Big mountain summit

Today I woke up and decided to attempt the big mountain again. I snow shoed straight from the house. I decided to listen to music this time which gave rise to many different aesthetics as I went. There was almost no wind this time and the grouse were flying around making their gutteral sounds. There were some scary and uncomfortable moments when I found myself going sideways on very steep ground, but after about 5.5 hrs I reached the top! The panoramic view was stunning! To speed up my decent I would sit on the back of one of my snow shoes lift the spikes and slide down. It saved me quite a bit of time. By the time I made it back I had been gone for about 9.5hrs. Lila said I was the first guest to make it to the top with just snow shoes. My body is pretty beat up. I think I will have a recovery day tomorrow.Read more