There's more snow up on the mountain so Grizzly led us on a hike through the woods. It started at Empire Pass's 7,900 feet just as the lifts were closing and headed up, turning right and left so many times that 0.6 miles only gained us 365 vertical feet.
It is Grizzly and Wood Duck's home course, and they're happy to share it with the skiers, but back when they arrived in late November, they had it all to themselves. They told us about breaking their own trail through the fresh powder and all the different routes they'd tried before settling on the one they showed us, the Loopty-Loop.
Baleen and I want to go back soon now that we know about what to expect and especially what to wear and try it again. Because the Garmin, the very same one that makes sure I get the biking jerseys I deserve, said that our entire hike was 1 hour and 20 minutes, but that our moving time was only 43 minutes. That's a lot of time for pictures, nature stories from Grizzly and water breaks.
It is Grizzly and Wood Duck's home course, and they're happy to share it with the skiers, but back when they arrived in late November, they had it all to themselves. They told us about breaking their own trail through the fresh powder and all the different routes they'd tried before settling on the one they showed us, the Loopty-Loop.
Baleen and I want to go back soon now that we know about what to expect and especially what to wear and try it again. Because the Garmin, the very same one that makes sure I get the biking jerseys I deserve, said that our entire hike was 1 hour and 20 minutes, but that our moving time was only 43 minutes. That's a lot of time for pictures, nature stories from Grizzly and water breaks.
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