Here’s a great story David, one of the regulars around here, blogged about his recent trip to Yosemite to get one last snowshoe trip in before Badger Pass closed for the season. I’ll let David take it from here. Be sure to head over to his blog and his Flickr photo stream to read the rest of the story and see the great photos that go with it.
Random Curiosity: “On Saturday, after grabbing coffee and bagels, we caught the early bus to Badger Pass. We strapped on our snowshoes, took a look at the map, and chose Dewey Point as our destination. It was a beautiful day — sunny and clear — and we figured the view from the valley rim would be amazing.
We started trekking towards Glacier Point Road, following the trail that borders the parking lot. Hardly anybody was on the slopes or the trails. We were thinking it would be a quiet journey to the point, when we stumbled upon the same group of twenty-somethings we had encountered the night before. This time, all of them were sitting the middle of the trail, putting on their snowshoes.
I didn’t want to risk stomping on somebody with my snowshoes (accidentally or intentionally), so I gave the group a wide berth, trudging around them to reach Glacier Point Road. As they disappeared from sight, I started pushing our pace. I told M, ‘Let’s go. I have a feeling they’re going to Dewey, too, and I want five minutes of peace when we get there if we can manage it.’”
Photo by Random Curiousity via Flickr.