Saturday, March 23, 2013

Spring Snow!

You have to love spring in Utah!  Hiking earlier in the week and snowshoeing on the weekend.  The snow conditions in Big Cottonwood Canyon today (Saturday, March 23) were perfect for our snowshoe hike to Willow Heights Lake.  Willow Heights is a conservation area of 155 acres that will be forever protected for watershed, wildlife habitat and recreation - no development for cabins hooray!!  The trail is short, 1.5 miles round trip but steep with an elevation gain of 640 feet in the first half mile.  Mostly, the hike is a delightful walk through hundreds of aspens or quakies.  This hike can be enjoy winter, spring, summer and fall!

 Willow Heights Trail . . . . . Enjoy!

 



 This small stone engraving marks the beginning of the trail.
 
 Walking through the quakies.
Willow Heights Lake covered with snow.
 Taking a break and enjoying the sunshine.
 Even the grandson loves to snowshoe and pull funny faces.

 Found this hand print wrapped around a tree.  Wonder if it
is some kind of a memorial.  Unfortunately it
looks like the tree is about dead and I hope not
as a result of the metal.
Willow Heights Lake after the first snow of the season. 
Back in November 2012
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  1. Jenna // The Life of the WifeMarch 25, 2013 at 8:39 AM

    Looks good Karen! Welcome to blog world! :)

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    1. UnknownMarch 25, 2013 at 12:50 PM

      Thanks Jenna! You were my inspiration. I still have a lot to figure out and I would love to pick your brain on design things. If you get this message twice, sorry not quite sure what I'm doing.

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