Betty Arnold Forest Snowshoe

We started up the trail and when we came to the junction, we choose to do the loop counterclockwise on the Cricket Crossing Trail.

Since we were the first ones out there, we were breaking the trail which slowed us down a bit. The fresh snow on the trees was very pretty as we passed through and under it.

We reached the junction for Loop Bypass then hopped on to the Lorden Trail. This part of the trail had a few ups and downs but nothing to bad. Some areas were a bit slippery but the snowshoes grabbed well.

Soon we were at the junction of the Bicentennial Trail. There is a fun sign at the trail head “Caution, Sasquash Breeding Ground, Don’t Make Eye Contact”.  The original plan was to go up the Bicentennial Trail to the high point but daylight would be running out soon and having to break trail was putting us a bit behind schedule. So we started looping back down the Trail instead.

This trail travels down a bit and this was a lot more fun in the fluffy snow with the snowshoes. We arrived at the junction for Arnold Loop and took followed that for a ways. This trail continues down and meanders around the landscape.

Then it brought us to the Desmarais Trail. This trail is not very long and took us back to the first junction we arrived at. From there we were only about a 100 yards from the car.

When we got back to the car another vehicle came in. This was the only person we saw all day. This was a short but fun snowshoe. I’ll be back sometime to fill in the gaps of the trails on my GPS.