60 minutes
easy pace
We woke up to yet more snow today. Headed out at about 11:30 am in 4 or 5 inches of fluffy powder. Did the standard E/F loop from the house (down church trail, west along the southern edge of NOAA/NIST property, Fed service road up onto Kohler Mesa, crossed Enchanted Mesa trail, continued to the Mesa trail, Mesa to Bear Creek fire road, down fire road, up and over Yuri Pass, Bear Mountain Park, and home). Still snowing when I left, encountered some hikers, a couple snowshoers, several XC skiers, but most of the peeps out there were runners. Mesa Trail was packed powder - had seen a good amount of traffic in the snow today. Once at Bear Creek, snow stopped, sun showed itself, and I had sunshine from Yuri Pass to home. Beautiful up there today.
