Snowshoe Hikes in Yosemite “Magical”

L.A. Times (free registration required): “What if one moon has come and gone with its world of poetry, its weird teachings, its oracular suggestions — so divine a creature freighted with hints for me, and I have not used her?” fretted Henry David Thoreau.

No such worry will plague snowshoers who crunch atop Yosemite’s trails this winter under the luster of a full moon. On a clear night, the two-hour hike from the Badger Pass Ski Area to Old Badger Summit pays off in striking views of the Clark Range and Half Dome. “It’s magical,” says trek leader Emily Jacobs.”