With a forecast of 95 and high humidity, there was much discussion in the preceding days about the route we were actually going to take. We were apprehensive about subjecting […]
As the cars approached the winter parking lot of the Monroe trail, there were high hopes for rising temperatures, sunny blue skies, and a clear path to the summer parking […]
Our small intimate group all piled into one car and hit the trail at about 9 a.m. On the drive over though, the clouds seemed to follow us to the […]
Starting the hike, we debated at the trailhead whether or not we’d need snowshoes. We all decided against them. Not sure if this decision was based on the fact that […]
The sun was actually shining and started at about 15 degrees and warmed up to the high 20’s low 30’s. We definitely took advantage of it. We soaked in the […]
The day started off early with a nice surprise of seeing about 10 inches of fresh fluffy snow on our drive up. Feeling adventurous, we decided to park in the […]
We started later morning in sunny skies and low 30 degree temperatures. The warmer temperatures left the snow on the trail very soft making it heavy for our snowshoes. When […]
It was a beautiful day for the trip (Sunny with a high of about 82 degrees). As one participant said it was “The perfect ending to a perfect weekend”. The […]