Snowshoeing Adventures

by Carla Royal on April 7, 2010

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One of my favorite activities while living in the north has been snowshoeing.  It is a wonderful way to be outside in nature while staying warm and getting great exercise.  I will miss wandering through the woods with my pups and stumbling upon so many treasures.DSC00169 230x300 Snowshoeing Adventures

Below, you can see the imprint of a grouse’s wing.  As we approached the spot, we flushed the grouse, and when I came round the tree where she had been, I discovered a grouse snow angel!

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Tracks abound in the snow, and it’s fun trying to figure out to whom they belong.  The blanket of snow brings with it a stillness and peace that is palpable.  The beauty of freshly fallen snow is exquisite.  Winters can be dreary but when snow is on the ground light is reflected brilliantly, even on overcast days.  And snowshoeing is a sure fire way to overcome the winter blues.

Winter is my favorite season in the north, and I will miss it when I move south.

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  • Charysse

    If pollen were snow, you’d be able to snowshoe in Georgia today. The pollen count is 5733 today. Wheeze.

  • Carla

    Oh no! And I’m coming back there? Yikes! Maybe we’ll just miss the pollen this year…but not next!

  • Vivienne Whale Gracehe

    As some of you may know Vancouver didn’t have snow for the Olympics if you don’t count the snow they helicoptered in. I believe it was Mother Nature showing her displeasure at the excess and reminding us all who is truly in charge. Now the Olympics are over the snow is back.
    I was up snowshoeing on Easter monday and it was truly a winter wonderland. I felt like a child in a fairy tale. The snow was deep and felt and looked like piles of icing sugar. The shapes and patterns were stunning. There were parts of old growth forest along the trail so magical. One of the old trees had lost part of it’s top and then regrown it was heavily laden with snow so it looked like it had a sheet with eyes cut out for a ghost disguise. One of the people we met on the trail had seen a bear print complete with claws in the snow. This almost deterred me from climbing up to a view spot but I found the courage and was rewarded ten fold. Views down onto the ocean and Howe Sound and the sun broke through casting beautiful plays of light on the snow. On the way out I had a reluctance to come off the trail and back to the busy lodge area. I flashed to part in the story “Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe” where they would come out through the fur coats in the wardrobe into a winter wonderland. Leaving the trail felt like going back through the back of the wardrobe into domestication and leaving the wild beauty behind.
    I loved your photo and experience with the grouse wing Carla

  • http://folkwaysnotebook.blogspot.com barbara

    Your photography is great. Especially like the imprint of the grouse wing. — barbara

  • http://scintillatingspeck.wordpress.com Jen

    Thank you for this winter beauty.

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