Sunday, February 22, 2009

Valentine's Day Snowshoeing Trip

As promised, here are some pictures of our Valentine's Day snowshoeing trip. We did nearly the same hike 2 years ago in a treacherous blizzard and 30 below zero temperatures. Some of our group suffered frostbite and some had to turn back. This year it was a "balmy" 15 degrees. We all successfully completed the hike to Jay's Hut near Vail under much more pleasant conditions.

After nearly 3 miles of hiking in the snow we see this beautiful site.
Our Destination! Jay's Hut!




A short walk to the sauna....

where things get steamy...

Our romantic Valentine's dinner (that was hauled in in our packs!)

Look at this! My lucky Valentine's bench!

Singing songs around the fireplace.







The whole gang!
Another great trip. Who wants to go next year??!!

3 comments:

Casey said...

Whoa, that looks like you guys had so much fun. Woulda been way too cold for me though. ;) You guys are all troopers.

Rachel said...

sorry but you can count me out!!! :)

Ruth and Steve said...

I don't think Steve and I could pull our selves away from our 70 degree weather to do that :) Maybe one day.