Friday, December 6, 2013

Little Cottonwood Trail

FINALLY we get snow!  I am happy dancing all over the place.  My snowshoe hike this week is Little Cottonwood Trail, a really nice short trail with a very cool destination.  We start our hike approximately 3 miles up Little Cottonwood Canyon.  There is a small parking area with a trail sign on the right hand side of the road.  From this point it is a short 1/2 mile walk to an old granite ruin.  I have yet to learn the history of this old rock building - can't find anything about it on the internet.  This trail is the perfect beginner snowshoe trail, but one that I love doing over and over again.  Little Cottonwood Trail is a very popular bike trail in the summer and actually begins at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon at the Temple Quarry Trail so you could make it a much longer hike.  Much of the trail follows Little Cottonwood creek and is very fun to explore.  When the snow falls it is transformed into a magical winter wonderland.  It was a chilly 11 degrees yesterday afternoon when we started our hike, but remember "It is never too cold to showshoe". (OK, my fingers did get a little cold but only because I had to expose them to take pictures!)



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It's a marshmallow world in the winter, when the snow comes to cover the ground.  It's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day.  I wait for it all year round.  This scene reminded me of an old Christmas song from my childhood.

We were drawn to the water and ice!


Happy Me!

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******Miles hiked tally
beginning March 22, 2013

191.1

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