Apparently now a snowshoe destination...

Apparently Suncrest, on top of being a destination for inversion aversion, has become a somewhat found out place for snowshoeing. Took the kiddo's out for a little jaunt this afternoon, sled's in tow - and ran across 30-40 others over the course of our little 2 hour excursion, not counting the 6 dogs - it was nuts. There were 3 cars here when we started, it resembled parking at one of the old WNBA Starzz games (not that I would know) when we got back.

Snowshoeing is great, if for nothing more than the fact that we (Annie and I) can get buy in from the entire gang - no whiners when an outing on the snowfloaters is proposed.

The two year old graduated from a backpack to his own set of snowshoes this year - he's been out 3 times now and cruises.

Annie just claimed to be faster on Snowshoes than Chesney... The tikes were calculated in their sharing of the sweet goodness that is a thermos full of hot chocolate on a snow outing - no fights, but no passing of the cup by my own free will and choice either...
The kids hiked up, but turned into mushers on the way back, piling on the sleds being pulled by Mom and Dad, and yelling at us to pull faster between giggles, all the way back to the car... not a bad way to start the year.

Snowshoeing on clouds, Corner Canyon

Corner Canyon was as pretty as I've ever seen it after the fantastic snow we got over the weekend/Monday. The snow is starting to melt/fall of the trees, but there for a few days it was an impressive site and the hike up Clarks Trail on Tuesday felt like walking on and through a fluffy cloud. You can see the volume of snow that clung to the trees in a few of the pictures, and they were boughed over really low across the trail in some areas.

Annie set a good pace, and Brock was getting heavy towards the top. When there weren't trees within reach to knock the snow off of, he was practicing ear cupping his dad.

Down near the bottom of Clarks, Salt Lake Valley and Draper Temple in background.

The winter wonderland that is Clarks Trail - Corner Canyon in the cold months.

Annie after having to wait for me and Brock to catch up - she makes for a good carrot to chase up the trail.

Followed up that night with the Tuesday night XC ski in corner canyon with a few of the conmen. It's a standing event weekly - 8:30 start time - all are welcome. The conmen put the hurt on me this week, I cracked at the top of Hog's Hollow and had to drag myself home.

On the topic of XC skiing - you can get a screaming deal on a full set up down at the old Sports Authority in Sandy - the one by the old Linen's and Things - $85 bucks for the full set up. Fischer Ski's, Fischer Boots, and poles.