What better way to finish the year than being outside in the mountains. We decided to end the year with a snowshoe hike towards the Burton Peak trailhead. A beautiful day for a snowshoe.
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| Beginning of the snow on ridge towards Burton Peak |
We started from the road carrying our snowshoes since there wasn’t any snow on the first part of the ridge. The wind was strong but refreshing as we climbed. Once we crested the steep portion of the ridge the snow became more significant and we strapped on our snowshoes.
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| Overlooking the Kootenai Valley |
About half way to the trailhead we decided to take a lunch break and build a fire. Nothing is better than a warm fire to eat lunch around and warm up.
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| Lunch around the fire |
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| Lunch around the fire |
Two moose and one white-tail deer crossed our path and we saw more moose and deer tracks.
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| Nelson overlooking the Kootenai Valley and Kootenai River |
We snowshoed approximately four miles and enjoyed the sunshine on the last day of 2011. May the New Year bring plenty of fun and adventure!
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| Happy New Year! |
