area that I definitely want to explore more when I get the chance.