Suntop Snowshoe

Something masochistic came over us so we chose to do a snowshoe trip to Suntop near Crystal Mountain yesterday. It ended up being 9.85 miles round trip with 2520 feet of elevation gain. That isn't much for us for a hike or later in the season snowshoe, but after a meager 4.75 mile snowshoe on Mt Rainier with little elevation gain it was hard.

It certainly didn't help that we were on a mucho rapido pace. We made it up - half way since it is an out and back trip - in 3 hours including a couple of 5 minute calorie stops after one and two hours. We hung out for a quick lunch - 25 minutes - and descended in under 2 hours.

After an obligatory and much deserved stop for a beer and some soup at the Naches Tavern in Greenwater we headed home. Nearly 2 hours drive each way put us home around 6 PM. We showered, ate, watched a little TV with a glass of wine and hit the sack.

When I woke up this morning I felt like I was on the losing end of a street fight - sore all over. It's not like I am so stiff I couldn't get stuff done, but it was done with more difficulty than normal. At least it was good exercise pain.

More soon...