Second Times a Charm

I got back out to Stuart Falls on my snowshoes today. This time I actually remembered to put batteries in the camera before going. So, you can check out the pictures here.



As I approached the falls, I noticed a little red dot up near the top of the falls. "Hmm", I thought to myself, "Surely this red dot cannot be of natural origins. In fact, I'm quite certain that this is an artificial red dot that has tainted my picturesque frozen waterfall.". As I got nearer I could make out that the red dot was in fact moving. As I got nearer still, the red dot grew arms and legs. This red dot was in fact a person who had climbed several hundred feet up the frozen waterfall. Crazy bastard!



As it turns out I probably could have done this hike today without snowshoes. There was plenty of snow, but the trail was packed so hard that the snowshoes were almost overkill. In fact, as I was relaxing at the waterfall, a group of 6 people showed up behind me, none of whom were wearing snowshoes. On my way back I went out of my way to walk off the trail in the deep snow just so that I could feel like I was justified in wearing my snowshoes.