This picture was taken after the adventure, but you can see how much snow we were looking at. We ended up breaking trail for the better part of 2 miles before we came across a snowmobile track to follow for a little more than a mile.
Since the shallowest snow required us to plow about 6 inches and the deep stuff was 18 plus inches worth in places Athena was happy to hang back and follow the trail we were making for her.
The Trailhead for Norse Peak trail was hard to recognize with all of the snow.
You can sort of see where the trail goes I guess. There were a couple of areas with evidence of snow sliding - I guess they technically call that an avalanche. There were spontaneously created snow wheels along the way. We took the Elmer Fudd approach and were "Vewy Vewy Quiet" so as not to talk any more snow into moving as we passed those areas.
Athena was sporting her new snow shoes which stayed on great, but we need to work on a pre wrap around her dew claws as the attachment is right where the dew claws are. She wore them all the way up and we removed them for the way down. She left it all on the trail and was wrecked when we got home. Poor Kid! She just has the one gear and it is full blast.
Here are some more pictures from the trip. Enjoy!
More soon....
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